Lars Johan Solstad

World War I
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Fallen

Minneapolis, MN

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 9th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 8, 1921, and buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 16, 1921.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3037 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Trondhjem, Norway, Nov. 22, 1889. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Grand Forks on Sept. 22, 1917. Served in Company M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company L, 347th Infantry, to June 10, 1918; Company I, 161st Infantry, to July 28, 1918; Company D, 9th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Marbache and Limey (Lorraine).