World War I
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Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
151st Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Division
Circumstances:
Died on Oct. 26, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried, Grave 34, Row 14, Block H, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1302 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Cavalier county. Born, Bluffton, Minn., March 14, 1892, of Norwegian-Swedish parents. Occupation - grainbuyer. Enlisted in Battery A, Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard, at St. Paul, on July 18, 1917. Served in Battery A, Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard (Battery A, 151st Field Artillery), to death. Overseas from Oct. 18, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Luneville, Baccarat and Essey-Pannes (Lorraine); Esperance-Souain and Vesle (Champagne).