World War I
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Fallen

Cogswell, ND

County:
Sargent

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 37, Row 3, 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 1, page 122 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Sargent county. Born, Norway, July 7, 1895. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Forman on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).