A member of the 339th Field Artillery, 88th Division, Iowa, also known as the Bergen Artillery, Helmick Kristinius Westwick, died in a military campaign in France in 1918.
Helmick Westwick worked on the home farm in Norway after his confirmation and left for the United States the second of March, 1909. He arrived directly at the place of his uncle, Enok Westwick, who gave him employment at the time. Helmick worked around Hamilton County until he met Mike Enokson in 1914. Together with Sverre Tjensvold, Helmick and Mike took up partnership farming on what was then known as the "Bravender" place, owned by J. V. Burkhead, near Swea City, Iowa. In 1916, the trio rented a half section of land and then added a quarter section in 1917. During the busy season they hired a housekeeper but, as a rule Helmick would do most of the cooking, a task he enjoyed. This was after a day in the field with a team of four horses, which each of the partners had.
It was sometime in 1917 that the three received a notice from their local draft board telling them to sell out as they would soon be inducted into the army. Their sale was in the spring of 1918 with Fred Meihe from Swea City as auctioneer.
Though some of his friends were unhappy at the prospect of military service, Helmick took the experience in full stride, joking about the day they would return.
Helmick was engaged in active duty in France in the fall of 1918, though he was not at the front according to the books at the cemetery, which listed all the front line units. He died of influenza on Monday morning at three o'clock, October 21, 1918, at the Military Hospital of St. Amant Fallande, considerably south of Paris. So severe was the flu that 80 per cent of his unit perished. His first burial place may have been American Cemetery, place 71, grave 101. He was moved once, perhaps, twice, before coming to his final resting place at Aisne-Marne Cemetery on the opposite side of Paris. This information was furnished by United States Army Chaplain William C. Hickey in a letter dated October 24, 1918, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Death Location: France
Death Date: 21. Oct. 1918
Rank: Private
Branch: US Army
Regiment: 339th Field Artillery
Division: 88th
Co: D
Casualty: DOD
Contributed by Cheryl Locher Moonen
Helmick Westwick worked on the home farm in Norway after his confirmation and left for the United States the second of March, 1909. He arrived directly at the place of his uncle, Enok Westwick, who gave him employment at the time. Helmick worked around Hamilton County until he met Mike Enokson in 1914. Together with Sverre Tjensvold, Helmick and Mike took up partnership farming on what was then known as the "Bravender" place, owned by J. V. Burkhead, near Swea City, Iowa. In 1916, the trio rented a half section of land and then added a quarter section in 1917. During the busy season they hired a housekeeper but, as a rule Helmick would do most of the cooking, a task he enjoyed. This was after a day in the field with a team of four horses, which each of the partners had.
It was sometime in 1917 that the three received a notice from their local draft board telling them to sell out as they would soon be inducted into the army. Their sale was in the spring of 1918 with Fred Meihe from Swea City as auctioneer.
Though some of his friends were unhappy at the prospect of military service, Helmick took the experience in full stride, joking about the day they would return.
Helmick was engaged in active duty in France in the fall of 1918, though he was not at the front according to the books at the cemetery, which listed all the front line units. He died of influenza on Monday morning at three o'clock, October 21, 1918, at the Military Hospital of St. Amant Fallande, considerably south of Paris. So severe was the flu that 80 per cent of his unit perished. His first burial place may have been American Cemetery, place 71, grave 101. He was moved once, perhaps, twice, before coming to his final resting place at Aisne-Marne Cemetery on the opposite side of Paris. This information was furnished by United States Army Chaplain William C. Hickey in a letter dated October 24, 1918, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Death Location: France
Death Date: 21. Oct. 1918
Rank: Private
Branch: US Army
Regiment: 339th Field Artillery
Division: 88th
Co: D
Casualty: DOD
Contributed by Cheryl Locher Moonen
A member of the 339th Field Artillery, 88th Division, Iowa, also known as the Bergen Artillery, Helmick Kristinius Westwick, died in a military campaign in France in 1918.
Helmick Westwick worked on the home farm in Norway after his confirmation and left for the United States the second of March, 1909. He arrived directly at the place of his uncle, Enok Westwick, who gave him employment at the time. Helmick worked around Hamilton County until he met Mike Enokson in 1914. Together with Sverre Tjensvold, Helmick and Mike took up partnership farming on what was then known as the "Bravender" place, owned by J. V. Burkhead, near Swea City, Iowa. In 1916, the trio rented a half section of land and then added a quarter section in 1917. During the busy season they hired a housekeeper but, as a rule Helmick would do most of the cooking, a task he enjoyed. This was after a day in the field with a team of four horses, which each of the partners had.
It was sometime in 1917 that the three received a notice from their local draft board telling them to sell out as they would soon be inducted into the army. Their sale was in the spring of 1918 with Fred Meihe from Swea City as auctioneer.
Though some of his friends were unhappy at the prospect of military service, Helmick took the experience in full stride, joking about the day they would return.
Helmick was engaged in active duty in France in the fall of 1918, though he was not at the front according to the books at the cemetery, which listed all the front line units. He died of influenza on Monday morning at three o'clock, October 21, 1918, at the Military Hospital of St. Amant Fallande, considerably south of Paris. So severe was the flu that 80 per cent of his unit perished. His first burial place may have been American Cemetery, place 71, grave 101. He was moved once, perhaps, twice, before coming to his final resting place at Aisne-Marne Cemetery on the opposite side of Paris. This information was furnished by United States Army Chaplain William C. Hickey in a letter dated October 24, 1918, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Death Location: France
Death Date: 21. Oct. 1918
Rank: Private
Branch: US Army
Regiment: 339th Field Artillery
Division: 88th
Co: D
Casualty: DOD
Contributed by Cheryl Locher Moonen
Helmick Westwick worked on the home farm in Norway after his confirmation and left for the United States the second of March, 1909. He arrived directly at the place of his uncle, Enok Westwick, who gave him employment at the time. Helmick worked around Hamilton County until he met Mike Enokson in 1914. Together with Sverre Tjensvold, Helmick and Mike took up partnership farming on what was then known as the "Bravender" place, owned by J. V. Burkhead, near Swea City, Iowa. In 1916, the trio rented a half section of land and then added a quarter section in 1917. During the busy season they hired a housekeeper but, as a rule Helmick would do most of the cooking, a task he enjoyed. This was after a day in the field with a team of four horses, which each of the partners had.
It was sometime in 1917 that the three received a notice from their local draft board telling them to sell out as they would soon be inducted into the army. Their sale was in the spring of 1918 with Fred Meihe from Swea City as auctioneer.
Though some of his friends were unhappy at the prospect of military service, Helmick took the experience in full stride, joking about the day they would return.
Helmick was engaged in active duty in France in the fall of 1918, though he was not at the front according to the books at the cemetery, which listed all the front line units. He died of influenza on Monday morning at three o'clock, October 21, 1918, at the Military Hospital of St. Amant Fallande, considerably south of Paris. So severe was the flu that 80 per cent of his unit perished. His first burial place may have been American Cemetery, place 71, grave 101. He was moved once, perhaps, twice, before coming to his final resting place at Aisne-Marne Cemetery on the opposite side of Paris. This information was furnished by United States Army Chaplain William C. Hickey in a letter dated October 24, 1918, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Death Location: France
Death Date: 21. Oct. 1918
Rank: Private
Branch: US Army
Regiment: 339th Field Artillery
Division: 88th
Co: D
Casualty: DOD
Contributed by Cheryl Locher Moonen
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