World War I
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MIA
Fallen
MIA
Fallen
Drayton, ND
County:
Pembina
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Tablets of the Missing, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1474 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Pemina county. Born, Drayton, N. Dak., Dec. 26, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cavalier on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to May 16, 1918; Company D, 315th Supply Train, to Aug. 15, 1918; Company F, 359th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 29, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).