World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Kenyon, ND
County:
Golden Valley
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died on July 23, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Kenyon, Minn.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2499 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Kenyon, Minn., Aug., 1897, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Beach, on July 9, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 14, 1917; Company L, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 12, 1918; Company B, Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 8, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).