A comprehensive roster of casualties from Vilas 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
Barnes, Lyman E., 25, m, Eagle River; WNG; 1Lt 138inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 19, ’18.
Chicog, John S., 26, Lac du Flambeau; pvt 4lmgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Goranson, Albert Carl, 22, Conover; pvt SATC, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Grazis, Joe, 26; pvt 127inf; dw Aug 24, ’18.
Micholowski, George, 26, Winegar; corp 341inf; overseas ; dd (pneu) Oct 7, ’18.
Thompson, Olaf, 31, Vilas ; pvt 356inf; St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne ; kia Nov 10,’18.
Trapp, Willow, 23, Arbor Vitae; pvt 58inf; kia (sinking of Moldavia) May 23, ’18.
Navy
Walsh, Frederick James, 21, Eagle River; seaman 2c1; dd (influ) Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.; Sept 21, ’18.
Marines
Bertram, Clyde Russell, 23, Muskego; Paris Island; dd (pneu) Apr 20, ’18.
Brooks, Harold Alfred, 20, Waukesha; Toulon, Aisne defnsve; kia June 3, ’18.
Busse, Harry Frederick, 28, Waukesha; 84co; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne offnsve (Soissons), Marbache, Meuse-Argonne; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Darling, James Roland, 25, Mukwonago; 13regt; overseas; dd Aug 28, ’18.
McEntee, Bernard Charles, 25, Waukesha; sgt; served with 47co; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry; dw June 6, ’18.
Novak, William Rudolph, 23, Waukesha; 6regt; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne offnsve (Soissons); dw Oct 6, ’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.