World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Lidgerwood, ND
County:
Richland
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried at Lidgerwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Nicalai A Martinson.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2098 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Brown county, S. Dak. Born, Brittin, S. Dak., May 22, 1898, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Aberdeen, S. Dak., on July 12, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Battery B, 14th Battalion, 5th Regiment Field Artillary Replacement Depot, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to death.