Sven Peter Langsjoen
- Born: 16 Feb 1893, St Olaf Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States 5350
- Marriage (1): Gina Pauline Dahlvang on 28 Sep 1941 5350
- Died: 26 Dec 1988, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States at age 95 5350
- Buried: Sarpsborg Lutheran Church Cemetery, Tumili Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA
Research Notes:
1. 1930 US Census - Chicago
- Sven, age 37 born in MN; single; rents for $35/mo; works as a clerk in a Bank
2. Military - 1918
- enlisted at Kenmare, Ward Co, ND [ about 80 kms north west from Minot ]
- works at the Farmers and Merchant Bank as a Bookkeeper
- single; born 16 Feb 1893 at Dalton, MN
- medium height, medium build, blue eyes, dark hair
b. From: Østerdalslaget Project ;; source - North Dakota Miliary Men, 1917-1918 (n.p.: n.pub.), Sven P. Langsjoen
Comment: inducted at Minot on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to June 8, 1918; Fourth Officers Training School, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to June 25, 1918; Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Dec. 20, 1917; Sergeant, March 26, 1918. Discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Aug. 30, 1918, as a Sergeant, to accept commission. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery, on Aug. 31, 1918; assigned to Battery A, 11th Regiment, to (date not given); Company D, 2nd Field Artillery, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Knox, Ky., on Oct. 1, 1920, as a 2nd Lieutenant
3. Dahl-Portz on ancestry.com
Ancestry.com - Dahl Portz - Sigrid Marie Prestlien family data; http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/65440023/person/36141736089
- photo - from WW 1
Noted events in his life were:
1. Military Service - 1917-1918, 1917-1918, United States. 5350,5574,5575 Registered at Kenmare, Ward Co, ND (WW I draft card) on 6 May 1917. According the the BIRLS file, he enlisted with the US Army on 18 Sep 1917 and was released on 30 Aug 1918.
The post on the "Østerdalslaget Project": inducted at Minot on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to June 8, 1918; Fourth Officers Training School, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to June 25, 1918; Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Dec. 20, 1917; Sergeant, March 26, 1918. Discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., on Aug. 30, 1918, as a Sergeant, to accept commission. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery, on Aug. 31, 1918; assigned to Battery A, 11th Regiment, to (date not given); Company D, 2nd Field Artillery, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Knox, Ky., on Oct. 1, 1920, as a 2nd Lieutenant
2. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, United States. 5576 Ward 4; Address as 753 47 St, Chicago
Sven married Gina Pauline Dahlvang on 28 Sep 1941.5350 (Gina Pauline Dahlvang was born on 13 Dec 1905,5350 died on 6 May 1996 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States 5350 and was buried in Sarpsborg Lutheran Church Cemetery, Tumili Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA 5350.)
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