World War II
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Fallen

County:
Sargent

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
First Lieutenant

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Colonge, Germany

Biography:

Born in Milnor, Sargent, North Dakota on April 29, 1920 to Elmer Bernard Betting and Emma Gjestina Danielson. Clayton Herbert Betting married Ruth Vera Cox. He entererd the US Army Ft Meade, South Dakota on February 11, 1939. He passed away on March 5, 1945 in Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, WWII. He is buried at Calvery Cemetery, Milnor, North Dakota.