World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery D, 40th Field Artillery
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Valdemar J Hemmingson.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1316 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Newell, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 42nd Company, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery D, 40th Field Artillery, to death.