A comprehensive roster of casualties from Shawano 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
Alft, Joseph, 22, Shawano; WNG; pvt 107tmby; overseas; k (premature explosion) Jy 8, ’18.
Austin, Edwin, 18, Shawano ; WNG; pvt 127inf; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Bergner, Edward C., 22, Pulcifer; corp 16fa; Vesle, St. Mihiel, Argonne; dd (pleur) Feb 3, ’19.
Besaw, Leonard, 27, Shawano; WNG; corp 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Alsace sec; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Blimke, Paul, 26, Shawano ; pvt 47inf; dw Oct 7, ’18.
Bloecher, Raymond F., 25, Wittenberg; 2Lt mgco 18inf; Chaudin (Aisne) ; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Boerger, Fred William, 25, Wittenberg; pvt 47inf; kia Aug 3, ’18.
Bossell, Fred Louis, 26, Mattoon; pvt 9amtn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 27, ’18.
Bredendick, William E., 22, Birnamwood; pvt 58inf; w Oct 4; kia Nov 11, ’18.
Brenger, William, 25, Shawano; pvt 161depbrig, Camp Grant; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Brunnecker, Joe A., 22, Birnamwood ; pvt 58inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 31, ’18.
Budahn, Arthur A. F., 25, Almond; pvt 25mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 22, ’18.
Crawford, John W., 21, Keshena; pvt 5tmbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct. 6, ’18.
Darling, Milo A., 26, m, Eland; pvt 32mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 30, ’18.
Davenport, Lyle, 20, Bowler; pvt 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes ; kia Aug 6,’18.
Dorn, Frank C., 24, Pulaski; pvt 47inf ; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Drake, Payne, 19, Shawano; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes, Juvigny; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Elefson, Edwin, 19, Shawano ; corp 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes, Juvigny; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Evans, Otis, 24, Gresham; pvt 1cl 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes; dw Nov 2, ’18.
Francovick, Peter, 27, Lane; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry; kia Jy 30, ’18.
Frank, George A., 21, Shawano ; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Cierges; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Garmond, Arthur, 25, Eland Junction; pvt 181m USG; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
George, Guy S., 45, Shawano ; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, near Fismes; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Goodwin, Matthew T., 24, Pella; pvt 332mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 1 ’18.
Goree, Joseph, 18, Shawano; WNG; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry sec; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Gross, Alfred, 26, Belle Plaine; WNG; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Hafeman, Robert, 26, Bonduel; pvt VH9; overseas; dd (neph) May 13, ’18.
Heins, Ervin, 27, Tilleda; pvt lcl 356inf; kia Nov 10, ’18.
Hinze, Fred J., 27, Cecil ; pvt MD ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 14, ’18.
Kleman, Oscar, 25, Bowler; pvt 353inf; St. Mihiel offnsve; dw Sept 12, ’18.
Klimek, Christ. J., 24, Rose Lawn; pvt 332mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 29, ’18.
Kopanke, Fred, 20, Shawano; WNG; pvt lcl 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Fismes; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Leidheisl, Joseph, 29, Tigerton; pvt 1cl 36fa; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 5 ’19.
Luecke, Robert, 22, Shawano ; pvt 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Cierges ; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Mangold, Louis A., 26, Shawano; WNG; corp 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Alsace sec; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Mathison, Melvin, 19, Wittenberg; pvt 1cl 128inf; overseas; dd (diph) Mch 31, ’18.
Mielke, Albert, 26, Barton; pvt 1cl 129inf; overseas; dd (diph) Nov 12, ’18.,
Mixtacki, Adam V., 26, Pulaski; pvt 16inf; Ansonville sec, Cantigny; dw June 1, ’18.
Mohawk, Henry, 25, Gresham ; pvt 332mgbn; overseas ; dd (pneu) Nov 22, ’18.
Owen, John Harvey, 24, Mattoon ; corp 128inf; near Fulleren ; kia June 13, ’18.
Peters, John J., 20, Keshena; pvt 1engnrs; Broyes; dw Apr 28, ’18.
Plisch, Clarence M., 23, Aniwa ; pvt 56inf; kia Nov 8, ’18.
Robinson, Charles, 22, Gresham; pvt lcl 127inf; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Salzer, Edward, 23, Neopit ; WNG; corp 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Schardt, Ernst, 23, Shawano; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; dd (influ) Oct 6, ’18.
Schwenkner, Herman, 23, Shawano; WNG; corp 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes, Juvigny, Verdun ; dw Oct 21, ’18.
Severson, William Arthur, 26, Rose Lawn ; pvt lcl 332mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 26, ’18.
Skaleski, Charles J., 29, Shawano; corp 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Alsace, near Cierges; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Staege, Asa J., 28, Mattoon; pvt MD; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 25, ’18.
Steinke, Otto, 27, Leopolis; pvt 1cl 332mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Tiegs, Emil, 30, Shawano; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry; kia Jy 30, ’18.
Wallrich, William, 24, Shawano; 1Lt 38inf; Aisne, Champagne, Marne, Aisne-Marne; kia Jy 23, ’18.
Wardwell, Ira, 28, Morris; pvt CAC Ft. Moultrie Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Weigel, Moritz, 23, Shawano ; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Roncheres ; kia Jy 30, ’18.
Wendt, Fred, 26, Greenvalley; pvt 53inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 30, ’18.
Wolf, Anton, 25, Aniwa; pvt 9amtn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 2,’18.
Zenske, Emil, 23, Shawano ; pvt 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes; dw Sept 15, ’18.
Zernicke, Clarence, 27, Bonduel; pvt 209sbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 21, ’18.
Ziegelbauer, Waldemar C., 21, Gresham; pvt SATC UW; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 30, ’18.
Navy
Bricko, Raymond Mathew, 23, Eland; app seaman; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 20, ’18.
Kadletz, Joe Anthony, 23, Leopolis; seaman 2cl; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 22, ’18.
Nehls, Edward Carl, 24, Wittenberg; fireman 3cl; dd (diph) USS New Jersey at sea, Apr 20, ’19.
Zilak, Joseph, 27, Mattoon; elecn 3cl; d Naval Hospital, New York City, Jan 20, ’18.
Marines
Schenk, Edgar George, 22, Shawano; hq, Washington, D. C.; d (gunshot wound, self-inflicted) France, Feb 9, ’19.
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.