Lee Thomas Ford

World War I
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Fallen

Milwood, IL

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918.

Buried in Grave 8, Row 33, Block D, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 949 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Milwood, Ill., Aug. 9, 1898, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917. Called into federal service on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company B, 18th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).