Samuel Earl Hamilton

World War I
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Fallen

Plaza, ND

County:
Mountrail

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 326th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 14, 1921, and buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Ind.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1200 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Mountrail county. Born, Poneto, Ind., March 15, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanley on Sept. 18, 1917. Served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to April 1, 1918; Company K, 326th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 18, 1918; Private, April 1, 1918. Overseas from April 29, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Lucey (Lorraine).