World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Bowden, ND
County:
Wells
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia on Oct. 7, 1918, at Camp Custer, Mich.
Buried, Bowdon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Jake Somervill.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3039 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Wells county. Born, Sleepy Eye, Minn., March 4, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Fessenden on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 41st Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Supply Company, 42nd Field Artillery, to death.