World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 164th Infantry
Medals and Honors:
Silver Star
Circumstances:
Killed in action on July 25, 1918.
Buried, Grave 10, Row 4, Block B, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Seine, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Ward county.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2736 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, New Castle, Wyo., Sept., 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on July 13, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company C, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company C, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.