World War I
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Fallen

Nearson, MN

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 140th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 1, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Nearson, Minn.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1835 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ramsey county. Born, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1892, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Devils Lake on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company R, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot, to April 20, 1918; Company K, 140th Depot, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).