Einar Brateng

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 39th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 25, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 380 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Ringsaker, Norway, Dec. 22, 1891. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Camp Greene, N. C., on March 16, 1918. Served in Company A, 39th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 21, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Verdun-Fromereville and Toulon (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).