Thomas Witchic

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Emmons

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 139th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Sept. 28, 1918.

Buried, Grave 8, Row 6, Block C, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 4, page 3502 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Emmons county. Born, Kraszna, Russia, Oct. 22, 1895. Naturalized citizen. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Linton on March 28, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company B, 139th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine); Gerardmer (Alsace).