Ambrose O'Keefe

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 14th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 13, 1918, near Verdun.

Buried, Grave 34, Row 16, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2386 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Grafton, N. Dak., July 12, 1898, of Irish parents. Occupation - baker. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Oct. 9, 1917. Served in Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry, to Dec. 1, 1917; Company B, 14th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grades: Cook, Feb. 4, 1918; Private, Aug. 29, 1918. Overseas from April 12, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Anould (Alsace); St. Die and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).