World War I
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Fallen

Mayville, ND

County:
Traill

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Circumstances:

Died of wounds, about Sept. 7, 1918.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 6, Block C, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1693 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Traill county. Born, Mayville, N. Dak., April 29, 1891, of Norwegian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Induced at Hillsboro on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company M, 348th Infantry, to April 14, 1918; Company E, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 17, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Wounded, about Aug. 5, 1918.