World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Grand Forks, ND
County:
Grand Forks
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Cpl.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company M, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Accidentally killed by passenger train, in France, on March 22, 1919.
Remains returned to U. S. on July 7, 1922, and consigned to James Laughlin, Grand Forks, N. Dak. (place of burial not given).
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 2, page 1842 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Niagara, N. Dak., March 13, 1897, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - farmer. Enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on April 8, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, (date not given); Corporal, Feb. 1, 1919. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death.