Tom A. Shirek

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World War I
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Fallen

Lankin, ND

County:

Walsh

Date of Loss:

1919-02-11

Branch of Service:

Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:

Company I, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of scarlet fever, on Feb. 11, 1919.

Buried, Grave 14, Row 12, Block D, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 2943 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Walsh county. Born, Lankin, N. Dak., Nov. 14, 1895, of Bohemian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Grafton on March 30, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 2nd Company, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company I, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Wounded, gassed, Oct. 6, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors; Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).

Tom A. Shirek

World War I - Fallen

World War I
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Fallen