Ray Earl Vessey

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World War I
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Fallen

County:

Barnes

Date of Loss:

1918-10-10

Branch of Service:

Army

Rank:

Wagoner

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:

Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 23, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3339 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Barnes county. Born, Sauk Center, Minn., April 24, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Valley City on June 27, 1918. Served in Headquarters Company, 339th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Wagoner, Aug. 3, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 14, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).

Ray Earl Vessey

World War I - Fallen

World War I
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Fallen