World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Stark
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry
Medals and Honors:
Silver Star
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 29, Block G, 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 2, page 1772 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Russia, Dec., 1890. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dickinson, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Wounded, slightly, May 18, 1918; Wounded, slightly, July 21, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.