John George Bender

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Seaman

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
SS Pioneer

Circumstances:

Died in Naval Hospital, New York, on Oct. 13, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 228 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Bergdorf, Russia, Dec. 10, 1897. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in the Navy at Hebron, on April 24, 1917. Served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Oct. 18, 1917; Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to Nov. 2, 1917; Armed Draft Detail, N. Y., to Jan. 24, 1918; SS Pioneer, to Aug. 17, 1918; Naval Hospital, New York, N. Y., to death. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 38 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 214 days, Seaman, 285 days.