World War I
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Fallen

Mahnomen, MN

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cook

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 359th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 30, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in American Cemetery, Senoncourt, Meuse, France; reburied at Mahnomen, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 543 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Bottineau county. Born, Gary, Minn., Dec. 8, 1888, of American-Austrian parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Bottineau on April 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 30, 1918; Battery F, 338th Field Artillery, to May 16, 1918; Company L, 359th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 27, 1918; Cook, (date not given). Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).