A comprehensive roster of casualties from La Crosse County, Wisconsin, detailing the hometown, age, unit, location of death, and cause of death for soldiers, sailors, marines, and nurses who sacrificed their lives during World War I.
See abbreviations on main Wisconsin’s Gold Star List page.
Army
Abicht, George, 31, Mormon Coulee; pvt 16inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Anderson, Edwin, 22, Bangor; mec 16inf; 2Marne, St. Mihiel; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Bedessem, Raymond L., 21, La Crosse ; pvt hqco SATC UW ; U. S.; dd (influ) Nov 2, ’18.
Beranek, Joseph B., 23, La Crosse; WNG; pvt MD 28inf; kia Nov 6, ’18.
Berg, Alek John, 27, West Salem; pvt 128inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Mch 14, ’18.
Bills, Joseph W., 22, m, La Crosse; 3co rctdep unasgnd; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 4, ’18.
Bock, Forrest W., 25, La Crosse; pvt 54inf; dw Sept 24, ’18.
Cassel, Reuben Herbert, 22, La Crosse; pvt Auto Schl, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 28, ’18.
Cerio, Domenico, 27, La Crosse; b Italy; pvt 28inf; Luneville, Beaumont, Cantigny, 2Marne; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Dragseth, Albert H., 22, Holmen; pvt casdep, Camp Nichols; dd (pneu) Nov 17,’18.
Eeg, Alfred, 23, La Crosse; pvt 355inf; dw Aug 13, ’18.
Engh, Marvin, 23, La Crosse; pvt Camp Hancock Sept autrpldrft; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Feyen, Michael J., 21, St. Joseph; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Fuchs, John, 22, La Crosse; pvt 1cl 121mgbn; Aisne-Marne; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Fuhlbruegge, Kurth F., 29, La Crosse; pvt MD Camp Wadsworth rpldrftunit24; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 29, ’18.
Granum, Oscar L., 29, Holmen; pvt 53inf; Vosges, Meuse-Argonne; dd (mening) Feb 15, ’19.
Grassel, John, 30, La Crosse; pvt hqco 8fa; dd (pneu) Feb 19, ’19.
Gunderson, Solon P., 23, Mindoro ; pvt 28inf; 2Marne, St. Mihiel, Argonne ; kia Oct 8, ’18.
Hagen, Fred J., 24, La Crosse; pvt 309inf ; dw Oct 30 ’18.
Hanson, Walter, 24, West La Crosse; pvt tngbn 158depbrig; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Harebo, Arthur, 22, Mindoro ; b Norway ; pvt 312inf ; dw Oct 24, ’18.
Harper, Archie N., 21, Bangor; pvt 1cl 121mgbn; Alsace, 2Marne, Soissons, Noyon; dd (pneu) Dec 29,’18.
Heman, Ferdinand, 21, La Crosse; pvt casdet, Camp Nichols; dd (pneu) Nov 11, ’18.
Johns, Herman Edward, 22, La Crosse; pvt hqco 128inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, near Soissons, Verdun; dw Oct 11, ’18.
Johnson, Henry Grant, 24, La Crosse; 2Lt 121mgbn; kia Gesnes, Oct 4, ’18.
Kendhammer, Frank, 24, Coon Valley ; pvt 28inf; kia Oct 5, ’18.
Kinservik, Thorwald, 28, La Crosse; pvt SATC, Auto Schl, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Klandrud, August B., 25, Onalaska; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Kleppen, Andrew A., 37, m, La Crosse; WNG; sgt 161depbrig; overseas; dd (pneu) June 3, ’19.
Knipple, Charles W., 27, Bangor; pvt 1cl CAC; overseas; k (auto accident) Apr 7, ’19.
Koblitz, Emil, 26, La Crosse; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; Dravegny, Juvigny ; kia Aug 31, 18.
Kolb, Frederick J., 27, La Crosse; pvt 353inf ; kia Oct 29,’18.
Kreamer, John E., 29, La Crosse; pvt dvlpmtbn, Camp Shelby, Miss.; U. S.; dd (tuberc) Aug 8, ’18.
Kvam, Tom T., 25, La Crosse; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 14, ’18.
