Earl Vincent Jefferson

World War I
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Fallen

Hope, ND

County:
Steele

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sgt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Chateau-Thierry, on July 23, 1918.

Buried in France. Reburied at Hope, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1502 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Hope, N. Dak., Aug. 27, 1896, of Canadian parents. Occupation, railroad agent. Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at New Rockford, on July 29, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry), to May 19, 1918; Company G, 163rd Infantry, to May 25, 1918; Company D, 102nd Infantry, to death. Grade: Sergeant, July 15, 1917. Overseas from April 16, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Toul-Boucq (Lorraine); Pas-Fini (Ile-de-France).