World War I
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Fallen

New England, ND

County:
Hettinger

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Marines

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
5th USMC Regiment, 2nd Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action, Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Grave 11, Row 23, Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1013 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Ottawa, Ill., Jan. 23, 1900. Enlisted in the Marine Corps at New England on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Parris Island, S. C. Served at Quantico, Va., from April 17, 1918, to May, 1918. Arrived in France, May 8, 1918. Served in 49th Company, 5th Regiment, from June 8, 1918, to July 9, 1918; Replacement Battalion, from July 9, 1918, to July 12, 1918; 49th Company, from July 12, 1918, to death. Engagements: Chateau-Thierry; Aisne-Marne Offensive; Marbache Sector; St. Mihiel Offensive; Meuse-Argonne (Champagne). Awarded, Fourragere.