World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Sargent
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 6th Infantry
Circumstances:
Discharged at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on Aug. 2, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2554 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
**Peter T. Peterson is listed on the Sargent county Centennial Memorial which implies that he had fallen during World War I, but the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines only lists a date of discharge. Peter is listed as fallen here, but the information provided will be from the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Christiania, Norway, March 13, 1898. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Milnor on May 13, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company A, 16th Infantry, to Aug. 25, 1918; Company M, 6th Infantry, to discharge. Overseas from May 1, 1918, to March 26, 1919. Wounded, slightly, July 18, 1918; wounded, severely, Oct. 14, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Sommerviller, Villers-en-Haye and Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).