William Howard Bardsley

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 360th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Nov. 2, 1918.

Buried, Grave 21, Row 40, Block A, 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 170 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Beardstown, Ill., April 29, 1898, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - mechanic. Inducted at Iowa City, Iowa, on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Company B, 349th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Company No. 51, 3rd Battalion, 165th Depot Brigade, to May 31, 1918; Company A, 360th Infantry, to death. Grade: Corporal, Nov. 2, 1918. Overseas from July 6, 1918, to death. Wounded, gassed, Sept. 14, 1918. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).