World War I
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Fallen

Mt. Pleasant, MI

County:
McKenzie

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of wounds received in action, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried in Grave 71, Row 2, Block B, AEF Cemetery at Souilly, near Verdun, France. Reinterred at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 654 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Denver, Mich., Jan. 11, 1893, of Scotch-American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Schafer on March 29,1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company G, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).