A comprehensive roster of casualties from Eau Claire 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
Anderson, Clarence, 30, Eau Claire; ck 127inf; Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Verdun, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, defsec; dd (pneu) Oct 22,’18.
Barnhardt, Floyd, 22, Eau Claire; pvt hqco 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Juvigny, Verdun, Alsatia; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Bates, Clarence Foster, 22, Eau Claire; pvt 120fa; 2Marne, Juvigny, Argonne, Bantheville, Gesnes, defsec; dd (tuberc) Jan 17,’19.
Bergh, James Richard, 26, Eau Claire; 2Lt AS; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 1, ’18.
Bever, George Nechalas, 28, Osseo; pvt 331fa; overseas; dd. (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Charles, John Fred, 30, m, Eau Claire; pvt 332mgbn; dd (pneu) Oct 1, ’18.
Christiansen, Olaf S., 26, m, Eau Claire; pvt Icl 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Clark, Gordon T., 24, m, Eau Claire; mgschl, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd. (pneu) Nov 19, ’18.
Clarke, Bruce W., 24, m, Eau Claire; 1Lt 127inf ; kia Aug 6, ’18.
Connors, Timothy K., 23, Eau Claire; pvt 309inf ; kia Oct 20, ’18.
Demmler, George Adolph, 24, m, Eau Claire; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3,’18.
Eaton, Frank F., 19, Augusta; WNG; pvt Icl 128inf; Alsace, 2Marne, Soissons, Champagne; kia Oct 18,’18.
Haselwander, Charles, 28, Chippewa Falls; pvt infrpldrft, Camp Shelby; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 10,’18.
Hazelton, Patrick, 26, Eau Claire; pvt 128inf; Montfaucon; kia Oct 21, ’18.
Hilt, Leonard, 19, Eau Claire; corp 18inf; Soissons, Chateau Thierry, Verdun, Metz, Argonne; dd. (septicemia) Dee 9,’18.
Honadel, Bernard H., 23, Augusta; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd. (pneu) Oct 7,’18.
Johnson, Oscar R., 28,. Eau Claire; pvt 311inf; Argonne; kia. Oct 25, ’18.
Johnson, Richard, 29, Eau Claire; WNG; sgt 127inf; Marne near Sergy ; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Johnson, William C., 29, Eau Claire; 2Lt 23inf; Champagne, Chateau Thierry; kia June 6,’18.
Klug, Henry, 29, Fairchild; mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock ; U. S.; dd (influ) Nov 2, ’18.
Kneer, Mathias, 22, Eau Claire; pvt 1cl 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Sergy; kia Aug 3,’18.
Knehr, Frank Anthony, 22, Eau Claire; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Larson, Leonard Jalmar, 25, Eau Claire; pvt 109mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 16, ’18.
Lee, Elmer, 20, Eau Claire; SATC UW; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 30, ’18.
Lightfoot, Alfred L., 22, Fairchild; pvt 1cl hqtr 15cavdiv QMC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 15,’18.
McCluskey, Ross, 30, Eau Claire; corp 53inf ; dw Oct 6, ’18.
Markham, George Wilson, 22, m, Strum; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3,’18.
Melhus, Peter M., 25, Eau Claire; pvt 309inf ; dw Oct 6, ’18.
Miller, William, 21, Eau Claire; WNG; corp 127inf; Sergy; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Morsbach, Robert E., 28, Eau Claire; 1Lt AAS; U. S.; k (air accident) Mch 6, ’19.
Moussa, Walter, 31, Eau Claire; pvt 1cl 127inf; Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Soissons, Juvigny, Oise-Aisne; kia Sept 2, ’18.
Nelson, Adolph C., 26, Eau Claire; pvt 309inf ; kia Oct 20, ’18.
Nelson, John B., 26, Eau Claire; 2Lt 127inf ; kia Oct 7, ’18.
Neumann, Robert Bernhard, 24, Fairchild; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28,’18.
Olson, Arthur M., 25, Eau Claire; 2Lt 23inf ; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Peterson, Edwin, 23, Eau Claire; pvt 47inf ; dw Aug 3, ’18.
Quigg, Charles, 28, Eau Claire; sgt 120fa; 2Marne, Juvigny, Argonne, Gesnes, Bantheville; dd (pneu) Dec 2, ’18.
Rindall, Peter A., 22, Osseo; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 24,’18.
Sather, Ben, 22, Eau Claire; corp 127inf; Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Soissons ; kia Sept 2, ’18.
Scott, Frank Samuel, 20, Augusta; pvt 1cl 26inf; kia Jy 21,’18.
Skaug, Palmer O., 24, Strum; pvt 161depbrig; overseas; dd (append) Sept 3,’18.
Sowards, Arthur, 21, m, Eau Claire; corp 127inf; Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Fismes ; kia Sept 2, ’18.
Spondly, Clinton, 30, Augusta; pvt 148inf ; kia Oct 31, ’18.
Spondly, Karl M., 31, Augusta; pvt 148inf; dw Nov 1, ’18.
Sullivan, Richard, 31, Eau Claire; pvt 8prvnlbn Ord Dept; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 5,’18.
Taske, Frank, 27, Eau Claire; pvt mgtngcntr; U. S.; dd (pneu) Aug 28, ’18.
Voight, Fred H., 22, Fall Creek; pvt 352inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Dec 27, ’18.
Voight, Walter, 25, Fall Creek; pvt 344ambco 311sntu; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9,’18.
Wangen, Carl, 22, Eau Claire; WNG; sgt 127inf; Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Soissons; kia Sept 2,’18.
Wicklund, John, 23, Eau Claire; corp 127inf ; Chateau Thierry, Sergy; kia Jy 31,’18.
Wilbur, Carl A., 31, Eau Claire; pvt 9inf; St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont Ridge; dw Nov 5, ’18.
Wintrone, Gilbert, 30, Eau Claire; SATC, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5,’18.
Wright, Vernon, 19, Eau Claire; pvt 127inf; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 24, ’18.
Navy
Lyngaas, Harold Torlaf, 18, Eau Claire; 1dsm for elec radio; d Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 2, ’18.
Sunderland, Frederick, 21, Eau Claire; seaman 2c1; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Nov 8, ’18.
War Nurses
Cosgrove, Anna M., 23, Eau Claire; Base Hospital No. 22 and Embarkation Hospital No. 4; dd (septicemia) June 1, ’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.