James S. Cusack

World War I
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Fallen

Troy, NY

County:
Wells

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Machine Gun Company, 103rd Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on June 16, 1918.

Returned to U. S. June 29, 1921. Buried, Grave 7428, National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 651 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Wells county. Born, Troy, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company H, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Harvey, on July 7, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company H, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 147th Machine Gun Battalion), to May 31, 1918; Machine Gun Company, 103rd Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 15, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 13, 1917, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Toul-Boucq (Lorraine).