A comprehensive roster of casualties from Monroe 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
Arnold, Orville L., 41, m, Sparta; WNG; capt 128inf ; kia Oct 7, ’18.
Bell, Otto L., 22, Tomah; WNG; mec 121mgbn; Roncheres, Fismes, Cierges, Bellevue Farm, Juvigny, Beaumont Farm, Alsace, defsec; dd (mening) Sept 25, ’18.
Betthauser, Otto L., 23, Tomah ; pvt 33co Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Blackwood, Bertice E., m, Tomah; WNG; sgt 121mgbn; Cierges; kia Oct 6, ’18.
Boss, Spencer Ralph, Sparta ; WNG; pvt 28inf: kia Oct 5, ’18.
Bredlow, Emil L., 23, Wilton; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Burke, John, 38, Wells; WNG; Mex Bdr; mec 128inf; Alsace, Aisne Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne; kia Nov 6, ’18.
Canfield, Lee Goodwin, 18, Sparta; mus 3cl hqco 331fa; overseas; dd (sepsis, abscess) May 29, ’19.
Christenson, Einer C., 23, Sparta; pvt 1cl MD Camp Grant rpldrftunit36 ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Cole, Glenn, 23, Sparta; WNG; regtl sgt maj 128inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, near Soissons, Argonne; kia Oct 7, ’18.
Daugherty, Benjamin Franklin, 25, Sparta; WNG; pvt 1cl 28inf; Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Argonne; kia Oct 4,’18.
Dieke, Will, 33, Sparta; wag suptn 14cav 3MP; U. S.; dd (mening) Feb 12, ’18.
Farnham, Dewitt Eli, Sparta; WNG; corp 128inf; Alsace-Lorraine, 2Marne, Meuse; dw Nov 7, ’18.
Fick, Edwin J., 26, Tomah; pvt auxremdet33, Camp Joseph Johnston, Fla. ; U. S. ; dd (pneu) Oct 12, ’18.
Fletcher, Albert H., m, Tomah, 2Lt 372inf; kia Oct 5,’18. Grassman, Elmer, 25, Clifton; WNG; corp 121mgbn; Roncheres,
Fismes, Cierges, Bellevue; dw Sept 8, ’18.
Hanson, Leonard M., 20, Wilton; WNG; pvt 165inf ; dw Oct 14,’18.
Hanson, Otto, 22, Wellington; pvt inf Camp Grant rpltngcmp; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 17, ’18.
Harris, Ray H., 26, Tomah; WNG; 1sgt 121mgbn; Cierges, Bellevue Farm, Fismes, Juvigny; dd (pneu) Oct 11,’18.
Hemstock, Frank, 25, Sparta; pvt CAC, Puget Sound; U. S.; dd (cerebral abscess) Jy 2, ’18.
Jacobs, William D., 22, Wyeville; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Kiefer, Carl E., 26, Tomah; WNG; corp 121mgbn; Champagne; kia Aug 7, ’18.
Kirkeng, Sidney, 22, Leon; pvt 1cl 132inf; Verdun; kia Sept 17, ’18. Lee, Herman Leonard, 28, Melvina; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 13,’1$.
Lumsden, Harvey R., 31, Kendall; pvt 163depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
McCoy, Malcolm Clark, 23, Sparta; 2Lt 14inf, Ft. Sheridan; U. S.; d (suicide) Oct 20, ’18.
McNutt, Leslie E., 22, Tomah; pvt 121mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 21, ’18.
Malphy, Patrick H., 22, Cashton; pvt ambco 248sntn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28, ’18.
Oakes, Eugene Rockwell, 23, Sparta; WNG; pvt 28inf; kia May 21, ’18.
Rathbun, William Timothy, 22, Sparta; corp 128inf; Alsace Lorraine, 2Marne, Soissons; dw Aug 31, ’18.
Rice, Bernard L., 23, Sparta; 1Lt 128inf; Aisne-Marne, Dravegny; kia Aug 8, ’18.
Robinson, Archie Lee, 20, Sparta; WNG; Men Bdr; pvt 28inf; Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Argonne; kia Nov 7, ’18.
Sands, Walter Henry, 21, Sparta; WNG; corp 128inf; Fismes; dw Aug 16, ’18.
Schaller, Albert Mike, 21, Sparta; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Sommerfield, Arnold E., 23, Tomah; pvt 148mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 9, ’19.
Stowasser, Harold C., 24, Tomah; WNG; supsgt 121mgbn; kia Aug 8 ’18.
Sullivan, Charles Miller, 20, Sparta; WNG; sgt 128inf; Austerlitz; dw Jy 20, ’18.
Troupe, James F.; pvt 805pioninf ; dd Oct 6, ’18.
Waters, William Henry, 22, Melvina; WNG; pvt 128inf; d (accidental gunshot wound) Jan 12, ’19.
Navy
Stark, Edwin Leo, Wilton; fireman 3cl; lost his life in the service, USS Cyclops at sea, June 14, ’18.
Marines
Buschman, William Charles, 25, Tomah; Mare Island, Cal.; dd Feb 22, ’19.
War Nurses
Linehan, Kathryn M., 30, Tomah; Base Hospital, Camp Taylor, Ky.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’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.