Lawrence E. Higbee

World War I
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Fallen

Glen Ullin, ND

County:
Morton

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 358th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 12, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 1, 1921, and buried in Grave 3278, Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1349 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Morton county. Born, Smithland, Iowa, July 3, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - plasterer. Inducted at Mandan on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to May 15, 1918; Company M, 358th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villerts-en-Haye (Lorraine).