Carl Elmer Landers

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World War I
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Fallen

Kenaston, ND

County:

Ward

Date of Loss:

1918-09-26

Branch of Service:

Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:

Company C, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Sept. 26, 1918.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 26, 1921, and buried at Kenaston, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 2, page 1794 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Ward county. Born, Waite Park, Minn. Sept. 30, 1896, of Swedish parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Mina on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company D, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Carl Elmer Landers

World War I - Fallen

World War I
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Fallen