Edward Huft

World War I
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Fallen

Harvey, ND

County:
Wells

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company K, 26th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died, Nov. 15, 1920, at Minneapolis, Minn.

Buried, Harvey, N. Dak.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 2, page 1443 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Martin, N. Dak., Oct. 28, 1898, of Russian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn., on March 10, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company M, 3rd Infantry, to May 29, 1917; Company K, 26th Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, May 1, 1918. Overseas from June 15, 1917, to Dec. 9, 1918. Wounded, severely, July 18, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Sommerviller and Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., on July 22, 1919, as a Private 1st Class, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 75%.