World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Hatton, ND
County:
Slope
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 61st Infantry
Circumstances:
Died on Oct. 17, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried in Bethel Congregational Cemetery, Hatton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 244 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Slope county. Born, Hatton, N. Dak., April 18, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Sept. 24, 1917. Served in Company C, 61st Infantry, to Dec. 2, 1917; Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry, to Feb. 11, 1918; Sanitary Squadron, 9th Brigade, 5th Division, to March 4, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry, to May 8, 1918; Company H, 61st Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: St. Die and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine); Anould (Alsace).