World War I
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Fallen

County:
McKenzie

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 11, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3324 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McKenzie county. Born, Watford City, N. Dak., Jan. 28, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Schafer on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).