World War I
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Fallen

Sioux Falls, SD

County:
Wells

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

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

Circumstances:

Died of accidental gunshot wounds, on June 13, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 14, Block A, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3107 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Wells county. Born, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Jan. 3, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - plasterer. Enlisted in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on June 20, 1917. Served in Company A, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to (date not given); Company A, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 20, 1917; Private, Jan. 21, 1918; Private 1st Class, May 21, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).