A comprehensive roster of casualties from Lincoln 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
Achterburg, Albert F. W., 23, Merrill; pvt 1cl 315GFCo; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 22, ’18.
Bauman, Adolph, 23, Gleason; pvt 30mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 1″18.
Berndsen, William A., 25, Merrill; pvt 16inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; dw Nov 30, ’18.
Bronsted, Henry Engwald, 19, Tomahawk; WNG; pvt 1cl 119mgbn; kia Aug 31,’18.
Burkland, Fred Arthur, 27, Tomahawk; pvt 1cl 120mgbn; Marne, Juvigny; kia Aug 29,’18.
Bums, Edward Alexander, 25, Merrill; pvt 311inf; kia Oct 25, ’18.
Donner, Arnold Gustav, 23, Merrill; pvt 18inf; Verdun, Metz, Argonne ; kia Oct 10, ’18.
Gerholtz, Frank Frederick Carl, 24, Merrill; pvt 343inf; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Goetsch, Emil, 31, Merrill; pvt 30mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4,’18.
Hintze, George, 27, Gleason; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Jorgensen, Louis, 28, m, Tomahawk ; pvt 136mgbn ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 24,’18.
Keil, Charles L., 23, Merrill; pvt 355inf; dw Aug 23, ’18.
Kleinschmidt, Emil G., 24, Corning; pvt 136mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 13, ’18.
Kneiss, Albert William, 27, m, Merrill; pvt 7inf; Argonne; kia Oct 17, ’18.
Lagerbloom, Arthur A., 23, m, Spirit Lake; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Martinson, Fred, 22, Tomahawk; pvt 119mgbn; Alsace, 2Marne, Juvigny ; kia Aug 29, ’18.
Pahls, Frebert H. J., 23, Merrill; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 11″18.
Pophol, Paul, 24, Merrill; pvt 4inf ; Argonne; kia Oct 5, ’18.
Rice, Guy L., 25, Gleason; pvt 1cl 150mgbn; Army of Occupation; overseas; dd (tuberc) Jy 31,’19.
Saeger, William, 26, Merrill; pvt 9inf; overseas; dd (neph) Mch 10″19.
Schaefer, William August, 25, Merrill; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 21, ’18.
Schmidt, Peter Donat, 22, Merrill; WNG; pvt 120fa; dw Nov 19, ’18.
Stange, Lee E., 30, Merrill ; pvt 34mgbn ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 25, ’18.
Tool, Archie W., 30, Tomahawk; unasgnd, Schl for Bkrs and Cks, Augusta, Ga. ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 4,’18.
Tozer, Gordon F., 26, Irma; pvt 20engnrs; U. S.; dd (meas) May 3, ’18.
Wieland, Otto R., 25, Merrill; pvt 18bn Camp Taylor Feb autrpldrft; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 15, ’18.
Woodruff, Hiram W., 23, Bradley; pvt 5bn farpldep, Camp Taylor ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 12, ’18.
Navy
Gould, Raymond Ernest, 18, Merrill; fireman 3cl; dd (influ) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 25, ’18.
Stiefvater, Bernar Fidelis, 26, Merrill; fireman 2c1; drowned in fatal submersion of USS William Rockefeller, May 18, ’18.
Marines
Barber, Gordon Curtis, 20, Merrill; 5regt; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry; kia June 10, ’18.
Liberty, Frank Alexander, 21, Tomahawk; sgt; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne offnsve, Marbache, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne; w (in accident) Oct 5; dd Oct 22, ’18. Croix de Guerre, bronze star, citation AEF.
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.