Bernard Nelson

World War I
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Fallen

Siren, WI

County:
Sargent

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Siren, Wis.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2283 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Sargent county. Born, Siren, Wis., April 19, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Forman on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).