World War I
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Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died of heart failure at Neuf Chateau, France, on Feb. 18, 1919.
Buried, Grave 4, Row 41, 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 1278 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ramsey county. Born, Whitesville, Mo., Jan. 6, 1895, of American parents. Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Devils Lake, on June 30, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry), to Aug. 2, 1918; Veterinary Hospital No. 6, Army Postoffice No. 731, to death. Grades: Corporal, Aug. 1, 1917; Private, May 11, 1918; Farrier, Sept. 11, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.