A comprehensive roster of casualties from Manitowoc 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
Ahrens, Harrison H., 29, Manitowoc ; pvt 160depbrig; U. S.; dd (tuberc) Aug 23, ’18.
Allen, William H., 30, Two Rivers ; pvt 31m VH8 ; kia Sept 21, ’18.
Allie, Charles E., 27, Two Rivers ; pvt 57engnrs ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Sept 18, ’18.
Bartz, Harry, 25, m, Two Rivers; sgt 59inf; Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, defsec; dw Oct 6, ’18.
Bedford, Walter, 21, Manitowoc; WNG; corp 127inf; Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, defsec ; w Jy 31; dw Oct 5, ’18.
Bloedorn, Arno Oscar, 19, Manitowoc; corp 127inf; Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, defsec, Haute Alsace; kia Oct 7, ’18.
Brunner, Mike, 30, Manitowoc; pvt 123inf; Roncheres, .Fismes; dw Aug 8, ’18.
Bugler, Charles C., 23, Two Rivers; pvt 1cl 4inf; Argonne; kia Oct 22, ’18.
Burkard, Math., 31, Valders; ck 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Burns, Robert, 30, Two Rivers ; sgt 127inf; Cierges, Fismes, Juvigny, Kriemhilde-Stellung; dw Oct 9, ’18.
Drews, Jacob G., 23, Manitowoc ; pvt 340inf; U. S.; dd (pleur) Jan 8,’19.
Dusold, Joseph J., 29, Manitowoc; Cierges, Fismes, Juvigny; kia Sept 2, ’18.
Fidler, Edward, 24, Cooperstown; pvt 4mgbn; St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont; dw Oct 9, ’18.
Gerl, Edward L., 29, Manitowoc; pvt 58inf; kia (sinking of Moldavia) May 23, ’18.
Gosz, Joseph M., 22, Grimms; pvt 59inf; Marne, Argonne; kia Oct 15, ’18.
Hampton, Robert, 22, Manitowoc ; WNG; corp 127inf; Chateau Thierry; dw Aug 4, ’18.
Hoffman, Joseph, 27, Maribel; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock, Ga.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 8, ’18.
Hutchison, William C., 24, Cleveland; pvt 47inf; dw Aug 1, ’18.
Kelly, George E., 24, Manitowoc ; pvt 320fremsq QMC ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Nov 13, ’18.
Kieselhorst, Elmer, 23, Manitowoc; pvt 1cl 11mgbn; dw Aug 7, ’18.
Klinkenberg, Alfred, 25, Two Rivers; pvt 332mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 1, ’18.
Kocian. William Albert, 19, Wayside; pvt 1cl 127inf; w Sept 5; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Kolicek, Charles P., 29, Mishicott ; pvt 332mgbn ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Sept 30,’18.
La Russa, Silvestro, 26, Manitowoc; b Italy; pvt Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; dd (pneu) Oct 16,’18.
Lesperance, Isadore, 21, Two Rivers; pvt 1cl 4inf; Argonne; kia Sept 30, ’18.
Levandosky, Edward, 19, Manitowoc ; pvt 157inf ; Cierges ; dw Aug 2, ’18.
Lilge, Carl F., 28, Kiel; pvt 4inf; Argonne; kia Oct 21, ’18.
Luecke, Otto A., 23, Manitowoc; pvt 7prvnlbn Ord Dept; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
McCarthy, James G., 29, Manitowoc ; pvt 58inf; kia May 23, ’18.
Machen, Raymond 0., 31, Two Rivers; pvt 1cl 127inf; Sergy; kia Aug 5, ’18.
Monk, Martin J., 27, Manitowoc; pvt 353inf; Bois de Bantheville; kia Oct 23, ’18.
Mulligan, Robert’ H., 31, Two Rivers ; pvt 39inf; kia Sept 27, ’18.
Oas, Otto, 25, Manitowoc; 2Lt 127inf; Aisne-Marne; dw Jan 3, ’19.
Peroutka, Anton, 30, Kossuth; pvt 109inf; kia Nov 11, ’18.
Pfefferkorn, Norman, 24, Manitowoc; corp 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Pivonka, Frank E., 25, m, Tisch Mills; pvt 331fa; overseas; dd (pneu) in English hospital, Oct 2, ’18.
Place, John K., 22, Manitowoc; pvt 1cl 56inf; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Polcar, Anton, 28, Two Rivers; b Germany; mec hqco64 CAC; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 11,’18.
Rautman, August H., 20, Kiel; pvt MD Camp Greenleaf 58rplunit; dd (pneu) Oct 7,’18.
Riemer, Rudolph, 29, Manitowoc ; pvt 344inf; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Rosek, Nick, 29, m, Mishicot; pvt 311engnrs; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Salta, William, 26, Cato; pvt MD VH8; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 20, ’18.
Schmidtmann, Walter, 23, Manitowoc; pvt 3rplunit VTS, Camp Lee, Va. ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 9,’18.
Schwantz, Berthold C., 29, Manitowoc; pvt 58inf; dw Jy 29, ’18.
Schwartz, John Felix, 26, Manitowoc; pvt 1cl 58inf; kia Aug 6, ’18.
Shavlik, John, 26, Franklin ; pvt 309inf; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Simonis, George M., 25, Two Rivers; pvt 8prvnlbn Ord Dept; over seas; dd (influ) Oct 6, ’18.
Singer, John, 24, Manitowoc; sgt 127inf; overseas; dd (empyema) Mch 27, ’18.
Staalson, Oscar R., 30, Manitowoc; pvt 1cl 4inf; kia Oct 12, ’18.
Stockmeier, Paul E., 24, m, Manitowoc; pvt 163depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18,’18.
Strupp, Alvin, 24, Manitowoc; pvt 3mgbn Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Sukowatz, Edward, 29, Eaton; pvt 1cl 4inf; Argonne; kia Oct 16, ’18.
Weier, August John, 21, Two Rivers ; rct unasgnd ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 4, ’18.
Wendt, Harry Albert, 23, Maribel ; pvt 77inf ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10″18.
White, Donald W., 23, Manitowoc; 1Lt 23inf; Landres and St. George; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Williams, Fred L., 26, Two Rivers ; pvt 1cl 127inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Wittrock, Herman, 30, Kiel ; ck 343inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Sept 27, ’18.
Zahn, Alfred R., 22, Manitowoc; pvt Camp Johnston Aug rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Zeman, Walter F., 27, Manitowoc; pvt 111inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 28, ’18.
Navy
Meyer, Howard Philip, 20, Kiel; ldsm for elec radio; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., Sept 23, ’18.
Urban, Richard Sylvester, 30, Manitowoc; mus 2c1; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 24, ’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.