World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Ryder, ND
County:
Steele
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery C, 40th Field Artillery
Circumstances:
Died of pneumonia, at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1918.
Buried at Ryder, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Traill county.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1417 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Steele couny. Born, Salem, D. T., Jan. 13, 1887, of German-American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Sherbrooke on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 41st Company, 11th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery C, 40th Field Artillery, to death.