World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Wimbledon, ND
County:
Barnes
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company I, 138th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died on Dec. 8, 1918, of wounds received in action.
Buried at Savenay, France; Reburied at Wimbledon, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 42 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Barnes county. Born, Wimbledon, N. Dak., Oct. 19, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Valley City on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company Q, 4th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonna. Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).