Gordon Harold Powers

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps

Circumstances:

Died of influenza on March 14, 1919.

Buried, Grave 28, Row 19, Block A, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2600 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Brantford, Ont., Dec. 15, 189. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - mechanic. Enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Dec. 14, 1917. Served in Company A, 3rd Provisional Ordnance Battalion, to July 29, 1918; Supply Company, 55th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, to Aug. 12, 1918; 4th Company, Ordnance Repair Shop Detachment, to Feb. 8, 1919; Ordnance Repair Shops, Motor Transport Corps, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918. Overseas from May 26, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Vesle (Champagne).