World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Burleigh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 13th Machine Gun Battalion
Circumstances:
Killed in action at Mt. Falcon, France, on Oct. 23, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2902 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Lakefield, Minn., May 18, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - automobile mechanic. Enlisted at Bismarck on May 31, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company B, 13th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from April 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toul-Boucq, St. Die, Villers-en-Haye, Puvenelle (Lorraine); Anould (Alsace).