World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Binford, ND
County:
Griggs
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division
Circumstances:
Died of meningitis on July 9, 1918.
Buried, Grave 13, Row 22, Block A, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1311 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Griggs county. Born, Cooperstown, N. Dak., Nov. 2, 1893, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cooperstown on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company M, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death.