A comprehensive roster of casualties from Oconto 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
Adams, Charles, 32, Oconto ; WNG ; corp 127inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Mch 11,’18.
Anderson, Adolph M., 26, Oconto; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Fismes,
Juvigny, Verdun, Alsace ; kia Oct 13, ’18.
Beaucock, Leslie E., 30, Mountain; pvt 28inf; St. Mihiel drive; dd (pneu) Dec 5, ’18.
Bershaw, Joseph, 20, Oconto; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Bistoff, Morris, 23, Underhill; pvt 139inf; Verdun; dd (heart failure) Mch 17, ’19.
Bolen, Wesley W., 24, Oconto; pvt 38inf; St. Mihiel; w Oct 11; dd (pneu) Mch 19, ’19.
Burbey, Paul, 21, Spruce; WNG; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Fismes; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Caldie, Thomas D., 28, Stiles; WNG; pvt 1cl 121mgbn; Hagenbach, Badricourt, Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Valpriez Farm, Juvigny, Terny-Sorny, Verdun, Champagne, Gesnes ; kia Oct 9, ’18.
Christenson, Christ. W., 24, Oconto; pvt 127inf; near Fismes; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Crane, Lester J., 21, Oconto; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; dw Jy 1, ’18.
DeGrave, Desire J., 22, Oconto; pvt 150mgbn; kia Jy 27,’18.
Dekeuster, Lester, 22, Oconto; pvt 2lmgbn; Purenville, near Moselle; dd (pneu) Feb 9, ’19.
Dieck, Walter G., 18, Suring; pvt tngc UW; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 27, ’18.
Doney, Everett, 25, Lena; WNG; corp 127inf; Sergy, Alsace; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Eick, George H., 19, Oconto Falls; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny ; kia Sept 1, ’18.
Estabrook, Sylvester, 26, Oconto; pvt 127inf; Fismes, Alsace; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Fingel, Otto August, 25, Oconto ; pvt 7inf ; Argonne ; kia Oct 18, ’18.
Follett, Edward J., 22, Oconto ; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Juvigny, Verdun ; dd (pneu) Oct 25, ’18.
French, Alvin, 25, Oconto Falls; pvt unasgnd 147inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 19,’18.
Grunert, Paul, 30, Oconto; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny, Verdun; kia Oct 20, ’18.
Habart, Norbert, 28, Oconto Falls; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18,’18.
Harteau, William C., 19, Oconto Falls; pvt CAC; overseas; dd (mening) Aug 5,’18.
Hildebrandt, Rudolph E., 28, Gillett ; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 14, ’18.
Huntington, Harry, 20, Morgan ; pvt 127inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Jy 9, ’18.
Jones, Clyde, 22, Oconto; WNG; corp 127inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Mch 6, ’18.
Kasten, Walter Herman, 21, Underhill; pvt GH28; U. S.; dd (diph) Feb 25, ’18.
Kosowitz, George, 28, Oconto; b Russia; pvt 341inf; Verdun; kia Oct 20, ’18.
Krause, John, 21, Gillett ; WNG ; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes ; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Krueger, William J., 33, Oconto; WNG; 1sgt 127inf; Fismes, Verdun ; kia Oct 3, ’18.
Lauersdorf, Fred C., 26, Gillett ; pvt 28inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne ; kia Oct 8,’18.
LeBrun, Fred, 27, Oconto; ck 333mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
McGregor, Wayman J., 24, Abrams; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny, Verdun; kia Nov 11,’18.
Majeski, John, 26, Sobieski; pvt prvnlbnengnrs MY; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 12,’18. .
Marek, Fred, 23, Oconto ; 2Lt 6inf ; Nantes ; dw Oct 25, ’18.
Murray, Mike, 24, Oconto Falls; WNG; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny; dd (paratyphoid) Sept 14, ’18.
Nelson, Peter, 26, Mountain; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 4,’18.
Olson, Edward, 29, Gillett; pvt 127inf; kia Oct 20, ’18.
Riemer, Albert W., 26, Oconto ; pvt 127inf; Alsace, Fismes ; kia Aug 4,’18.
Russell, Gerard L., 18, Oconto; pvt 1cl salvage unit316 QMC; St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; dd (pneu) Apr 21, ’19.
Schroeder, John F., 25, Oconto Falls; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 11,’18.
Seipold, Earl, 19, Oconto; WNG; pvt 1cl 127inf; Alsace, Fismes, Juvigny; kia Sept 1,’18.
Sellin, Bennie R., 26, Little River; pvt 127inf; overseas; dd (diph) Mch 15, ’18.
Sharpley, Sheldon D., 21, Oconto; WNG; mec 127inf; Alsace, Fismes; dw Aug 2, ’18.
Swenty, Fred, 23, Coleman; pvt lprvnlregt Oct autrpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Dec 17,’18.
Van Boven, Ray, 19, Stiles; pvt 5inf WNG; U. S.; d (suicide) Aug 25, ’17.
Vogel, Edward, 30, Oconto ; pvt utilitiesdet constrdiv QMC, Camp Grant; U. S.; dd (pneu) Mch 25, ’19.
Walsh, George William, 25, Gillett ; pvt 150mgbn; kia Oct 16, ’18.
Walter, August, 24, Oconto Falls ; pvt 60inf ; kia Oct 27, ’18.
Wilhelm, August F., 31, Oconto ; pvt 57engnrs; overseas ; dd (pneu) Jan 29, ’19.
Wood, Frank E., 22, Suring; pvt farpldrft, Camp Taylor; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 12, ’18.
Wroblewski, Andrew J., 26, Oconto; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Zahn, Alfred, 19, Gillett; WNG; pvt 1cl 128inf; Chateau Thierry; kia Aug 8, ’18.
Zimdars, William, 26, Gillett; WNG; corp 127inf; Alsace, Fismes; dw Aug 5, ’18.
Zimmerman, Henry, 22, Oconto ; WNG ; sgt 127inf; Alsace, Fismes ; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Navy
Reinke, Rudolph Adolph, 27, Underhill; elecn 3cl radio; dd (pneu) USS Mercy, Yorktown, Va., Oct 10, ’18.
Marines
St. Louis, Roland Geny, 24, Oconto; sgt; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne offnsve (Soissons); kia Jy 19, ’18. Croix de Guerre, silver star; citation AEF; Fourragere.
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.