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Michael Ekstrom

6 Nov 1895 – 14 Nov 1978

Birth	6 Nov 1895
Death	14 Nov 1978
Cemetery	Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis , Hennepin County , Minnesota , USA
Added by	Steve Edquist ~In Memory Of Aaron & Scrappy~ on 08 Jul 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/618480

Bio

From Kittson County History of the War (app. 1920): WWI Veteran. Only Kittson County lad to be awarded the Croix de Guerre from the French. MICHAEL EKSTROM—Master Signal Electrician, Co. E, 2d Bn. Signal Corps; home at Lancaster, Minn.; married; enlisted in the Regular Army Jan. M. 1918; overseas June 10, 1918; saw active service at Pel ford, France, with the French army; was wounded in July, 918; gassed July 24. 1918; was in the hospital five months; won the French War Cross; received his discharge May 12, 1919. Only Kittson County lad to be awarded the Croix de Guerre.

Inscription

PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I

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Family

Parents

• Jonas Ekstrom 1856–1924 FaG
• Anna Ekstrom 1860–1947 FaG

Spouse

• Alma Sophia Lindell Ekstrom 1897–1957

Children

• Michael Arthur Ekstrom 1918–2003
• John Emil Ekstrom 1920–1992

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