World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Cando, ND
County:
Towner
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 140th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 10, 1921, and buried at Cando, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2481 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Towner county. Born, Cando, N. Dak., Jan. 18, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cando on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company G, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).