A comprehensive roster of casualties from Adams 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
Besaw, Charles A., 22, Colburn ; pvt 354inf ; Verdun ; dw Nov 1, ’18.
Bulgren, Charles W., 24, New Rome; pvt 13fa; kia Aug 13,’18.
Bund, Wilhelm F., 32, Friendship; pvt 56inf; kia Nov 9,’18.
Christiansen, Lawrence S., 23, Briggsville; pvt provogd, Camp Grant, Ill.; dd (pneu) Oct 9,’18.
Cole, McKinley W., 22, Quincy; pvt 355inf; dw Aug 12,’18.
Coon, Hubert S., 32, Big Springs; pvt 16inf; dw June 25,’18.
Cutsforth, Edward F., 32; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 22, ’18.
Decorah, Foster, 40, m, Friendship; core 128inf; Marne; kin Aug 2, ’18.
Erickson, Benjamin Allen, 27, Strong’s Prairie; pvt 354inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; dd (pneu) Mch 2,’19.
Feldman, Elmer A., 22, Quincy; pvt 355inf ; dw Aug 16, ’18. Maxcy, Wesley J. (colored), 22, Plainville; pvt 166depbrig; dd (pneu) Oct 21, ’18.
Philbrick, Byron Albon, 21, Grandmarsh; Ibn infrpl&tngtr, Camp Grant; dd (pneu) Oct 5,’18.
Richardson, Ernest J., 26, Grandmarsh; rct unasgnd, Columbus Barracks, 0.; dd (pneu) May 11,’18.
Schwanz, Emil, Adams; pvt 16inf; kin Oct 4,’18.
Shafman, John M., 31, Friendship; pvt 354inf; Verdun; dw Nov 5, ’18.
Snider, Edwin M., 23, Grandmarsb; aersq, Ft. Sill, Ala.; dd (meas) Jan 26, ’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.