WWI Student Army Training Corps
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Fallen
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 Charbonneau Cemetery, McKenzie County, North Dakota.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2635 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered in McKenzie County. Born Spencer Iowa on October 23, 1896 of American parents. Resided Charbonneau, McKenzie, North DakotaOccupation: Farmer. Inducted at Schafer on September 3, 1918 sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Section B Students Army Training Corps until death. Died at Grand Forks ND on October 21, 1918 along with 26 fellow soldiers during the Flu Pandemic.