Bolek Gosecky

World War I
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Fallen

Bowbells, ND

County:
Burke

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grave 38, Row 36, Block H, 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 2, page 1085 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Burke county. Born, Warsaw, Poland, May 12, 1887. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 27, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company K, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, June 30, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, gassed, June 10, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).