World War I
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Fallen

Faribault, ND

County:
Renville

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Wagoner

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
12th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Died of broncho pneumonia, on Oct. 23, 1918.

Buried, Grave 12, Row 3, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3136 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Renville county. Born, Faribault, Minn., Feb. 23, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Renville on March 16, 1918. Served in Company C, 58th Infantry, to Sept. 19, 1918; 12th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, May 21, 1918; Corporal, Aug. 26, 1918; Wagoner, Sept. 26, 1918. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon (Lorraine); Vesle (Champagne).