Jacob Fred Ouhl

World War I
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Fallen

Cavalier, ND

County:
Pembina

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 39th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action, Oct. 13, 1918, Argonne Forest.

Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 12, 1921, and buried at Cavalier, N. Dak.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2461 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Pembina county. Born, Bathgate, N. Dak., Feb. 2, 1896, of Austrian-German parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Cavalier on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company M, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 29, 1917; Company G, 347th Infantry, to March 9, 1918; Company D, 39th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 23, 1918; Corporal, Sept. 7, 1918. Overseas from May 10, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Toulon and Verdun-Fromereville (Lorraine).