Bernhard Severin Bredell

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
PFC

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 164th Infantry

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 17, Row 42, Block F, 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 385 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Hunter, N. Dak., July 19, 1891, of Danish parents. Occupation - golf green keeper. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 23, 1917. Served in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry) to Jan. 9, 1918; Company D, 18th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 10, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mifiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.