World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
PFC
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 58th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Aug. 6, 1918.
Buried, Grave 17, Row 23, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2761 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Toten, Norway, Nov. 12, 1895. Declarant citizen. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 31, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company H, 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard (Company H, 135th Infantry), to June 15, 1918; 12th Company, 1st Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Cody Replacement Draft, to July 23, 1918; Company B, 58th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 11, 1917. Overseas from June 28, 1918, to death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.