Lauren Paul Wirkus

World War I
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Fallen

Minto, ND

County:
Walsh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 10, 1918.

Buried, Grave 26, Row 4, Block H, 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 4, page 3501 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Walsh county. Born, Minto, N. Dak., Aug. 30, 1895, of Polish-American parents. Occupation - auto mechanic. Enlisted at Grand Forks on Oct. 23, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to Nov. 14, 1917; Company C, 5th Field Battalion, Signal Corps, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb. 15, 1918. Overseas from Feb. 27, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensives: Aisne; Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Chateau Thierry (Champagne).