Joseph Pirkl

World War I
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Fallen

Owatonna, MN

County:
McLean

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company L, 138th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 11, 1918.

Buried, Grave 22, Row 26, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2578 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registerent McLean county. Born, Owatonna, Minn., Dec. 14, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - electrical engineer. Inducted at Washburn on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 138th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).