World War I
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MIA
MIA
Oakes, ND
County:
Richland
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Circumstances:
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1231 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Richland county. Born, Oakes, D. T., Feb 1, 1888, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Wahpeton on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company K, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company D, 47th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery Belleau, France