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PVT Oscar Martin Dahl

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PVT Oscar Martin Dahl Veteran

Birth
Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
11 Nov 1918 (aged 29)
Vittarville, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing.
Memorial ID
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He was killed in action on the last day of The Great War, before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Mother Mrs. Clara Dahl, NoK, 608 Arnold Ave. N., Thief River Falls, MN (hometown); served with Co. E, 128TH Inf.; WIA 10 Nov. '18 near Peuvillers, shot through thigh; wounded at same time and place as Pvt. Robert Watson; both were treated by Pvt. Albert Berndt; both were left behind when unit was forced to withdraw; when unit returned Dahl was MIA and Watson was dead; mentioned in letter of condolence to Watson's mother from Capt. Robert D. Christie, cdr. of Co. E, sent from Dierdorf, Germany, 6 Feb. '19; MIA, presumed KIA, 11 Nov. '18; memorialized on Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 32D Div. in WW lists him KIA 11 Oct. '18; Alfred C. Dahl, 608 Arnold Ave. N., Thief River Falls, (likely father or brother) placed request in American Legion Weekly, and several newspapers, seeking information about his death

Contributor: Rene Brouwer (51436737)
He was killed in action on the last day of The Great War, before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Mother Mrs. Clara Dahl, NoK, 608 Arnold Ave. N., Thief River Falls, MN (hometown); served with Co. E, 128TH Inf.; WIA 10 Nov. '18 near Peuvillers, shot through thigh; wounded at same time and place as Pvt. Robert Watson; both were treated by Pvt. Albert Berndt; both were left behind when unit was forced to withdraw; when unit returned Dahl was MIA and Watson was dead; mentioned in letter of condolence to Watson's mother from Capt. Robert D. Christie, cdr. of Co. E, sent from Dierdorf, Germany, 6 Feb. '19; MIA, presumed KIA, 11 Nov. '18; memorialized on Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 32D Div. in WW lists him KIA 11 Oct. '18; Alfred C. Dahl, 608 Arnold Ave. N., Thief River Falls, (likely father or brother) placed request in American Legion Weekly, and several newspapers, seeking information about his death

Contributor: Rene Brouwer (51436737)

Inscription

PVT . 128th INF . 32nd DIVISION . MINNESOTA

Gravesite Details

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55955658/oscar_martin-dahl: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Oscar Martin Dahl (6 Apr 1889–11 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55955658, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).