World War I
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Fallen

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried in Grave 17, Row 8, 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 1556 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Gibbon, Minn., May 10, 1894, of Norwegian-Swedish parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 9, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company B, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).