World War I
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Fallen

Lakota, ND

County:
Nelson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 359th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action at St. Mihiel on Sept. 12, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on April 17, 1922, and buried at Lakota, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2783 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Nelson county. Born, Mapes, N. Dak., Dec. 18, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Lakota on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company K, 359th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 1, 1918. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sector: Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).