Homer Pearl Johnson

World War I
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Fallen

Carson, ND

County:
Grant

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of diphtheria, at Embarkation Hospital, Newport News, Va., on Jan. 11, 1919.

Buried at Carson, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1558 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grant county. Born, Rolfe, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1892, of American-Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Carson on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company T, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 2, 1918, to death. Wounded, severely, Sept. 28, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).