A comprehensive roster of casualties from Columbia 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
Ashley, Irving, 20, Portage; pvt 16inf; WNG; Soissons; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Breneman, Maurice Wilson, 22, Pardeeville; SATC, Kansas City; dd (pneu) Oct 4,’18.
Buglas, Kenneth G., 23, Portage; pvt 1cl 128inf, 16inf ; dw Jy 19, ’18.
Byam, Cheney A., 28, m, Portage; pvt COTS, Camp Taylor; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Christopherson, Otto, 25, Kilbourn; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 1, ’18.
Cleary, Thomas W., 25, Portage; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf, 16inf; kia May 11,’18.
Clemmons, Louis, 30, Portage; pvt 7inf ; kia Oct 15, ’18.
Cole, Edgar E., Fall River; pvt 334inf; dd (pneu) Nov 6,’18.
Cook, William G., 24, Poynette; pvt 27rctco, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Crombie, William Carlton, 21, Fall River; pvt SATC, Kansas City; dd (influ) Oct 4, ’18.
Dahl, Levi E., 35, Lodi; pvt 75CAC; overseas; dd (sc fev) Oct 19, ’18.
De la Ronde, Nelson R., 23, Portage; WNG; pvt 1cl 16inf; kia Jy 23, ’18.
Devine, Leo A., 30, Portage; pvt 148inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 25, ’18.
Donahue, Earl P., 22, Doyleston; SATC UW; dd (influ and pneu) Oct 30, ’18.
Gehr, Lee W., 25, Portage; pvt 16inf; Montdidier-Noyon, AisneMarne, defsec; kia Jy 20, ’18.
Grabman, Carl Edward, 23, Portage; pvt 310inf; dw Nov 3, ’18.
Hageman, Roy Henry, 22, Lodi; pvt unasgnd; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
Hancock, Eugene H., 26, Fall River; pvt 331fa; dd (pnen) Apr 4, ’18.
Hatzinger, John Edward, 22, Fall River; pvt MD rplunit36; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Heller, Frank Emil, 19, Portage; pvt SATC UW; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 13, ’18.
Hudson, Henry J., 23, Portage; corp 16inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, Soissons; dd (pneu) Oct 17,’18.
Iven, Ole, 26, Poynette; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5,’18.
Jerred, Harry D., 22, Pardeeville; WNG; corp 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry; dw Sept 6,’18.
Jones, David G., 22, Pardeeville; corp 47inf ; kia Aug 7, ’18.
Kohler, Orris C., 26, Portage; 2Lt 337inf, Camp Custer; dd (pneu) Jan 13, ’18.
Kohn, Allen J., 24, Lodi; pvt 161depbrig, Camp Lee, Va.; dd (pneu) Oct 14, ’18.
Koppelmeyer, Walter, Portage; corp 128inf ; kia Sept 7, ’18.
Krech, William, Portage; WNG; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 18,’18.
Larkin, Harold. 27, Kilbourn; WNG; corp 128inf; Soissons; cited for bravery; kia Aug 30, ’18.
Lester, Dudley J., 20, Portage; pvt 16inf; Montdidier-Noyon, defsec; dw June 26,’18.
Lynch, Francis T., 22, Pardeeville ; pvt 331fa ; U. S.; dd (empyema) Apr 4, ’18.
McDermott, Francis E., 23, Portage; pvt MD ERC ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 8,’18.
Maynard, Merton, 20, Lodi; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; 2Marne; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Morris, Keith L., 25, Kilbourn; corp 311suptn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Mosher, Arthur D., 25, Pardeeville; pvt 353inf; Bois de Bantheville, Argonne-Meuse; dd (mening) Feb 8,’19.
Mulcahy, Richard, 31, Portage; WNG; 1Lt 128inf; Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne ; kia Nov 10, ’18.
O’Connell, Ray T., 23, Kilbourn; WNG; pvt 16inf; Soissons; dw Jy 21,’18.
Ostrander, Albert H., 21, Columbus; pvt 28inf; Soissons, Cantigny; dw Jy 18, ’18.
Rasmussen, John, Portage; sgt 128inf ; dw Dec 9, ’18.
Richards, Charles O., 21, Lodi; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Rose, Harold H., 23, Poynette; sgt 333fa MD, Camp Grant; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Ryan, Walter F., 22, Portage; pvt 16inf; Cantigny; dw May 9,’18.
Schlugen, Ernest, 22, Lodi; pvt 128inf; 2Marne; dw Aug 1,’18.
Schwanz, Carl H., 29, Portage; pvt 1cl 16inf; kia Jy 18,’18.
Senft, Julius Thepdore, 22, Rio; pvt 310inf ; Champignelles; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Shepherd, Clyde, 24, Poynette ; pvt 309inf, 148inf ; Heurne; kia Oct 31, ’18.
Siegert, Otto Gustav, 21, Columbus; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5,’18.
Smith, Ben H., 24, Lodi; pvt 331fa; U. S.; dd (pericard) Feb 21, ’18.
Smith, Harry P., 21, m, Portage; pvt 311suptn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 25, ’18.
Smith, Lester Horatio, 21, Columbus; pvt SATC, Kansas City; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Steiner, Robert L., 25, Wyocena; mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock, Ga.; dd (pneu) Dec 20, ’18.
Voigt, William W., 25, Portage; pvt 16inf ; kia Jy 19, ’18.
White, Marcellus, 21, Portage; WNG; pvt 1cl 16inf; kia Jy 18,’18.
Winn, Alonzo K., 21, Portage; corp 331fa; U. S.; dd (neph) Feb 21, ’18.
Wood, Harold H., 29, Morrisonville; pvt mtrkdiv, Camp Hancock, Ga.; dd (pneu) Aug 9,’18.
Navy
Johnson, Derastus Clifton, 21, Poynette; 1dsm for elec radio; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 29, ’18.
Marines
Winn, Carl Francis, 28, Portage; gy sgt 67co 5regt; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry; kia June 6, ’18. (Four years prior service in MC.)
War Nurses
Groves, Elma, 30, Lodi; Base Hospital No. 4 and General Hospital No. 9; dd Oct 19, ’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.