Name:
Carl Julien Oien
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-13
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Nora Cemetery, Rice Lake, Wisconsin
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Carl Julien Oien was born on March 10, 1896 in Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin. He was the son of Ole H. Oien and Mathilda Aageson Oien. He was inducted into the United States service on Sept. 17, 1917, trained at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, and went overseas with Company C, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division as a Private. He died from his wounds received in battle on October 13, 1918 in France at the age of 22 and is now buried in Nora Cemetery, Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA.