Menton Gunnerud

World War I
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Fallen

Brinsmade, ND

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 110th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of wounds received in action at Argonne Forest, France, on Sept. 30, 1918.

Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried in Big Coulee Cemetery, Benson county, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1147 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Brinsmade, N. Dak., Jan. 15, 1885, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Devils Lake on May 25, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in Company No. 7, 2nd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 17, 1918; Company F, 157th Infantry, to Sept. 15, 1918; Company I, 110th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 1, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 8, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Clermont (Lorraine).