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ALBERT T. VANDERWAAL
![]() Albert was born on 14 August 1889 in Durham, Marion County, Iowa to Aart and Antonia Vanderwaal. His siblings included Arie, Herman, Minnie, Henry, William, Laura, Gertrude, and Irora. The family lived in Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas.
![]() Albert resided at Cannonball at the time of his enlistment. From the Roster of the Men and Women of North Dakota: "VANDERWAAL, ALBERT T. Army number 2,786,674; registrant, Sioux county; born, Durham, Iowa, Aug. 14, 1889, of (nationality of parents not given - Note: Aart (June 1852) and Antonia (December 1854) were born in Holland); occupation, farmer; inducted at Fort Yates on May 25, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash,; served in 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade to June 20, 1918; Company A, 348th Machine Gun Battalion, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, Oct. 29, 1918; overseas from July 6,1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Ypres—Lys; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine). Killed in action on Nov. 1, 1918: buried, Grave 1, Row 4, Block D, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waereghem, Belgium."
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