World War I
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Fallen

Silver Lake, MN

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 315th Engineers

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Congregational Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2586 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Hutchinson, Minn., March 21, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - painter. Inducted at Towner on April 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to May 16, 1918; Company E, 315th Engineers, to death. Overseas from June 13, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).