Joseph McCloud

World War I
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Fallen

Belcourt, ND

County:
Rolette

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sgt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Canadian Forestry Corps

Circumstances:

Declared legally dead by the District Court of Burleigh county, on Sept. 21, 1931.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1990 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Belcourt, N. Dak., Aug. 26, 1895, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - electrician. Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Aug. 2, 1915. Assigned to 90th Canadian Rifles, to (date not given); 11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry, to (date not given); 8th Battalion, to (date not given); 18th Reserve Battalion, to (date not given); Mounted Rifle Depot, to (date not given); Canadian Forestry Corps, to (date not given). Grades: Lance Corporal, Nov. 8, 1917; Corporal, April 17, 1918; Sergeant, April 4, 1919. Overseas, (dates not given). Wounded, June 16, 1916; Wounded, seriously, July 26, 1916. Engagements: (not given). Discharged in England, on July 15, 1919.