WWI Student Army Training Corps
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Fallen

County:
Wells

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Student Army Training Corps UND Grand Forks ND

Circumstances:

Died while serving as a member of the Student Army Training Corps  on the UND campus in Grand Forks during the 1918 flu pandemic. Name included on the UND S.A.T.C. website

Buried at Grafton City Cemetery.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND. Included as Wells County veteran.

Information found in Volume 1, page 108 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered in Wells County. Born Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota on May 29, 1898 of Icelandic parents. Occupation: Student. Inducted at Grand Forks on October 9. 1918 sent to University of North Dakota. Served in Students Army Training Corps until death. Died at Grand Forks ND on October 27, 1918 along with 26 fellow soldiers during the Flu Pandemic.