World War I
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Fallen

Randall, MN

County:
Williams

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 109th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave 167, Section 43, Plot 4, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Randall, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2970 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Williams county. Born, Wellman, Iowa, June 2, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Williston on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company No. 7, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company H, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 15, 1918; Company B, 109th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 10, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 24, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Clermont (Lorraine).