World War I
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Fallen

County:
Barnes

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 24, 1918.

Buried, Grave 13, Row 14, Block G, 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 4, page 3079 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Barnes county. Born, Christiania, Norway, Oct. 2, 1889. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).