John Jacobson

WWI Student Army Training Corps
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Fallen

County:
McKenzie

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Circumstances:

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Good Hope Cemetery, Keene, McKenzie County, North Dakota.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1490 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Born Ulen, Dodge County, Minnesota on April 1, 1897. Mothers name was Mary. Resided in Keene, McKenzie County, North Dakota.Occupation: Farmer. Inducted at Schafer on August 31, 1918 sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Students Army Training Corps until death. Died at Grand Forks ND on October 21, 1918 along with 26 fellow soldiers during the Flu Pandemic.