World War I
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Fallen

Washburn, ND

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Lt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 356th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Commune of Pouilly, Meuse, France, on Nov. 11, 1918.

Buried at Washburn, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3378 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Washburn, N. Dak., April 15, 1896, of Swedish parents. Occupation - student. Enrolled in the Officers Training Camp at Camp Funston, Kans., on April 20, 1917. Called into active service as a 2nd Lieutenant, on Aug. 15, 1917. Assigned to Company D, 356th Infantry, to death. Promoted: 1st Lieutenant, Sept. 13, 1918. Overseas from June 4, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Euvezin (Lorraine). Principal stations: Camp Funston, Kans.; Camp Mills, N. Y.; AEF.