World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Inkster, ND
County:
Ward
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.1st Class
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Died of broncho pneumonia, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 23, 1919.
Buried at Inkster, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Grand Forks county.
Information found in Volume 1, page 887 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Ward county. Born, Cornland, Ill., April 11, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - drayman. Enlisted in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on June 5, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company D, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9, 1918; Company K, 16th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Aug. 11, 1917. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to March 12, 1919. Wounded, slightly, Feb. 8, 1918. Wounded, severely, July 22, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).