World War I
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Fallen

Buchanan, ND

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 18, Row 12, Block F, 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 2, page 1179 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Blare, Denmark, July 16, 1887. Declarant citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 30, 1918; Company L, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).