Harry Merton Hardy

World War I
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Fallen

Bernstad [sic] (possibly Burnstad), ND

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia on Feb. 22, 1919, at Coblenz, Germany.

Buried in Grave 202, Plot 4, Sec. E, American Standard Cemetery, Coblenz, Germany. Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 3, 1920, and buried in Red Lake Cemetery, Burnstad, N. Dak., Aug. 8, 1920.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1245 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McLean county. Born, Winthrop, Minn., Jan. 18, 1889, of American parents. Occupation - telegrapher. Enlisted at Bismarck on Sept. 17, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company C, 1st Field Signal Battalion, to death. Overseas from Dec. 24, 1917, to death. Engagements: Defensive: Aisne. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Toulon-Troyon, Marbache and Limey (Lorraine); Chateau-Thierry (Ile-de-France).