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Carl Hansen Aamand

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Carl Hansen Aamand Veteran

Birth
Death
29 Sep 1959 (aged 72)
Burial
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H, Site 3336
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Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMYHe was inducted into the Army in the fall of 1917. Was sent overseas January 1918. He was in the battles of Chateau-Thierry, Vesle,Marne, St. Mihiel, and Argonne. He was a wagoner and his duty was to see that the fighting doughboys in the front line trenches were supplied with ammunition and supplies. On the tenth day of the fighting Aamand was slightly wounded. A high explosive shell dropped near the team he was driving, killing one of the mules and in trying to get the other one disentangled he was kicked by the mule and his arm broken, so he did not see any more of the Argonne fight.
He returned to St. Helens in April 1819. St. Helens Mist, St. Helens, Oregon 23 May 1919.


Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY
Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMYHe was inducted into the Army in the fall of 1917. Was sent overseas January 1918. He was in the battles of Chateau-Thierry, Vesle,Marne, St. Mihiel, and Argonne. He was a wagoner and his duty was to see that the fighting doughboys in the front line trenches were supplied with ammunition and supplies. On the tenth day of the fighting Aamand was slightly wounded. A high explosive shell dropped near the team he was driving, killing one of the mules and in trying to get the other one disentangled he was kicked by the mule and his arm broken, so he did not see any more of the Argonne fight.
He returned to St. Helens in April 1819. St. Helens Mist, St. Helens, Oregon 23 May 1919.


Military Information: WAGONER, US ARMY

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Wagoner Supply Company
59th Infantry
4th Division
US Army
World War I


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