World War I
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Fallen

Nekoma, ND

County:
Cavalier

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 59th Infantry

Circumstances:

Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., on July 24, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 25%.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 1, page 668 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cavalier county. Born, Myre Station, Norway, Dec. 10, 1892. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company I, 348th Infantry, to March 6, 1918; Company G, 59th Infantry, to discharge. Overseas from May 5, 1918, to Sept. 28, 1918. Wounded, severely, July 19, 1918. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.