Bert Oscar Wood

World War I
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Fallen

Portal, ND

County:
Burke

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Soissons, France, on July 19, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. May 24, 1921, and buried, Portal, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3518 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Burke county. Newton, Wis., Feb. 6, 1890, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 26, 1917. Served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company A, 164th Infantry), to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).