Herman Nicolay Skjerseth

World War I
-
Fallen

County:
Stutsman

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company H, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, on Oct. 2, 1918, at Commune of Chatel-Chehery, Dept. Ardennes.

Buried, Grave 9, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND as Herman N Skierseth.

Information found in Volume 4, page 2980 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Stutsman county. Born, Christiansund, Norway, April 18, 1887. Declarant citizen. Occupation - salesman. Inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).