World War I
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Fallen

Houston, MN

County:
Nelson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 43, Block H, 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 3, page 1828 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Nelson county. Born, Houston, Minn., July 26, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Lakota on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company K, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).