Howard Grant McLean

World War I
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Fallen

Forest River, ND

County:
Pierce

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 16th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Buried in France. Grave unlocated.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2033 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Forest River, N. Dak., July 26, 1896, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - teamster. Enlisted at Rugby on May 19, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company G, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 12, 1917, to death. Wounded, severely, May 4, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Sommerviller and Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).