John Elstar Conway

World War I
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Fallen

Larimore, ND

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 21, 1918.

Buried, Grave 26, Row 44, Block H, 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 1, page 605 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Shawnee, N. Dak., April 30, 1900, of Canadian-Norwegian parents. Occupation - gas engineer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on Aug. 19, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Sept. 14, 1917; Company L, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company L, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 12, 1918; Company H, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).