World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
New York Mills, MN
County:
Nelson
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 140th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried, Grave 12, Row 24, Block D, 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 3, page 2364 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Nelson county. Born, New York Mills, Minn., Feb. 7, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Lakota on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Provisional Battalion, 138th Infantry, to April 30, 1918; Detention Camp, Camp Mills, L. I., to May 15, 1918; Casual Company, 35th Division, to June 9, 1918; Company D, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).