Robert C. Tovsrud

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 31, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 1, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3272 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Valley county, Mont. Born, Portland, N. Dak., March, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Valley county, Mont., on May 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 39th Company, 10th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 19, 1918; Company A, 143rd Machine Gun Battalion, to Oct. 6, 1918; Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Ypres-Lys.