John Fregien

World War I
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Fallen

Coldwater [sic], ND

County:
McIntosh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 357th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Nov. 10, 1918.

Buried in Grave 28, Row 33, Block H, 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 981 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McIntosh county. Born, Coldwater, N. Dak., Feb. 2, 1893, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Ashley on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 30, 1918; Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to May 16, 1918; Company A, 315th Military Police, to Oct. 12, 1918; Company G, 357th Infantry, to death. Overseas from June 28, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).