Roy Matthews

World War I
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Fallen

Mattoon, IL

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia, on Feb. 14, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on June 14, 1921, and buried in Camp Ground Cemetery, Coles county, Mattoon, Ill.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2111 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Paradise, Ill., April 7, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Devils Lake, on Aug. 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company L, 164th Infantry), to death. Grade: Corporal, Dec. 10, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 10, 1917, to death.