World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Bantry, ND
County:
McHenry
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 59th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia on March 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 29, 1920, and consigned to Steve Einarson, Bantry, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 805 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered McHenry county. Born, Gardar, N. Dak., July 22, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - auto machanic. Inducted at Camp Greene, N. C., on May 8, 1918. Served in Machine Gun Company, 59th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).