World War I
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Fallen

Crary, ND

County:
Divide

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 327th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Remains returned to U. S. May 31, 1921, and buried at Crary, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2959 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Divide county. Born, Devils Lake, N. Dak., March 14, 1894, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Crosby on Nov. 14, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 327th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).