World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
New Ulm, MN
County:
Walsh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpl.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died on Oct. 6, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 28, Row 30, Block D, 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 1, page 788 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, over age. Born, New Ulm, Minn., Feb., 1886, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grafton, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company C, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company E, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, (date not given). Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).