Duncan Wesley Balfour

World War I
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Fallen

Milton, ND

County:
Cavalier

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sgt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company F, 31st Infantry

Circumstances:

Died at Vladivostok, Siberia, on Oct. 21, 1918.

Buried at Milton, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 162 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Milton, N. Dak., March 30, 1891, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - unknown. Enlisted at Grand Forks on April 26, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company F, 12th Infantry, to June 1, 1917; Company F, 62nd Infantry, to Aug. 20, 1918; Company F, 31st Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, July 1, 1917; Corporal, Oct. 1, 1917; Sergeant, May 7, 1918. Overseas from Sept. 2, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Siberia.