World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Northwood, ND
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 137th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died in Base Hospital No. 25, on Oct. 29, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Allerey, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Feb. 21, 1921, and buried in South Lutheran Cemetery, Northwood, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3494 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Northwood, N. Dak., April 22, 1896, of American-Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grand Forks on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company G, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company B, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 19, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).