Christopher Oleson

World War I
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Fallen

County:
LaMoure

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery D, 12th Field Artillery

Circumstances:

Died of broncho pneumonia at Coblenz, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1919.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 24, 1920, and buried in Grave 172, National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2391 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered LaMoure county. Born, Moorland, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1896, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at LaMoure on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to Dec. 2, 1917; Battery A, 336th Field Artillery, to July 12, 1918; Battery D, 12th Field Artillery, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Limey and Marbache (Lorraine).