World War I
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MIA
MIA
Oakes, ND
County:
Dickey
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on July 19, 1918.
Grave unlocated. Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1079 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 11, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Ellendale, on Sept. 8, 1917. Served in Company K, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (162nd Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 19, 1917; Company K, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 16th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive SectorsL Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).