A comprehensive roster of casualties from Pierce 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
Albertson, Ralph M., 30, Beldenville; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Anderle, George, 23, River Falls; corp 44mgbn; U. S.; dd (mening) Dec 29, ’18.
Barg, Orville L., 31, Spring Valley; pvt inf Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Bjornson, Otis Ingeval, 22, Ellsworth; Auto Schl tngdet NA; U. S.; dd (influ) Oct 1, ’18.
Brooks, William, 22, River Fails ; pvt 3inf ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 29, ’18.
Brunner, Michael George, 22, Plum City; pvt 161depbrig; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Castelloe, Jack, 22, Prescott; pvt 1cl 16inf; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Coleman, Harry Edward, 27, Stockholm; pvt 6bn farpldrft; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Crain, Albert E., 20, Elmwood; WNG; pvt 120fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 10, ’18.
Erickson, Peter A., 28, Ellsworth ; pvt 125fa ; U. S.; dd (empyema) Feb 20, ’18.
Faltiesek, John J., 30, River Falls ; pvt mgtngc, Camp Hancock ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
Finn, Walter R., 26, Ellsworth; sgt 2fsbn SigC; overseas; dd (tuberc) Mch 31,’19.
Florness, Laurie Walter, 25, River Falls ; pvt unasgnd ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 6, ’18.
Forsythe, Peter, 29, Martell; pvt 337bn TC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Greene, Ren Henry, 27, Rock Elm; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 15, ’18.
Hammen, Melvin August, 22, Prescott ; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7,’18.
Hunter, Wellman R.., 20, Spring Valley; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 22, ’18. Jahr, Edwin, 23, Beldenville ; pvt 56inf ; kia Nov 2, ’18.
Johnson, Emil, 28, Beldenville; pvt 58inf; dw Oct 5, ’18.
Kelly, George, 24, m, Rock Elm ; pvt 342inf ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Kinne, Eldon C., 30, Ellsworth; pvt 318inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Dec 28, ’18.
Klein, Fred E., 21, Ellsworth; pvt 117engnrs; overseas; dd (pneu) Dec 12, ’17.
Krueger, Martin, 28, Spring Valley; pvt 9bn 20engnrs; overseas; dd (pneu) Apr 16, ’18.
Lawrence, Clarence 0., 18, Ellsworth ; pvt SATC, River Falls ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 12,’18.
Lewiston, Clair 0., 20, Spring Valley; WNG; pvt 16inf; kia Jy 19, ’18.
Linder, Edgar L., 23, Beldenville; pvt 28inf; 2Marne; kia Oct 3, ’18.
Mattison, William A., 22, Spring Valley; pvt 353inf ; Bois de Bantheville; kia Oct 25, ’18.
Moore, Myron G., 23, Ellsworth; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Nytron, Peter, 26, Spring Valley; pvt VH10; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 13, ’18.
O’Connell, George, 24, Waverly; pvt 163inf; U. S.; dd (hemiplegia) Dec 18, ’18.
Olson, Oscar W., 27, m, Maiden Rock; ck CAC, Ft. Casey, Wash.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 15, ’19.
Patterson, Howard, 27, Maiden Rock; pvt 1cl 16inf; U. S.; k by explosion of hand grenade (accident) Nov 8, ’18.
Peterson, Benjamin, 25, Hager City; pvt 56inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 2, ’19.
Rickerd, Ralph Lester, Spring Valley; WNG; pvt 1cl 28inf; kia Jy 19’18.
Scheid, Lawrence H., 21, Bay City; pvt ambco37; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 15, ’17.
Snyder, Edwin F. L., 30, Ellsworth; sgt SigC, Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, 0.; U. S.; d while undergoing amputation of right arm (accident) Oct 10, ’18.
Stein, Albert I., 21, Spring Valley; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Stein, Robert= 23, Spring Valley; pvt 15rctco unasgnd, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 14, ’18.
Welker, Herbert, 31, River Falls; pvt 301mecrepsh MTC; overseas; dd (pneu) Mch 8,’19.
Winter, Otto Louis, 30, River Falls; 1Lt MC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 2, ’19.
Wurtz, Edward Gilbert, 28, El Paso; pvt provogdco, Camp Grant; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 21, ’18.
Navy
Nipple, John, Ellsworth; fireman 3cl; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Jan 16, 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.