William Raymond Kelley

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Wagoner

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
465th Engineers Pontoon Train

Circumstances:

Drowned, accidentally, in the Moselle River, Nov. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 30, Row 12, Block B, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1646 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Elena, Iowa, June 9, 1886, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Grand Forks on March 30, 1918. Served in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 18, 1918; Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Replacement Regiment, Engineers, Washington Barracks, D. C., to May 16, 1918; 465th Engineers Pontoon Train, to death. Grade: Wagoner, Oct. 1, 1918. Overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to death.