John H NIESS

Name: John Niess Army #: 2,034 Registrant: no, under age Birth Place: Odessa, Russia Birth Date: 28 Dec 1899 Parent's Origin: naturalized citizen Occupation: farmer Comment: enlisted in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Dawson, on June 29, 1917; called into federal service, World War. on July 15, 1917; served in Company I, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Ambulance Company No. 161, 116th Sanitary Train), to Jan. 10, 1918; Infirmary, 1st Company, Military Police, to May 4, 1918; Medical Department, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 20, 1919; overseas from Dec. 12, 1917, to Sept. 3, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Sept. 24, 1919, as a Private 1st Class. Cited in General Orders No. 5, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade, AEF, Selters, Germany, June 1, 1919, for gallant and courageous conduct during his participation in all of the four major operations of this Division: Montdidier-Noyon defensive, Aisne-Marne offensive, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Entitled to wear a silver star.

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