John Peter Reger

World War I
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Fallen

Page, ND

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 137th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on July 25, 1921, and buried in Catholic Cemetery, Page, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2663 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Lexington, Minn., July 14, 1894, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - steamfitter. Inducted at Fargo on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company C, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 25, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).