World War I
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 47th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Aug. 4, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1638 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Solano county, Calif. Born, Grandin, N. Dak., May 1, 1895, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fairfield, Calif., on Sept. 18, 1917. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company I, 363rd Infantry, to Feb. 26, 1918; Company I, 47th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, April 24, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.