John Henry Coombes

World War I
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Fallen

Killdeer, ND

County:
Dunn

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company F, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 610 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Rockwell, Iowa, July 30, 1896, of English-American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Mandan, on May 9, 1917. Served in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company F, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, March 10, 1919. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Aug. 10, 1919. Wounded, gassed, June 9, 1918; wounded, severely, Aug. 22, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Aug. 11, 1919, as a Private 1st Class. Prisoner of War, from Aug. 22, 1918, to Dec. 27, 1918.