World War I
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Fallen

County:
Griggs

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died on Dec. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 18, Block C, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1812 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Griggs county. Born, Nyker, Denmark, May 6, 1893. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Cooperstown on May 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company No. 2, Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, American Rest Camp, Winchester, England, to May 18, 1918; Company M, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).