World War I
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MIA

County:
Eddy

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 164th Infantry

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave Unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1219 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, over age. Born, Holsted, Denmark, Sept. 29, 1883. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on Sept. 21, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.