A comprehensive roster of casualties from Walworth 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
Alderman, Hartzel Parker, 28, Whitewater; corp 128inf; Alsace, 2Marne, Juvigny, Romagne, near Bantheville; kia Nov 7, ’18.
Bazen, Frank, 24, Whitewater; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5 ’18.
Costigan, Maurice J., 27, Elkhorn ; pvt 9inf ; Meuse-Argonne, defsec ; dw Nov 20, ’18.
Coulter, Thomas G., 22, Troy Center; corp 4pioninf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 11, ’18.
Crandall, Allen R., 23, Genoa Junction; pvt Dept of Chemical Warfare, Astoria, R. I.; dd (influ and pneu) Oct 25,’18.
Cummings, William Ward, 22, Delavan; pvt MT repunit315; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 21,’19.
Faber, William H., 27, Lake Geneva; pvt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
Fell, Charles Robert, 21, Honey Creek; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Franzen, Ernest Albert, 23, Elkhorn; pvt farpldrft, Camp Taylor, Ky.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Freitag, Max H., 26, Walworth; pvt 341inf; Verdun sec, Meuse Argonne, defsec; gassed in action; dd (pneu) Oct 21, ’18.
Graham, William Henry, 28, Whitewater; WNG; corp 128inf; kia Aug 3, ’18.
Grenell, Drewett B., 22, Elkhorn; rct, Camp Shelby, Miss.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 15, ’18.
Hanson, Joseph J., 29, Elkhorn; pvt SATC UW; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 18, ’18.
Harris, John Enos, 31, Whitewater; pvt 744MTC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 7,’19.
Hawes, Harold, 21, Whitewater; pvt lcl 128inf; Alsace, Marne, Juvigny; dw Oct 17, ’18.
Ingalls, Joseph B., 30, Walworth; pvt lprvnlco Am Ord Base Dep in France, Camp Dodge, Ia.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 12, ’18.
Katzman, Elmer L., 26, m, Lake Geneva; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Keller, Martin A., 24, Delavan; pvt 353inf; St. Mihiel; w Sept 12; dd (dys) Sept 21, ’18.
Kelly, Harry E., 22, Elkhorn; pvt lcl 120fa; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 26,’18.
Kresan, Frank Albert, 35, m, Lake Geneva; WNG; corp 120fa; overseas; k (explosion of gun) Nov 19, ’18.
Kropf, Carl E., 28, Whitewater; pvt MD; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 8”19.
Kull, George P.; 1Lt 1aersq; kia Sept 14, ’18.
Lamb, Charles Dorn, 30, Delavan; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 12, ’18.
Ledger, Robert G., 22, Lake Geneva; pvt MMregt SigC; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 3, ’18.
Lencione, Sebastiano, 28, Whitewater; pvt 339inf; dw Jan 22, ’19.
Loomis, Lester W., 28, East Troy; corp 13fa; 2Marne; dw Aug 29, ’18.
Magoon, Ernest L., 24, Whitewater; pvt 38inf; St. Mihiel; kia Oct 21, ’18.
Maine, Edwin, Genoa Junction; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 3 ’18.
Malone, John F., 26, Whitewater; pvt 529mtrkco; overseas; dd (pneu) Feb 5, ’19.
Martin, Leonard J., 29, East Troy; corp 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Meyers, Carl J., 22, Troy Center; pvt 120fa; U. S.; dd (perito) Oct 3, ’18.
Millar, James, 21, Lake Geneva; pvt 1cav WNG; U. S.; dd (mastoid) Mch 13, ’18.
Mitchell, Robert S., 26, Spring Prairie; pvt 33mgbn; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Morrissey, Howard M., 26, Elkhorn; 1Lt dentdet 360inf; MeuseArgonne; kia Nov 1, ’18.
Moser, Edward Louis, 21, Delavan; WNG; corp 128inf; kia Oct 6, ’18.
Mules, Harley, 21, Whitewater; WNG; pvt 120mgbn; 2Marne; dw Aug 2, ’18.
Mynders, Arthur, 23, Elkhorn; pvt 148mgbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 13, ’18.
Nelson, Berg, 31, Sharon; WNG; corp 128inf; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, near Soissons; kia Aug 31, ’18.
Pearson, Henning, 21, Lake Geneva; pvt rctdep, Camp Shelby, Miss.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 7, ’18.
Pellington, James C., 28, Sharon; WNG; pvt 107sbn; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 16, ’19.
Peterson, Peter Maurice, 24, Delavan; WNG; corp 128inf; Alsace, Marne, Juvigny, Verdun; dw Oct 18, ’18.
Recknagel, Ernest L., Elkhorn; pvt inf Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Rice, Charles, 21, Lyons; rct, Camp Shelby, Miss.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 10, ’18.
Rutledge, George, 27, Delavan; WNG; pvt lcl 128inf; overseas; dd (mening) Feb 23, ’18.
Sage, Donald M., 22, Delavan; 2Lt hqdet avinstncmp; overseas; k (airplane accident) Aug 11, ’18.
Sandquist, John G., 27, Darien; pvt lcl 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Savee, Phayne Archibald, 23, Whitewater; WNG; sgt 127inf; Alsace, 2Marne, Juvigny, Romagne, Bantheville; dw Nov 15 ’18.
Schacht, Arnold, 24, Whitewater; pvt 7regt farpldet, Camp Zachary Taylor; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 9, ’18.
Schmidt, Emil A., 23, Elkhorn; pvt 28inf; St. Mihiel, Argonne; kia Oct 11, ’18.
Schulz, Walter, 21, Delavan; corp hqco 16inf; overseas; dd (diph) Dec 12, ’18.
Semnicht, Warren A., 23, Lake Geneva; pvt mgtngcntr; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 17, ’18.
Smith, Robert, 23, Lake Geneva; pvt lcl 120fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Mch 18,’18.
Sonenberg, Fred, 31, Delavan; pvt 4mgbn Camp Hancock Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 6, ’18.
Sponholtz, Harry C., 26, Genoa Junction; corp 307fsbn; Toul; dw Aug 18, ’18.
Stolp, Otto W., 26, Genoa Junction; pvt 64inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 24, ’18.
Strutz, Clarence V., 22, Whitewater; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Thomas, Erroll L., 28, Darien; pvt SATC, Schl of Engineering, Milwaukee; U. S.; dd (pneu) Dec 29, ’18.
Thomsen, Christian, 27, Genoa Junction; pvt lcl ordreinfcmtdet, Camp Upton, N. Y.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Trapp, George H., 30, Lake Geneva; pvt 354inf; w Aug 8; dd (tuberc) Oct 1, ’18.
West, Lynn M., 20, Elkhorn; pvt 127inf; Fismes; kia Aug 4, ’18.
Wilkins, Frederick E., 25, Darien; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (oedema) Oct 3, ’18.
Wilkins, George H., 22, Darien; WNG; pvt MD 121fa; overseas; dd (pneu) