World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Minneapolis, MN
County:
Ward
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry
Circumstances:
Died in France, on Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Argonne-American Cemetery.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2400 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Hennepin county, Minn. Born, Minneapolis, Minn., April 7, 1888, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - stationary engineer. Inducted at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Served in Company D, 4th Pioneer Infantry, to Aug. 10, 1918; Headquarters Company, 54th Pioneer Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 30, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.