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Thomas James Mealy

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Reynolds, N. Dak., March 2, 1897, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on July 17, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 20, 1918; Company E, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 26, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No.

Robert Kurtz

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Kulm, N. Dak., April 2, 1896, of Russian parents. Occupation - bank cashier. Inducted at Hillsboro on June 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to Sept. 28, 1918; Air Service, to death.

Bert J. Potratz

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Hillsboro, N. Dak., Jan. 31, 1898, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fort Lincoln, on July 24, 1917. Served in Company F, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company F, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, April 4, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, slightly, July 13, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors:Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).

Sigvard Bernhard Aasen

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Clifford, N. Dak., March 14, 1893, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Hillsboro on July 1, 1918. Sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Served in 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to death.

Walter C. Alberts

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Galesburg, N. Dak., Jan., 1899, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Fargo on July 3, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company F, 36th Infantry, to discharge. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., on June 6, 1918, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 75%.

Karl Oscar Bjerke

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Christiania, Norway, Dec. 25, 1885. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 7, 1915. Served in 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, to death. Overseas, (dates not given). Engagements, (not given).

Ernest William Cardiff

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, DeWitt, Ill., June 5, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Hillsboro on Sept. 26, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 15th Company, 4th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Oct. 1, 1918; 22nd Company, 6th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to death.

Gilman L. Foss

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Halstad, Minn., June 21, 1891, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Hillsboro on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company K, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company D, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.

Hjalmer Joakim Hanson

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Fertile, Minn., Oct. 30, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Hillsboro on Sept. 3, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in Company G, 5th Limited Service Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade, to death.