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Pvt.1st Class Mark Robert Tighe - Fallen

WWI
Tampa, FL
County: Morton
World War I - Fallen
Date of Loss: November 7, 1918 / Age: 31
Branch of Service: Army
Company/Division: 38th Balloon Company, Balloon School

Died of pneumonia on Nov. 7, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3249 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Registered Morton county. Born, Tampa, Fla., May 1, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - railroad foreman. Enlisted at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, on Nov. 1, 1917. Served in 144th Air Service, Signal Corps, to Jan. 31, 1918; 38th Balloon Company, Balloon School, Arcadia, Calif., to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, April 1, 1918.