George Elisha Tibbets

World War I
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Fallen

Onalaska, WI

County:
Renville

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

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

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action, Oct. 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave 3, Row 7, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3246 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

 

Biography:

Registered Renville county. Born, Onalaska, Wis., June 5, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 28, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company C, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Sept. 23, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy); wounded, severely, July 18, 1918. 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.