World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Gandy, NE
County:
Mountrail
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action in the Argonne campaign, France, Sept. 30, 1918.
Buried, Grave 36, Row 4, Block D, 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 1525 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Mountrail county. Born, Gandy, Nebr., June 13, 1891, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Stanley on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 22, 1918; Company E, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).