World War I
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MIA
Fallen
MIA
Fallen
Bierma [sic], ND
County:
Slope
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 27, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing at 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 2, page 1669 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Slope county. Born, Belmond, Iowa, Jan. 26, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Amidon on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).