A comprehensive roster of casualties from Clark 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
Anthony, Rella, 22, Neillsville; pvt 329inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Dee 30, ’18.
Baker, Earl E., 24, Owen; pvt 26inf; Soissons; kia Jy 22,’18.
Banderob, Harry, 24, Thorp ; pvt 343inf ; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 26, ’18.
Beeckler, Rex C., 23, Granton ; pvt 130inf 330mgbn ; kia Oct 30, ’18.
Bruckert, August F., 29, Withee; pvt 161depbrig; U.S.; dd (empyema) Nov 18,’18.
Bruny, John, 20, Neillsville; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; overseas; dd (diph) Mch 11,’18.
Buss, Fred, 24, Owen; pvt 1cl 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 31, ’18.
Castner, Glen Claven, 21, Loyal; unasgnd, Camp Nichols; dd (pneu) Nov 7, ’18.
Cox, Aubrey, 19, Greenwood; pvt 128inf; 2Marne; dw Aug 5,’18.
Cresap, Milton E., 29, Granton; pvt mgtngc, Camp Hancock; dd (influ) Oct 22, ’18.
Dietrich, Bennie A., 24, Clark; pvt 111inf; Lorraine; kia Oct 28,’18.
Ehlert, George William, 28, m, Clark; pvt mtrkco 42suptn; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Farning, Arthur, Greenwood; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; dd (meas) Apr 8, ’18.
Firnstahl, Raymond M., 24, Colby ; pvt 38inf ; Meuse-Argonne, defsec; kia Oct 9,’18.
Garbisch, Adolph, 29, Neillsville; pvt fremsq; overseas; d (suicide by drowning) Aug 22, ’19.
Gullickson, Nels, 31, Neillsville; pvt 11inf; Verdun sec; kia Nov 7, ’18.
Hall, John L., 21, Granton; pvt 1cl 128inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Apr 6, ’18.
Halle, Arnold E., 23, Greenwood; pvt rplgr MD, Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; dd (pneu) Oct 4,’18.
Hanson, Charles F., 24, Abbotsford; pvt rplgr MD, Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; dd (pneu) Nov 9, ’18.
Harper, Fred B., 20, Thorp; pvt 1cl 125inf, 163inf; 2Marne, Juvigny, Soissons, Chateau Thierry; kia Sept 4,’18.
Haugen, Otto, 24, Neillsville; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; kia Aug 1,’18. Himmel, William J., 30, m, Curtiss; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 29, ’18.
Howard, Glenn L., 24, Neillsville ; pvt 128inf ; 2Marne, Hill 230; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Huckstead, Thomas F., 25, Neillsville ; pvt 343inf ; overseas; dd (mening) Nov 6,’18.
Johnson, George W., 19, Withee; pvt 1cl 43fa; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 8,’18.
Joyce, Edward, 24, Greenwood; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Knaack, Albert, Jr., 27, Dorchester; pvt meddet; U. S.; dd (influ) Oct 9, ’18.
Knaack, Edward, 25, Dorchester; pvt 7inf ; Argonne ; kia Oct 18, ’18.
Knorr, Lynn Elmer, 29, Granton; pvt 161depbrig, Camp Grant; dd (pneu) Oct 2, ’18.
Langjahr, Oliver J., 23, Colby; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 30, ’18.
Langrehr, William E., 25, Granton; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Lindekugel, Richard E., 27, Loyal; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Lloyd, Louis Adrian, 23, Columbia; pvt 1cl 343inf ; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28,’18.
Mabie, Alvin R., 21, Loyal; pvt 312inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 3, ’19.
Mabie, Harris E., 24, Loyal; pvt 312inf ; overseas; dw Oct 21, ’18.
Malinowski, Alex, 22, Thorp; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Matson, Neils M., 23, Withee; pvt 131inf; Gressaire Woods; kia Aug 9,’18.
Melcher, Alphonse, 22, Humbird; pvt 1cl 16inf; Soissons, St.
Mihiel, Argonne Forest; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Merrill, Percy E., 22, Atwood; pvt 1cl 107suptn; overseas; dd (pneu) Dec 24,’18.
Mike, Dewey, 19, Neillsville ; pvt 128inf ; 2Marne, Soissons ; dw Aug 30, ’18.
Miller, Claud, 32, Thorp; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Owen, Verne Minar, 23, Loyal; pvt tngdept COTS, Buffalo; dd (pneu) Nov 8, ’18.
Pollnow, Louis, 24, Neillsville; pvt 1cl 343inf; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 28,’18.
Preisig, Ernest, 20, Neillsville; pvt 7fa; U. S.; dd (septicemia) May 3, ’17.
Rabenstein, Carl, 30, Neillsville; WNG; core 128inf; dw Oct 10,’18.
Richter, John A., 26, Curtiss; pvt 331fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7,’18.
Romanczuk, Walter, 25, Owen; pvt 127inf; Fismes, Soissons, Verdun ; kia Oct 15, ’18.
Schultz, Edward, 19, Veefkind; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Sergy; dw Aug 5, ’18.
Schwitzenburg, Fred, 21, Neillsville; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; Cierges Hill; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Seif, Louis, 28, Neillsville ; 2Lt 127inf ; Aisne-Maine ; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Stecker, Levi J., 23, Colby; pvt 53inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 28, ’18.
Stelloh, George, 22, Neillsville; WNG; core 121mgbn; Aisne-Maine, Oise-Maine, Meuse-Argonne; dd (mening) Apr 12,’19.
Thompson, Carl, 30, Curtiss ; 2Lt 126inf ; Oise-Aisne ; kia Aug 31, ’18.
Tormey, Cecil G., 22, Thorp; sgt 127inf; overseas; dd (pneu) May 1, ’18.
Vanhuisen, Albert, 20, Owen; bglr 128inf; 2Marne, Soissons; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Vincent, Alvin, 22, Neillsville; pvt 16inf, 128inf; kia May 28, ’18.
Wallis, Henry Dean, 22, Greenwood; pvt 1cl 121inf; near Fismes; kia Aug 5, ’18.
Wasserburger, Charles, 29, Neillsville; corp 128inf; 2Marne, Soissons ; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Weissborn, Eric F., 19, Loyal; corp 128inf; 2Marne, Soissons; w Aug 30; kia Nov 10, 18.
Wilson, William, 27, Neillsville; mec 28inf, 16inf; kia May 28, ’18.
Wosniak, Felix, 23, Thorp; pvt ASC; overseas; d accident (run over by tramcar) May 11, ’19.
Navy
Kauffman, Charles, 26, Loyal; seaman 2c1; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept 28, ’18.
Marines
Noah, Hugo Herman, 23, Loyal; sgt 63co; brighq, Haiti; d (accidental gunshot) Jan 22, ’20.
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.