World War I
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MIA

Ellendale, ND

County:
Dickey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

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

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1334 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Dickey county. Born, Ashley, N. Dak., Jan. 16, 1896, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Ellendale, on Sept. 17, 1917. Served in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (162nd Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 19, 1917; Company K, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (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.