World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Danville, IL
County:
Morton
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 362nd Infantry
Circumstances:
Died at LeMans, France, on June 9, 1919.
Buried, Grave No. 77, American Section No. 1204, Grand Cemetery, LeMans, South France. Remains returned to U. S., on Sept. 29, 1920, and consigned to Freeman Tanner, Danville, Ill. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3187 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Morton county. Born, Danville, Ill., March 16, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mandan on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 20, 1918; Company D, 362nd Infantry, to death. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine).