Addison Bentley Falconer

World War I
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Fallen

Bismarck, ND

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
75th Coast Artillery Corps

Circumstances:

Died at Base Hospital No. 65, France, Oct. 29, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 15, 1920, and buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, N. Dak., July 19, 1920.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 881 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Burleigh county. Born, Bismarck, N. Dak., Aug. 4, 1890, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - civil engineer. Enrolled in the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Aug. 21, 1917. Commissioned and called into active service as a 1st Lieutenant on Nov. 27, 1917. Assigned to 3rd Trench Mortar Battalion, to May 20, 1918; 85th Coast Artillery Corps, to May 29, 1918; 75th Coast Artillery Corps, to death. Promoted: Captain, Sept. 5, 1918. Overseas from Oct. 4, 1918, to death.