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Albert Odegaard
Born	31 Aug 1888, Rogaland Fylke, Stavanger Kommune, Stavanger, Norway
Gender	Male
Parents
Schools Attended
Branch of Service	Army
Additional Identifiers	Killed in Action
Service Timeframe	27 May 1918 - 29 Sep 1918
War/Conflict	World War One 1914-1918
Principal Units and Locations	Private, Company A, 362nd Infantry, 91st Division, US Army
Military Awards and Decorations	Purple Heart ?
About 1918. He made his living as a tiling contractor.
Narrative Killed by an aerial bomb thrown from German aircraft at Gesnes, Departement de la Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France. Burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. Entered the service at Windom, Minn., May 27, 1918, and was sent to Camp Lewis, Wash., where he received training for about four weeks and then went to France with his Division. On his arrival in France he was transferred to Co. A, 363rd Inf., 91st Div. If was not long until his Division was sent to the front and on the 29th day of September his Division was ordered to take the town of Gesnes at all costs. On September 29th his company numbered 189 men just before they went over the top at 3:40 P. M. From that time until dark they had lost over 50% of their men, but Gesnes was taken. Private Odegaard was among those killed. He was killed by a bomb dropped from a German aeroplane. He was buried in a field two kilometers southwest of Hill 288, and slightly north of Gesnes.