World War I
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Dickey
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company C, 137th Infantry
Circumstances:
Killed in action on Oct. 2, 1918.
Grave unlocated.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information found in Volume 4, page 2869 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Biography:
Registered Dickey county. Born, Rockwell City, Iowa, Feb. 27, 1888, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Ellendale on March 29, 1918. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company C, 137th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine).