PVT Otto Jepsen
1896 - 1936
USAR
WWI

Otto Jepsen was born in 1896, in Denmark to Christian and Marie (Jensen) Jepsen and his wife.

Jepsen emigrated in 1915; he settled in Minnesota, where he worked as a farm laborer.

He was drafted into the 54th Pioneer Infantry in World War I, serving a year in France as a Private. He saw service in the Meuse-Argonne and Alsace campaigns in 1918.

After the war, Jepsen moved to Illinois where his brother lived, and worked as a farm hand.

Private Otto Jepsen died on July 13, 1936, in Bartlett; he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution