Oscar Gerald Gunderson

World War I
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Fallen

Grand Forks, ND

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia on Feb. 20, 1919.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Nov. 10, 1920, and buried at Grand Forks, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1146 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Grand Forks, N. Dak., June 14, 1897, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - chauffeur. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on April 10, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to March 18, 1918; Company B, 116th Supply Train, to Jan. 1, 1919; Quartermaster Detachment, Motor Transport Section, 1st Replacement Depot, to death. Grade: Corporal, April 18, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.