A comprehensive roster of casualties from Racine 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, Nels Jorgen, 27, Corgis; pvt 15rctco; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
Bennett, Edward C., 27, Norway; pvt 38inf; Vesle, St. Mihiel; kia Oct 10, ’18. _
Bixby, Menzo J., 21, Union Grove; pvt !cl 121fa; U. S.; dd (pneu) Mch 7,’18.
Boness, George, 25, Union Grove; pvt 39inf; Aisne-Marne, defsec; kia Aug 7, ’18.
Boschert, Jacob J., 23, Burlington; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Christenson; Herbert, 21, Racine; pvt 30inf; Marne, Le Charmel, Argonne; kia Oct 15, ’18.
Christopherson, William, 27, Racine; pvt 1cl 172aersq SigC; overseas; k (airplane accident) Sept 9, ’18.
Clancy, Jack Francis Patrick, 19, Racine; pvt 127ambco 107sntn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 21,’18.
Collins, Edmund R., 28, Racine; 1Lt 339inf; Archangel, Russia; dw Mch 24, ’19.
Colotta, Frank, 22, Racine ; pvt sndet 121mgbn; dw Oct 4, ’18.
Dibble, Stanley Richard, 21, Racine; pvt casdet, Camp Nichols; dd (pneu) Nov 8, ’18.
Elbing, James, 31, Racine; pvt 1cl 34fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 20, ’19.
Essman, Alfred Bernard, 29, Waterford; pvt 126inf; defsec, AisneMarne ; kia Jy 31, ’18.
Evans, Gilbert 0., 22, Racine; pvt 121fa; overseas; dd (meas) Mch 25, ’18.
Evans, Lester P., 22, m, Racine ; tngbn SigC, Ft. Leavenworth ; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 14,’18.
Fulton, Charles G., 22, Racine; pvt 353inf; dw Oct 5, ’18.
Gans, Charles Andrew, 31, Burlington; pvt 317inf; Argonne, Verdun; dd (pneu) Nov 18,’18.
Garski, Nick Lawrence, 19, Racine; pvt 1cl 121fa; kia Oct 3, ’18. Goetz, Edward P., 26, Racine; pvt 26inf; dw Oct 7, ’18.
Gould, Max A., 26, m, Somers; sgt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Hanson, C. E., 28, Norway; pvt supco 121fa; U. S.; dd (pulmon hem) Nov 29,’17.
Hanson, Leo, 20, Racine; pvt 126ambco; dd Feb 21,’18.
Harrian, John, 24, Racine; pvt 7inf; Argonne; dw Nov 20, ’18.
Hjorth, Christian E., 28, Racine; pvt 157depbrig; overseas; d (auto accident) Aug 6, ’18.
Holmes, Martin W., 24, Racine; pvt 16inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 13, ’18.
Horton, Lyman, 29, Union Grove; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; d (gunshot wound, suicide) Sept 12, ’18.
Hugenin, Stanley, 25, Racine; 1Lt AS SigC; k (airplane accident in England) Apr 3, ’18.
Jacobsen, Peter Etlfson, 23, Racine; pvt 121fa; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Verdun; dd (pneu) Nov 16, ’18.
Jensen, Carl A., 22, Racine; corp 107fa; kia Nov 10, ’18.
Jensen, Thorwald, 22, Racine; pvt 1cl ASFS, Taliafero Field; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 10, ’18.
Johnson, Albert W., 28, Racine; pvt AS; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 15, ’18.
Johnson, Charles J., 35, Racine; pvt 136fa; overseas; d (knife wound) Feb 3, ’19.
Kister, Harold Theodore, 22, Racine; corp 121fa; kia Aug 30, ’18. Klema, Fred A., Racine; rplregt; d Mch 25, ’18.
Korenski, Adolph, 23, Racine; corp 53pioninf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; dw Oct 12, ’18.
Kudlacek, John J., 23, Racine; corp 115inf; kia Oct 19, ’18.
Kutishko, John, 24, Racine; pvt 1cl 4inf; kia Oct 8, ’18.
Lang, Andrew Martin, 24, Racine; pvt 127ambco 107sntn; overseas; dd (intestinal obstruction) May 2, ’18.
Langenfeld, John W., 26, Racine; pvt 161depbrig; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 15,’18.
Lewis, George T., 28, Racine; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Lutsch, Otto, 25, Mount Pleasant; pvt 4inf; Argonne; dw Oct 20, ’18.
McLennan, Lester Frederick, 26, Racine; pvt SATC tngcmp, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Martinkus, Joseph, 48, Racine; pvt 18rctco genservinf, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 19, ’18.
Maurer, Richard 0., 27, Racine ; pvt 337inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne ; dw Oct 5, ’18.
Meischke, Jerome G., 25, Racine; corp 306 sales commissary unit QMC; dd (pneu) Aug 27, ’18.
Meyer, Frederick Carl, 23, Caledonia; pvt 6bn farpldrft, Camp Taylor; U. S.; dd (influ) Oct 16,’18.
Meyer, Oswald C., 27; pvt farpldrft, Camp Taylor; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 31,’18.
