World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Lawton, ND
County:
Ramsey
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery E, 42nd Field Artillery
Circumstances:
Died at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 11, 1918, of pneumonia.
Buried, Lawton, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 3157 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered (place not given). Born, Jon Roping, Sweden, July 1, 1893. Citizenship, (not given). Occupation - unknown. Inducted at Devils Lake on July 23, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 12th Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 18, 1918; Battery E, 42nd Field Artillery, to death.