Last Updated on July 25, 2024 by Dennis
A comprehensive roster of casualties from Vernon 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
Berger, Rudolph, 29, Westby; pvt 311amtn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Boneger, John, 25, Genoa; b France; pvt 16fa; dw Aug 13, ’18.
Brettingen, Selmer Robert, 21, Cashton; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3, ’18.
Burton, Edward A., Hillsboro; 1Lt 128inf; Hill 230, near Reddy Farm; dw Aug 9, ’18.
Christianson, Bertinius, 24, Viroqua; pvt 58inf ; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Dahl, Bennie C., 25, Viroqua; pvt 33inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft ; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 12, ’18.
Faundeen, Carl Erick, 28, Alstad; pvt 53depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Field, Martin, 30, Westby; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Sept 29, ’18.
Ghelfi, Philip, 28, Genoa ; pvt 47inf; kia Jy 30, ’18.
Gibney, Clark E., 25, Hillsboro; pvt 341inf; kia Oct 17, ’18.
Gilbertson, Arthur S., 22, Coon Valley; pvt Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Hamilton, Warren, 22, Viola; pvt rctco, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; U. S.; d (sunstroke) Aug 13, ’18.
Hanson, Henry, 26, m, Westby; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 1, ’18.
Harris, Elmer G., 26, Viroqua; pvt 342inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 23, ’18.
Helgeson, Albon M., 22, Genoa; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 19, ’18.
Hoff, Clarence N., 23, Westby; pvt 1cl 11inf; St. Mihiel; kia Sept 12, ’18.
Hokland, Arthur, 23, Westby; pvt 333mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Hutzler, Frank George, 29, Genoa; pvt dvlpmtbn, Camp Grant; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 12, ’18.
Jacobson, Sander, 29, Genoa; pvt 1cl 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28, ’18.
Jacobson, William Andrew, 20, Viroqua; WNG; pvt MD 128inf; kia Oct 7, ’18.
Knadle, George William, 21, Hillsboro; pvt rctdep, Camp Shelby, Miss.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 10, ’18.
Lawrence, Oscar, 21, Ontario; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8 ’18.
Lee, Selmer, 25, Coon Valley; pvt 59inf ; Aisne-Marne; kia Jy 19, ’18.
Lenox, Elmer L., 25, Readstown; pvt mgtngcmp, Camp Hancock, Ga.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 11, ’18.
McDaniel, Pearl, 24, m, Westby; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (pulmon oedema) Oct 4, ’18.
Mickelson, Alf Jorgen, 28, Westby; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Moore, Ralph L., 28, Genoa; pvt 132inf; Verdun front; dw Oct 27, ’18.
Morris, Clare, 33, Genoa ; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Meade, Md.; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Oium, Adolph, 24, Westby; pvt 1cl 132inf; Verdun front, near Forges ; kia Oct 10, ’18.
Olson, Clarence G., 24, Westby; corp 341inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Olson, Edwin, 27, Viroqua; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 16, ’18.
Onsager, Leuvis Temen, 26, m, Hillsboro; pvt Auto Schl tngdet, Kansas City; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 6, ’18.
Peterson, Elmer R., 24, West Prairie; pvt 120fa; overseas; dd (tuberc) Mch 29, ’19.
Peterson, Theodore M., 29, Viroqua; pvt 55inf; kia Nov 10, ’18.
Powell, Charles Douglas, 21, Victory; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Rudrud, Sever E., 29, Westby; pvt 344hospco 311sntn; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28, ’18.
Rumpel, Henry Ernest, 30, Genoa ; pvt 118engnrs; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Running, Tilmer A., 23, Viroqua; 2Lt 114inf; Meuse-Argonne; kia Oct 1, ’18.
Shaker, Wencil, 24, Mount Tabor; pvt 16inf kia Jy 18, ’18.
Simonson, Selmer J., 22, Victory; WNG; corp 121mgbn; Alsace, 2Marne, Roncheres to Fismes, Soissons, Juvigny, Terny-Sorny, Verdun ; dw Oct 22, ’18.
Souchek, August F., 23, Chaseburg; pvt 132inf; Verdun, Forges; dw Sept 28, ’18.
Stevlingson, Orbeck D., 21, Westby; 222aersq; overseas; dd (dilatation of heart) Feb 10, ’19.
Severs, Miles R., 23, Westby ; pvt 16inf; Soissons, St. Mihiel, Argonne; kia Oct 8, ’18.
Thompson, John T., 21, Viroqua ; pvt MD 315inf ; Meuse-Argonne, Grande Montagne; dd (typh) Mch 1, ’19.
Walling, Luther, 31, Viroqua; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Wigginton, Ray A., 29, Viroqua; pvt SATC, Schl of Engineering, Milwaukee; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 10, ’18.
Williams, Otis, 28; m, Ontario; corp 329inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 18 ’18.
Zogg, Leonard J., 23, m, Genoa ; pvt 317inf; Argonne ; dd (mening) Nov 29, ’18.
Navy
Martine, George, 20, Chaseburg; fireman 3cl; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Sept 27, ’18.
War Nurses
Bishop, Amy Leona, 29, Viroqua; Base Hospital, Ft. Riley, Kan.; dd (pneu) Oct 15,’18.