Michael Babich

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Nelson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Circumstances:

Died on Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 5, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 136 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (place not given). Born, Russia, Nov. 8, 1891. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Lakota on Aug. 8, 1918. Served in 1st Detention Company, Infantry Replacement and Training camp, to Sept. 4, 1918; 7th Battalion, Infantry Replacement and Training Camp, to Sept. 10, 1918; 29th Company, September Automatic Replacement Draft, to Oct. 13, 1918; Company A, 162nd Infantry, to Oct. 25, 1918; Company, 9th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Sept. 29, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.