Andrew Ole Ottum

World War I
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Fallen

St. Thomas, ND

County:
Pembina

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 58th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, near Chateau-Thierry, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in Grave 1, Row 5, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2460 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Pemina county. Born, St. Thomas, D. T., Sept. 11, 1886, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cavalier on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company G, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company E, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.