Fred W. Dietrich

World War I
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Fallen

Minnewauken, ND

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Died on Sept. 29, 1918, of wounds received in Meuse-Argonne.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 25, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 724 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Benson county. Born, Gilman, Ill., Feb. 4, 1896, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Minnewaukan on April 11, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company L, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).