Gordon Marshal Lindgren

World War I
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Fallen

Cooperstown


County:
Griggs

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 164th Infantry

Listed on/in the:
All Veterans Memorial, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND
Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, World War I 1917-1918, published 1931

Medals and Honors:
Silver Star

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 20, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Cooperstown, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1906 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Griggs county. Born, Harlem, N. Dak., Oct. 5, 1894, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Valley City, on June 13, 1917. Served in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company H, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company A, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, (date not given). Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. 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.