World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Tower City, ND
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Marines
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
79th Company, 6th Regiment
Circumstances:
Killed in action on June 14, 1918.
Burial, Section C, Plot 3, Cemetery 1764; reinterred at Tower City, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 227 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Tower City, N. Dak., April 18, 1898, of German parents. Occupation - barber. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at Fargo on May 9, 1917. Sent to Mare Island, Calif. Served in 79th Company, 6th Regiment, Quantico, Va., to Jan., 1918. Arrived in France, Feb. 8, 1918, and served there to death. Engagements: Toulon Sector: Aisne Defensive: Chateau-Thierry Sector.