Olaf Edward Myhre

World War I
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Fallen

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried in Grave 8, Row 21, Block D, 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 3, page 2264 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Hawley, Minn., Jan. 22, 1888, of American-Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Towner on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).