John Paul Bauer

World War I
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Fallen

Hankinson, ND

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried at Hankinson, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 197 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McLean county. Born, Lindsay, Texas, Oct. 25, 1894, of Austrian parents. Occupation - merchant. Inducted at Washburn, on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company P, 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: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).