World War I
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MIA
Fallen
MIA
Fallen
Holland, IN
County:
Ramsey
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpl.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action, on July 19, 1918.
Buried in France. Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1248 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ramsey county. Born, Holland, Ind., Sept. 5, 1890, of American parents. Occupation - carpenter. Enlisted in Company L, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Hillsboro, on July 23, 1918. Served in Company L, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company L, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 12, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Oct. 8, 1917; Corporal, April 11, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).