Carl Erickson Losby

World War I
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Fallen

LaCrosse, WI

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery A, 15th Field Artillery

Circumstances:

Died of La Grippe on Sept. 25, 1918, at Vertusy-sur-Meuse, France.

Buried in Cemetery No. 233. Remains returned to U. S. April 18, 1922, and buried in Grave 4388, European Section, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1938 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, LaCrosse, Wis., Aug. 24, 1888, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Minot on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to Nov. 30, 1917; Battery C, 335th Field Artillery, to June 12, 1918; 6th Battery Automatic Replacement Draft, Camp Merritt, N. J., to July 10, 1918; Battery A, 15th Field Artillery, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Limey, Marbache (Lorraine).