Frank M. Kain

World War I
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Fallen

Oberon, ND

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Wagoner

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 28, Block F, 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 2, page 1619 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Oberon, N. Dak., 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Infantry, Montana National Guard, at Billings, Mont., on March 28, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company K, 2nd Infantry, Montana National Guard (Company K, 163rd Infantry), to March 15, 1918; Supply Company, 127th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1917; Wagoner, March 16, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Fismes (Champagne); Center (Alsace).