Philip Edward Joos

World War I
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Fallen

Jamestown, ND

County:
Mercer

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Mercer and Stutsman counties.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1601 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Mercer county. Born, Jamestown, N. Dak., Nov. 28, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - merchant. Inducted at Stanton on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 139th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Aug. 4, 1918. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).