A comprehensive roster of casualties from Polk 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
Aageson, James Louis, 23, Luck; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 10,’18.
Anderson, Clarence Arthur, 21, St. Croix Falls; pvt infrpl&tngtr, Camp Grant; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Anderson, H. L., 26, Clam Falls; sgt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 15, ’18.
Auchter, Fred Ernst, 22, Luck; pvt casdet, Camp Nichols; dd (pneu) Nov 6, ’18.
Beauchamp, Arthur, 21, Luck ; rct rctdep, Camp Shelby, Miss. ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 10,’18.
Carlson, Joseph E., 34, Amery; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 30, ’18.
Davis, Wiley D., 20, Clear Lake ; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 21, ’18.
Fitzer, Louis F., 27, Clear Lake; pvt 28inf; 2Marne; w Jy 18; kia Oct 1, ’18.
Greiner, Edward, 25, Clam Falls; pvt 59inf; Marne; dw Oct 20, ’18.
Grosskreutz, Leo Reinhold, 25, Clayton ; pvt mgtngc ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4,’18.
Hansen, Carl C., 30, Luck; pvt MD GH14; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Hemmingson, Theodore, 28, Luck; pvt tngbn, Camp Grant ; LT. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7,’18.
Hoist, Alfred P., 30, Johnstown ; corp 355inf; dw Aug 10, ’18.
Howe, Otto M., 21, Nye; pvt 46aersq; U. S.; d (fractured skull, result of fall) Jan 4, ’19.
Jensen, Christen V., 22, Luck ; pvt 1cl 47inf; kia Aug 10, ’18.
Johansen, Hans V., 24, Frederick; pvt 158depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Johnson, Arndt T., 27, Cushing ; pvt 58inf; kia Jy 19, ’18.
Johnson, George C., 26, m, Luck; pvt 814pioninf ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 30,’18.
Johnson, Raleigh A., 23, Milltown; corp 311amtn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Jorgenson, Thomas E., 26, m, Amery ; pvt 967casco ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Feb 22, ’19.
Konkler, Alvin W., 29, Lewis; pvt 4mgco Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Lee, Clarence A., 23, St. Croix Falls; pvt 341inf; U. S.; dd (empyema) Apr 12, ’18.
Lindstrom, Solomon, 30, Amery; pvt 321fremsq QMC; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 31, ’18.
Lumsden, James L., 18, Centuria; pvt 164inf; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 7, ’18.
Lundgren, Adolph W., 25, Centuria ; pvt 312inf ; kia Oct 19, ’18.
Mallin, Henry G., 23, Osceola ; pvt 341FH co311; overseas ; dd (pneu) Sept 29,’18.
Mattson, Rurick W., 25, Luck; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 25, ’18.
Michaelson, Martin 0., 31, Amery; pvt 32mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 13, ’18.
Nelson, Sidney Arthur, 22, Clear Lake; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Ness, Kalmar Ingersoll, 23, Clayton; pvt 343inf; dd (pneu) Sept 26, ’18.
Nickel, Leopold, 25, Farmington ; pvt 129inf; Dannevoux, Gercourt, Amiens see, Albert sec; dd (pneu) May 14,’19.
Nissen, Carl A., 24, St. Croix Falls; pvt farpldrft, Camp Zachary Taylor; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 9, ’18.
Olson, George 0., 24, m, Alden; pvt 158depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Pearson, Robert A., 29, Balsam Lake; pvt 1co, Portland, Me.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Apr 20, ’18.
Peterson, Harry V., 25, Frederick; pvt farpldep, Camp Taylor; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Peterson, Irvin E., 24, Deronda; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Peterson, Wallace, 22, Amery; pvt hqco 5bn farpldep; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Root, Grover C., 26, Clam Falls ; pvt 16inf ; kia Jy 22, ’18.
Sands, Gunder, 27, Frederick ; pvt MTdept, Camp Hancock ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 19, ’18.
Schultz, Albert E., 26, Lewis; pvt 148inf; Heurne; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Selle, William, 27, Clayton; pvt 318inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Feb 11″19.
Skone, John A., 27, St. Croix Falls; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 5, ’18.
Suding, Joseph A., 23, m, Clayton ; pvt 354inf; Verdun ; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Timm, Adolph, 24, St. Croix Falls ; pvt 127inf; near Fismes ; kia Aug 3, ’18.
Valgren, John R., 22, Amery ; pvt CAC, Puget Sound, Wash. ; U. S.; k by accident (pistol shot) Sept 16, ’18.
Voss, Brynjulf, 21, Milltown; rct AS SigC, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 21,’18.
Walby, Harry N., 24, Clear Lake; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 4, ’18.
Wheeler, John W., 20, Milltown; pvt 68fa; U. S.; dd (influ) Oct 15″18.
Navy
Logan, Ole Christ, 26, Clear Lake; fireman 3cl; d Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., Oct 9,’18.
Mahre, Ronald Henry, 25, Amery; hosp app; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 21,’18.
Peterson, Laurence Elmer, 19, Clear Lake; app seaman; -d Naval Hospital, Newport, R. I., June 1, ’17.
Webster, Harold Chester, 22, Loraine; seaman; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 26, ’18.
Marines
Johnson, George Alvin, 22, Clear Lake; 13regt; bcks detail, Quantico, Va.; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’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.