World War I
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Fallen

Grand Forks, ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia at La Grande, France, on Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Chantville, France; reburied at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1902 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, St. CLoud, Minn., May 9, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - stonecutter. Inducted at Fargo on June 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 12, 1918; Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Aug. 15, 1918 to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).