World War I
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 15, 1918.

Buried in Grave 22, Row 27, Block B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Serings-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 1935 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, under age. Born, Frankfort, S. Dak., Oct. 10, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - tractor engineer. Enlisted at Bismarck on Dec. 6, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Served in Headquarters Company, 30th Infantry, to death. Overseas from April 2, 1918, to death. Engagements: Defensives: Champagne-Marne; Aisne. Defensive Sector: Chateau-Thierry (Champagne).