1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

638 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
in having to pass the whole of his service at a home station. He
contracted scarlet fever at Fort Riley early in 1919, and died there
on February 2d. His younger brother, Frederick Norbert, enlisted
on May 6, 1917, at Virginia, as a private, and left without delay for
Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, where he was assigned to the Headquarters
Company of the Sixteenth Regiment, First Division. He
was only at Fort Bliss for one month, leaving in June, 1917, for
Port of Embarkation. He sailed from Hoboken on the "Havana,"
on June 14, 1917, and arrived safely at St. Nazaire, France, on June
25th, being thus with one of the first American units to set foot in
France. The regiment remained in the Gondrescourt Area until
October 20, 1917, and was in action on October 21, 1917, in the sector
north of- Canal de Parroy. Later, the regiment was in action at
Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and Argonne. For gallantry in action,
young Goodspeed was cited on one occasion by his brigade commander,
Brigadier-General Parker. Finally, the brave boy was killed
in action, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, on October 4, 1918.
Henry Patrick Gowan was an enterprising business man of
Duluth, member of the firm of Gowan-Lenning-Brown Company,
wholesale grocers of Duluth. His sister, Mrs. Mary Dacey, lives at
1621 East Fourth Street, Duluth.
John Graden, nephew of Charles Sandgren, 2901 West Third
Street, Duluth, was thirty-two years old when he enlisted. In prior
civil life he was an employee of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern
Railway Co., Bridge and Building Department, at Duluth Docks.
He went overseas, and died of pneumonia in France on October 9,
1918.
Charles H. Gordon, who lived at Proctor, was the son of Mrs.
Katherine T. Graves, 534 West Second Street, Duluth.
Elmer L. Griffen, who was inducted at Duluth, was formerly
a resident of Solon Springs. He reported for military duty at Duluth
on July 25, 1918, being enlisted as private of infantry, and sent to
Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina. There he was assigned to Headquarters
Company, Three Hundred and Twenty-third Infantry, and
with that regiment eventually crossed the seas. He died of pneumonia,
in France, on October 8, 1918. His sister, Mrs. Bessie Mosher,
now lives at 313 Morgan Park Street, Duluth.
Herman Gulbranson, who was wounded in action on the Vesle
River front, August 1, 1918, and died a week later in hospital, was
a native of St. Louis County, born at Hermanstown, February 2,
1896, son of Peter and Hilma Gulbranson. Before entering the service
he was in the employ of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway
Company at Proctor. He enlisted on September 22, 1917, at Duluth,
and left for Camp Dodge, Iowa, where he was assigned to Company B,
Three Hundred and Fifty-Second Infantry. About a month later he
was transferred to Camp Cody, New Mexico, and there remained
until June 16, 1918, when his unit was ordered to Port of Embarkation.
The regiment was at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, for a week,
and sailed on June 28th, at a time when the call for man-power
was most urgent, and the outlook darkest. Soon after reaching
France, the regiment moved to a front area.
Alfred Israel Gustafson, who lived at Chisholm for some time
before enlisting, was born in Eveleth, son of Fred Gustafson, now
of Cook, St. Louis County. Date of birth. May 29, 1896. He entered
the service on May 25, 1918, as private of infantry, and was assigned
to Company I, of One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Infantry, Fifth