World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Landa, ND
County:
Bottineau
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried in Base Cemetery 21, Grave 754, Plot G. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 22, 1920, and buried at Landa, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 902 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Bottineau county. Born, Kabelvagg, Norway, Dec. 14, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - auto mechanic. Inducted at Bottineau on June 30, 1918. Sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Training Detachment, to (date not given); Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to Aug. 28, 1918; Company No. 1, Fort Leavenworth September Automatic Replacement Draft, to death. Overseas from Sept. 23, 1918, to death.