World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Willow City, ND
County:
Bottineau
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 140th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 9, 1921, and buried at Willow City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2179 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Bottineau county. Born, Omemee, N. Dak., March 14, 1891, of Canadian-Scotch parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Bottineau on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).