Ross Reuben Chapman

World War I
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Fallen

Hanover, IL

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sgt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 30th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action at Meuse-Argonne, on Oct. 10, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S., Sept. 7, 1921, and buried at Hanover, Ill.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 532 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Hanover, Ill., Sept. 21, 1897, of American parents. Occupation - rancher. Enlisted at Fargo on Dec. 7, 1917. Sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., Served in Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Kelly Field, Texas, to Dec. 15, 1917; Casual Company No. 1338, Signal Corps, Camp Hancock, to March 23, 1918; Company G, 30th Infantry, to death. Grades: Corporal, July 22, 1918; Sergeant, Sept. 9, 1918. Overseas from April 2, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensives: Aisne; Champagne-Marne. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle and Chateau-Thierry (Champagne).