World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Garden, MN
County:
Burleigh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpl.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 6th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia, at sea, on Feb. 7, 1919.
Buried, Garden, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3292 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Burleigh county. Born, Hawley, Minn., Aug. 28, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 24, 1917. Served in Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (116th Training Headquarters and Military Police), to Nov. 19, 1917; 116th Ammunition Train, to Nov. 26, 1917; Ordnance Detachment, 1st Ammunition Train, to May 20, 1918; Casual, to Sept. 24, 1918; Company E, 6th Infantry, to Oct. 3, 1918; Casual, to death. Grades: Horseshoer, July 28, 1917; Private, Nov. 17, 1917; Corporal, Nov. 26, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 13, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).