Delbert Benjamin Van Allen

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Emmons

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 362nd Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Buried, Grave 32, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3321 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Emmons county. Born, Rock Rapids, Minn., July 22, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Linton on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 17th Company, 5th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company H, 362nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).