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Pvt. Arthur Korsmo - Fallen

WWI
Fargo, ND
County: Cass
World War I - Fallen
Date of Loss: October 23, 1918 / Age: 23
Branch of Service: Army
Company/Division: Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery

Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Turleville, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried at Turleville, France; remains returned to U. S. on July 19, 1921, and buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1732 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Registered Cass county. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., Sept. 18, 1895, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - shipping clerk. Inducted at Fargo on June 15, 1918. Sent to North Dakota Agricultural College. Served in Training Detachment, to Aug. 13, 1918; Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery, to death. Overseas from Oct. 6, 1918, to death.