Henry Krohn

World War I
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Fallen

Omemee, ND

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 30, 1918, at Meuse-Argonne.

Buried in Grave 19, Row 35, Block A, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1753 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Bottineau county. Born, Siethwende, Germany, Aug. 10, 1894. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Bottineau on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company U, 5th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company K, 140th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).