Benjamin fought during WW1.
Enlisted in Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota
National Guard, at Dickinson, on July 14, 1917; called into
federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917; served in
Machine Gun Company, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National
Guard (Machine Gun Company, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 9,
1918; Company D, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge.
Grades: Private 1st Class, Aug. 20, 1917; Cook, Jan. 10,
1918; overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Sept. 3, 1919;
wounded, slightly, May 4, 1918. Engagements: Defensive:
Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville and Saizerais
(Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Camp Dodge,
Iowa, on Sept. 24, 1919, as a Cook. Cited in General Orders
No. 5, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade, AEF, Selters,
Germany, June 1, 1919, for gallant and courageous conduct
during his participation in all of the four major
operations of this Division: Montdidier-Noyon defensive;
Aisne-Marne offensive; St. Mihiel offensive; Meuse-Argonne
offensive. Entitled to wear a silver star.
B. H. Schuster, Dickinson Resident B. H. "Dick" Schuster,
Dickinson, retired state highway patrolman, died at his
home there Tuesday. Born May 30, 1889, at Eureka Springs.
Ark., he came to Dickinson in 1908 and served on the
Dickinson police force before joining the State Highway
Patrol. He was married to Lola Dryer Flanagan at Dickinson,
Sept. 11, 1928. He was a veteran of World War I and a
charter and 50-year member of Matthew Brew Post of the
American Legion at Dick' inson. ' He leaves his wife, and
one stepdaughter, Mrs. Lome Beau doin, Dickinson, and three
step- granddaughters. . Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Friday at Price-Lisko Funeral Home with the Rev.
Theodore Nace officiating. Pallbearers will be Allen
Paulson, Jerry Barnhart, Harold Welch, Hollis Dietz, Jack
Olin and Colby Burgess. Burial will be in the Dickinson
Cemetery.4 5
Sources:
- Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917
- World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Card
- North Dakota Department of Heath Public Death Index
- Ancestry.com. North Dakota Military Men, 1917-1918
- The Bismarck Tribune Bismarck, North Dakota 10 Apr 1969, Thu Page 18
