World War I
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Fallen

Rolla, ND

County:
Williams

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

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

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried in Grave 37, Row 32, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 360 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Rolla, N. Dak., Dec. 14, 1897, of Canadian parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Williston, on April 20, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company E, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, April 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, slightly, June 1, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Contigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.