World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Bottineau
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 140th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action in Meuse-Argonne, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in Grave 24, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2160 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Bottineau county. Born, Morris, Minn., April 10, 1896, of German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mohall on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 22, 1918; Company D, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Vosges; Argonne.