BIOGRAPHIES OF EMMONS COUNTY
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The Emmons County History, 1976, indicates Erick was an Emmons County resident and lists him as a county member who died in World War I. This writer can find no record of him in Emmons County nor any recognized/confirmed family. From Roster of the Men and Women From North Dakota: "OFSTAD, ERICK. Army number 2,851,232; registrant (place not given); born, Trondheim, Norway, Aug., 1891; citizenship, (not given); occupation, (not given); inducted at Duluth, Minn., on April 25, 1918; served in Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, to May 17, 1918; Company F, 359th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1, 1918; overseas from June 20, 1918 to death. Engagements: Offensive: St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Villers-en—Haye and Puvenelle (Lorraine). Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918; grave unlocated." Burial, Memorial Board Picture |