Arthur William Glaesemann

WWI Student Army Training Corps
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Fallen

County:
Ransom

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Circumstances:

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Enderlin City Cemetery. Enderlin, Ransom County, North Dakota.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1063 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered in Ransom County. Born Enderlin, Ransom County, North Dakota on August 18, 1896 of German parents. Resided in Enderlin, Ransom County North Dakota. Occupation: Farmer. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at Minneapolis Minnesota on June 7, 1916. Serviced in 41st Company, Guam from April 6, 1917 to April 13, 1917. Barracks Detachment, Mare Island, California from April 28, 1917 to June 15, 1917 to discharge. Discharged at Mare Island California on July 16, 1917 as a Private, Medical Survey. Inducted at Lisbon on August 31, 1918 sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Students Army Training Corps until death. Died at Grand Forks ND on October 21, 1918 along with 26 fellow soldiers during the Flu Pandemic.