World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Pembina
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry
Circumstances:
Died on June 13, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.
Buried, Camp Lewis, Wash., Grave No. 1
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1560 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Iceland, Sept. 23, 1877. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., on May 20, 1914. Served in Company B, 21st Infantry, to Sept. 20, 1915; Company K, 2nd Infantry, t Aug., 1916; Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, May 20, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 20, 1915. Discharged on July 9, 1917, to accept commission. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, July 10, 1917. Assigned to 25th Infantry, to (date not given); Machine Gun Company, 1st Infantry, to death. Promoted: 1st Lieutenant, March 30, 1918; Captain, Infantry, Sept. 13, 1918. Principal stations: Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Territory; Seattle, Wash.; Camp Murray, Wash.; Camp Lewis, Wash.