World War I
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Fallen

Sheldon, ND

County:
Ransom

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion

Circumstances:

Died of lobar pneumonia at Base Hospital No. 53, France, on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried, Cemetery No. 13, Grave No. 121, Langres, France. Remains returned to U. S. on May 13, 1921, and buried at Sheldon, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 517 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ransom county. Born, London, Englan, Sept. 12, 1893. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Lisbon on Feb. 13, 1918. Sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Served in Company C, 317th Field Signal Battalion, to death. Overseas from July 9, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Lorraine.