WWI Student Army Training Corps
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Dunn
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND
Circumstances:
Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website
Buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Dunn County ND.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND. Included as Dunn County veteran.
Information found in Volume 1, page 377 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered in Dunn County. Born Minneapolis Minnesota February 21 1897 of Norwegian parents. Occupation: Farmer. Inducted at Manning on August 31, 1918. Sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Training Detachment to death. . Died at Grand Forks ND on October 29, 1918 along with 26 fellow soldiers during the Flu Pandemic.