Ingvald Gjertson

World War I
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Fallen

Wolford, ND

County:
Pierce

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 13, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried in American Cemetery, Bozoilles, Vosges, France. Remains returned to Norway, and consigned to Mrs. Arma Rosindrson Gjertson, Raranger, Norway. (place of burial not given).

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1062 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Pierce county. Born, Askoen, Norway, May 10, 1893. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Rugby on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company N, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).