World War I
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Fallen

Auburndale, WI

County:
Kidder

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train

Circumstances:

Died on Dec. 31, 1917.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 13, 1920, and buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Auburndale, Wis.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1132 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Kidder county. Born, Auburndale, Wis., July 24, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dawson, on June 29, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 9, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 12, 1917, to death.