Kennedy Scott Wanner

World War I
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Fallen

Cooperstown, ND

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
1st Lt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
308th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 5, 1918.

Buried, Grave 25, Row 6, Block A, 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 4, page 3388 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Cooperstown, N. Dak., Feb. 22, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on July 30, 1917. Detached from service in the National Guard and enrolled in the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Aug. 27, 1917. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Nov. 26, 1917, as a Private, to accept commission in the National Army. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, on Nov. 27, 1917. Assigned to 10th Infantry, to Sept. 27, 1918; 308th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Aug. 24, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.