Olaf Knapp

Olaf Knapp photo

World War I
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Fallen

Binford, ND


County:
Griggs

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
139th Infantry Regiment

Circumstances:

Wounded, slightly, Sept. 30, 1918.

Engagements:

Offensive: Meuse Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).

Biography:

Army number 2,560,578; registrant, McKenzie county; born, Cooperstown, N. Dak., Aug. 24, 1895, of Norwegian parents; occupation, carpenter; inducted at Schafer on March 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 139th Infantry, to April 21, 1919; Company L, 139th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from May 3, 1918, to April 24, 1919; Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 2, 1919, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 20%.

Died: 12 Nov 1983 (aged 88)
Buried:  Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA

Olaf Knapp marker