Ernest Harrison

World War I
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Fallen

Urbana, ND

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 1st Gas Regiment

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia, at Base Hospital No. 15, Chaumont, France, on Dec. 25, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. June 6, 1921, and buried at Spiritwood, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Stutsman and Barnes counties.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1257 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Urbana, N. Dak., March 14, 1891, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Fargo on Nov. 10, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company B, 30th Engineers (Company B, 1st Gas Regiment), to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 7, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 23, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 26, 1917, to death. Wounded, gassed, April 7, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Lys. Defensive Sectors: Toul-Boucq (Lorraine); Lens (Flanders).