Edwin Oscar Estby

World War I
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Fallen

Falsen, ND

County:
McHenry

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sgt.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia at Camp Custer, Mich., on Oct. 1, 1918.

Buried at Falsen, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 1, page 866 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered McHenry county. Born, Spring Valley, Minn., Sept. 21, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - carpenter. Inducted at Towner on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 48th Company, 12th Battalion, 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 16, 1918; Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 24, 1918; Cook, Sept. 9, 1918; Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1918.