World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Neche, ND
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 357th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Nov. 7, 1918.
Buried in France. Remains returned to U. S. on Oct. 17, 1921, and buried at Neche, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 1980 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Cavalier, N. Dak., May 22, 1895, of Canadian parents. Occupation - clerk. Inducted at Grand Forks on April 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to (date not given); Headquarters Company, 338th Field Artillery, to May 15, 1918; Company M, 357th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 1, 1918. Overseas from June 20, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine).