World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Marion, IN
County:
Stutsman
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 137th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action, on Sept. 29, 1918.
Buried, Grave 27, Row 45, Block C, 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 3497 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Stutsman county. Born, Marion, Ind., April 8, 1887, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - telephone lineman. Inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 21, 1918; Company D, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsac); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).