World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Columbus, ND
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died, Aug. 9, 1918, Base Hospital No. 8, Savegnay, France, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Columbus, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 994 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Divide county. Born, Benson county, N. Dak., Aug. 14, 1900, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Comany C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 19, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 12, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company L, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).