World War II
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Fallen

County:
Bottineau

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Private First Class

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
135th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
34th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in North Africa

Biography:

born Wirt, Minn 27 Jul 19; resident Bottineau County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 24 Apr 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 28 Apr 43 North Africa; buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoeniz, AZ