World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Greenwood, WI
County:
Cavalier
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
September Automatic Replacement Draft, Fort Screvens Unit No. 2
Circumstances:
Died in the sinking of the Otranto, on Oct. 6, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 27, 1920, and buried at Greenwood, Wis.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3094 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Cavalier county. Born, Christiania, Norway, Jan. 21, 1894. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Langdon on March 11, 1918. Served in 5th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Savannah, Ga., to (date not given); September Automatic Replacement Draft, Fort Screvens Unit No. 2, to death. Overseas from Sept. 25, 1918, to death.