World War I
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Fallen

Ayr, ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action near Exermond, France, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 5, Row 45, Block B, 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 2, page 1569 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Dazey, N. Dak., Nov. 21, 1892, of Canadian parents. Occupation - grainbuyer. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 10, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company D, 18th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 10, 1917; Corporal, Aug. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, June 7, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).