World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Lake Mills, IA
County:
Traill
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Marines
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
78th Company, 6th Regiment
Circumstances:
Killed in action, June 14, 1918.
Buried at Lake Mills, Iowa.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1542 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Lake Mills, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at Fargo on May 5, 1917. Sent o Mare Island, Calif. Served in 78th Company, 6th Regiment, Quantico, Va., from July 14, 1917, to Jan. 1918; Arrived in France, Feb. 9, 1918, and served there to death. Grades: Corporal, Sept. 12, 1917; Private, March 1, 1918. Engagements: Toulon Sector; Aisne Defensive; Chateau-Thierry Sector.