World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Erie, ND
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Circumstances:
Died of wounds received in action, on July 31, 1918.
Buried, Grave 23, Row 9, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 738 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Norway, June 4, 1894. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 47th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.