Harold Abel

World War I
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Fallen

Fordville, ND

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 30th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 15, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and consigned to Archie Abel, Fordville, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 13 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Fordville, N. Dak., Sept., 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Fort Logan, Colo., on Jan. 17, 1918. Served in 5th Recruit Company, Fort Logan, Colo., to Feb. 2, 1918; Casual Company No. 1236, Signal Corps, to March 23, 1918; Company G, 30th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 2, 1918, to death. Wounded, gassed, Aug. 10, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Campagne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle and Chateau-Thierry (Champagne).