World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
Kenmare, ND
County:
Divide
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Pvt.
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action, at Verennes, France, on Sept. 26, 1918.
Buried in France. Reburied at Kenmare, N. Dak.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 3, page 2062 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Not a registrant, under age. Born, Portal, N. Dak., May 1, 1897, of American-Canadian parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on Oct. 1, 1917. Served in Company C, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 15, 1917; Headquarters Company, 164th Infantry, to June 3, 1918; Headquarters Company, 311th Company, Transportation Corps, to June 19, 1918; Company B, 344th Battalion, 304th Brigade, Transportation Corps, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec.10, 1917; Corporal, April 1, 1918; Private, Sept. 1, 1918. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Previous military record: Company D, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, from April 10, 1914, to Feb. 14, 1917, including Mexican border duty.