World War I
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Fallen

County:
Williams

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
325th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division

Circumstances:

Died on Oct. 15, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave- 4, Row 24, Block B, 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 1, page 535 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Williams county. Born, Bohemia, Nov. 26, 1889. Declarant citizen. Occupation - butcher. Inducted at Williston on Feb. 23, 1918. Served in Company D, 350th Infantry, to April 1, 1918; Company K, 325th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 21, 1918. Overseas from April 25, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).