World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Grafton, ND
County:
Walsh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 139th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 18, Block A, 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 3045 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Walsh county. Born, Grafton, N. Dak., Sept. 11, 1895, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Grafton on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).