World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Milton, ND
County:
Cavalier
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Circumstances:
Died in an accident. Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 46, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1538 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Cavalier county. Born, Vestergotland, Sweden, Sept. 22, 1890. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company D, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Toulon (Lorraine).