Miller, George A., 26, Racine; corp 409msuptn mtrkco375; overseas; d (injuries received in motor accident) Jan 11,’19.
Morrissey, Charles Francis, 22, Burlington; pvt Auto Schl, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Nelson, Arthur N., 22, Racine; pvt hqco 104fa; U. S.; k by falling under train Mch 22, ’19.
Newman, Clarence H., 28, m, Union Grove; pvt 332mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28, ’18.
Noble, Francis, 22, Burlington; pvt Auto Schl, Kansas City; dd (influ) Oct 7, ’18.
Noble, Michael J., corp 58inf; d Sept 29, ’18.
Oberst, Michael J., 24, Racine; corp 58inf; kia Sept 29,’18.
Obry, Walter F., 23, Racine; pvt hqco 4bn farpldrft, Camp Taylor; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
O’Laughlin, George T., Racine; 1Lt avsect SigRC atchd to 99aersq; k in airplane accident in France June 20, ’18.
Oleson, Alex. Ferdinand, 25, Racine; pvt 128inf; 2Marne, Soissons, near Verdun; dw Nov 12,’18.
Ostrowski, Viktor, 26, Racine; pvt 58inf; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Pahl, Arthur Arnold, 26, Racine; mec 118engnrs; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Perkins, James A., 25, Racine; pvt 1cl 109inf; kia Nov 5, ’18. Peterson, August, 22, Racine; pvt 7inf; Argonne; dw Oct 27, ’18.
Peterson, August, 22, Racine; pvt 360inf ; dw Nov 4, ’18.
Peterson, Einer Fred, 23, Racine; pvt 121fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 19, ’18.
Peterson, Harry B., 30, Racine ; pvt 26inf; kia Oct 10, ’18.
Peterson, Philip, 30, Racine; pvt 26inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; dd (neph) Jan 10, ’19, in Coblenz, Germany.
Peterson, Roland, 21, Racine; corp 16inf; kia Oct 8, ’18.
Reinholtz, Louis H., 29, Racine; pvt 114inf; Ormont Wood; kia Oct 14, ’18.
Rindfleisch, George B., 26, Racine; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 28, ’18.
Rizzio, Joseph, 23, Racine ; corp 9inf ; dw Apr 5, ’18.
Rosplock, John, 25, Racine; pvt 26inf; kia Oct 5, ’18.
Rowland, William John, 28, Union Grove; pvt 27fa; d (suicide) Jan 26, ’19.
Ruzicka, Antonin J., 27, Racine; pvt 30obsnbyfa COTCmp, Camp Taylor; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Ryan, James J., 25, Racine; pvt 28inf; Argonne; w Oct 9; dd (pneu) Nov 5, ’18.
Shebeck, Harry, 26, Racine; pvt 40arty CAC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 22, ’18.
Simonsen, Andrew, Jr., 22, Racine; pvt Auto Schl tngdet, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Slovachek, Josef, 26, Racine; pvt 116inf; kia Oct 12,’18.
Smith, Charles L., 22, Burlington; pvt 311amtn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 15, ’18.
Smith, Erwin Roy, 23, Racine; pvt Schl of Aerial Photography Reconnaissance, Langley Field, Va.; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Sorring, Hans L. N., 24, Racine; pvt 7inf; kia Oct 15, ’18.
Stankus, Gustave, 27, Racine; pvt 15ambco 2sntn; Chateau Thierry; dw June 23, ’18.
Thompson, James A., 31, Racine; pvt 28inf; Argonne, St. Mihiel; kia Oct 12, ’18.
Tuttle, Frank F., 26, m, Racine; pvt 28inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; w Sept 6, ’18; dd (pneu) Jan 27, ’19.
Wahlen, Frank G., 24, Racine; pvt 7prvnlorddepbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 18,’18.
Wiess, William, 22, Racine; pvt 121fa; dw Aug 22, ’18.
Winsall, Elmer C., 25, Racine; pvt Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Zukowski, Peter, 22, Racine ; pvt 114inf ; dw Oct 16, ’18.
Zwiebel, Otto B., 28, Burlington; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 29, ’18.
Navy
Curcio, Vincent Earl, 18, Racine; seaman 2c1; d Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., Feb 14, ’19.
Durgin, Trueworth, 25, Racine; USNTS, Great Lakes, Ill.; dd (pneu) Oct 1, ’18.
Fox, William, 18, Racine; mach mate lcl av; d Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., Oct 17, ’18.
Hangland, Harold, Racine; seaman, coast guard cutter Tampa; drowned in foreign waters by sinking of Tampa, Sept 26, ’18.
Lemmerhirt, Walter Carl, 24, near Racine; cm 3cl; dd (influ) Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill., Oct 11, ’18.
Steibel, Frederick Julius, 22, Racine; mach mate; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Dec 2, ’18.
Streff, Jacob Joseph, 30, Burlington; seaman 2cl; dd (influ) Naval Rifle Range, Camp Logan, Ill., Sept 27, ’18.
Zache, Alex. Frank, 26, Franksville; elecn 2cl radio operator; dd (pneu) Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec 4, ’18.
Marines
Smith, Kenneth Earl, 24, Caldwell; corp;, dd (pneu) while en route to France, Sept 29, ’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.