Willie Bartlett Matson

World War I
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Fallen

Aneta, ND

County:
Nelson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A, 309th Engineers

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia, at St. Nazaire, France, on Nov. 25, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Sept. 29, 1920, and buried at Aneta, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2108 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Nelson county. Born, Aneta, N. Dak., Aug. 22, 1897, of Danish-Norwegian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 5, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Company K, 5th Engineers Training Regiment, to July 25, 1918; Company K, 4th Engineers Training Regiment, to Aug. 22, 1918; 10th Company, August Automatic Replacement Draft, Camp Humphreys, Va., to Aug. 24, 1918; Company A, 309th Engineers, to death. Overseas from Sept. 9, 1918, to death.