World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry on July 19, 1918.
Buried in Grave 49, Row 2, Block A, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1315 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Cass county. Born, Hammer, Norway, July 14, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fargo on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to March 9, 1918; Company D, 58th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 10, 1917; Private, Nov. 21, 1917. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.