World War I
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Fallen

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 362nd Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 31, 1918.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 2, Block B, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3258 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Benson county. Born, Pelican Rapids, Minn., Dec. 31, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Minnewaukan on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 14th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company L, 362nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).