World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Wahpeton, ND
County:
Richland
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S., Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2239 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Richland county. Born, Wahpeton, N. Dak., Sept. 23, 1891, of Austrian-American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Wahpeton on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to April 11, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 8, 1918; Corporal, Feb. 26, 1918; Private, April 5, 1918. Overseas from April 25, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).