World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
South Heart, ND
County:
Stark
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Medals and Honors:
Silver Star
Circumstances:
Killed in action on May 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 2, Row 22, Block C, Somme American Cemetery, Bony Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Benson county.
Information found in Volume 1, page 41 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Norway, April 26, 1898. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1918. Served in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 8, 1918; Company C, 1st Brigade, Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.