Charles William Beck

World War I
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Fallen

Hot Springs, AR

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 164th Infantry

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried, Grave 2, Row 36, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 209 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant. Born, Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 7, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorios services. Entitled to wear a silver star.