World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 164th Infantry
Medals and Honors:
Silver Star
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 3, 1918.
Buried, Grave 8, Row 18, Block C, 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 1, page 377 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Toledo, Ohio, March 29, 1895, of German parents. Occupation - butcher. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Noonan, on July 13, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 12, 1917; Company E, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 18, 1918; Company M, 26th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 9, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.