World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Emmons
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 164th Infantry
Medals and Honors:
Silver Star
Circumstances:
Killed in action on July 18, 1918.
Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and consigned to Mrs. K. P. H. Sterk, Braddock, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Burleigh county.
Information found in Volume 1, page 28 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant. Born, Norway, Sept. 1895. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Bismarck, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (161st Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Oct. 15, 1917; 163rd Ambulance Company, to Nov. 14, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Headquarters Company, 16th Infantry, to Jan. 11, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grades: Corporal, July 18, 1917; Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.