World War I
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Fallen

County:
Richland

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Richland county. Born, Lidgerwood, N. Dak., June 5, 1891, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Wahpeton on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company E, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company A, 137th Infantry, to discharge. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to April 23, 1919. Wounded, severely, Sept. 28, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 6, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.