World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Fort Ransom, ND
County:
Ransom
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade
Circumstances:
Died at Camp Devens, Mass., on April 1, 1919.
Buried at Fort Ransom, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2281 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ransom county. Born, Fort Ransom, N. Dak., April 4, 1894, of Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Lisbon on May 24, 1918. Sent to Camp Lewis, Wash. Served in 14th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 16, 1918; Company A, 158th Infantry, to Sept. 20, 1918; Company A, 306th Infantry, to Dec. 26, 1918; 434th Casual Company, Camp Devens, Mass., to Jan. 23, 1919; 12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade, to death. Overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to Jan. 21, 1919. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine).