World War I
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Fallen

County:
Kidder

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 16th Infantry

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 19, 1918.

Buried in France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2870 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cascade county, Mont. Born, Eureka, S. Dak., Aug. 2, 1893, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Great Falls, Mont., on Oct. 6, 1917. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 34th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to Nov. 8, 1917; Company E, 163rd Infantry, to Jan. 8, 1918; Company B, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.