World War I
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Fallen

Ada, MN

County:
Mountrail

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 360th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 15, 1918.

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

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3035 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Mountrail county. Born, Ada, Minn., March 12, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanley on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 16, 1918; Company D, 528th Service Battalion, Engineers, to May 10, 1918; Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to May 16, 1918; Company C, 360th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 7, 1918. Overseas from June 14, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).