World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Beach, ND
County:
Golden Valley
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Aug. 21, 1918.
Buried, Grave 39, Row 35, Block D, 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 2, page 1764 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Golden Valley county. Born, Agnes, N. Dak., March 2, 1892, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Beach, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to April 25, 1918; 161st Ambulance Company, to death. Grades: Wagoner, Dec. 1, 1917; Private 1st Class, April 25, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 11, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Anould (Alsace); St. Die (Lorraine).