World War I
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Fallen

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 131st Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 14, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1213 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Haugenson, Norway, May 27, 1890. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Rapids, Minn., on Feb. 26, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 352nd Infantry, to April 13, 1918; Company L, 131st Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918. Overseas from May 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Somme; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Troyon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).