John Herman Freitag

World War I
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Fallen

Clyde, ND

County:
Cavalier

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 23rd Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, Argonne Forest, Nov. 4, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 6, 1921, and buried at Munich, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 982 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cavalier county. Born, Mankato, Minn., Jan. 9, 1889, of German-Austrian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Langdon on Sept. 21, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to June 11, 1918; Camp Pike June Replacement Draft, to Aug. 4, 1918; Company G, 23rd Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 22, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Marbache and Limey (Lorraine).