Edgar Roy Chandler

World War I
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Fallen

Gardner, ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

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

Circumstances:

Killed in action on May 9, 1918.

Buried in Grave No. 6, Row 7, Block D, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 529 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Gardner, N. Dak., Sept. 15, 194, of American-Swedish parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Fargo, on July 9, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company B, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company B, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company D, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).