Carl Alfred Oefstedahl

World War I
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Fallen

Spring Grove, MN

County:
Burke

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 11, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried at Spring Grove, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2377 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Burke county. Born, Sheyenne, N. Dak., April 21, 1893, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Bowbells on Sept. 18, 1917. Served in Battery C, 338th Field Artillery, to discharge. Discharged on Oct. 17, 1917, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. Inducted at Bowbells on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company L, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).