World War I
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Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Cadet Detachment
Circumstances:
Died in airplane accident, at Fort Sill, Okla., on March 25, 1919.
Buried at Jamestown, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 1, page 630 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Paris, Ill., Feb. 13, 1899, of American parents. Occupation - civil engineer. Enlisted in the Reserve Corps, at Omaha, Nebr., on Jan. 3, 1918. Called into active duty on May 25, 1918. Served at School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., to Oct. 16, 1918; Air Service, Camp Dick, Texas, to Nov. 27, 1918; Headquarters, Air Service, Field Service, Barron Field, Texas, to March 17, 1919; Cadet Detachment, Fort Sill, Okla., to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Feb. 1, 1918.