Leisgang, George, 23, La Crosse; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 19, ’18.
Lund, Walter G., 21, La Crosse ; rct unasgnd NA, Camp Nichols ; dd (pneu) Nov 9,’18.
Manke, Edward L., 23, Bangor; pvt 3121f; dw Oct 23, ’18.
Niebalski, Frank, 24, La Crosse; pvt 1cl 3inf; WNG; U. S.; k (by express train) June 21, ’17.
Oles, Frank H., Jr., 27, La Crosse; WNG; pvt 128inf; U. S.; dd (meas) Feb 6,’18.
Outcault, Douglas L., 23, La Crosse; pvt casdet 13engnrs ; U. S.; dd (psychosis) Mch 29, ’18.
Peck, Frank Lester, 31,.m, Bangor; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8,’18.
Preiss, Clarence G., 19, La Crosse; pvt 121mgbn; Alsace, Marne,
Roncheres, Fismes, Juvigny, Terny-Sorny, Soissons, Noyon, Verdun; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Rennebohm, Robert B., 24, La Crosse ; sgt 324inf ; overseas ; dd (mening) Dec 6, ’18.
Rooney, Thomas Henry, Jr., 19, La Crosse ; pvt 128inf; Juvigny, Montfaucon ; kia Oct 9, ’18.
Ruland, Robert B., 25, Rockland ; pvt mtrkdet mgtngc ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Schaefer, Frank Henry, 22, La Crosse; pvt Auto Schl tngdet, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Schild, William John, 22, La Crosse; pvt SATC, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 30,’18.
Schlicht, Carl Edward, 25, La Crosse; pvt 354inf; dw Oct 21, ’18.
Schmitz, Bernard, 22, La Crosse; pvt 16inf; Apr 24, Jy 6, 10-20; kia Jy 20, ’18.
Schroeder, Elmer P., 26, La Crosse ; corp 53inf; dw Nov 8, ’18.
Sewoski, Benjamin T., 22, La Crosse; 1Lt 6inf; Meuse-Argonne; dw Oct 6, ’18.
Simonson, Oscar C., 24, La Crosse; pvt 15bn rctcmp, Syracuse, N. Y.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Sinniger, George Casper, 19, La Crosse; pvt 1cl hqco 128inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Argonne; dw Nov 10, ’18.
Snuggerud, Morris, 28, Holmen; corp 17fa; U. S.; dd (tuberc) Oct 12, ’18.
Struck, Otto W., 30, Onalaska; pvt 333mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 29, ’18.
Thomas, Erwin, 23, Bangor; corp 128inf; 2Marne, Juvigny, Montfaucon; dw Nov 19, ’18.
Thompson, William B., 21, La Crosse; CAC, Los Angeles; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 17, ’18.
Vingers, Roy, La Crosse; WNG; sgt 128inf; Chateau Thierry; kia Aug 5, ’18.
Wallum, Rudolph H., 23, Holmen ; pvt Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce ; dw Oct 27, ’18.
Navy
Ferris, Thomas Bernard, 23, La Crosse; hosp app lcl; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 26, ’18.
Hahn, Arthur Anthony, La Crosse; seaman 2c1; d USS Prairie, Apr 29, ’18.
Hanson, William McKinley, 21, Mindoro; fireman 3cl; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va., Oct 15, ’18.
Parce, James Daniel, La Crosse; foreman 3cl; d La Crosse while awaiting orders, Feb 26, ’18.
Peterson, Paul Mathew, 23, La Crosse; app seaman; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 25, ’18.
Teiml, John Charles, 25, Onalaska; mach mate; d USS Reina Mercedes, Annapolis, Md., July 14, ’19.
Wilcox, James Nelson, 18, West Salem; app seaman; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Oct 2, ’18.
Marines
Weigert, William, 30, La Crosse; served at Boston; d (gunshot wounds) June 19, ’17. Character excellent.
Zein, Frank Henry, 22, La Crosse; 18co 5regt; Meuse-Argonne (Champagne); kia Oct 4, ’18.
Source
Gregory, John G., Wisconsin’s Gold Star List : Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Nurses from the Badger State Who Died in the Federal Service During the World War, Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1925.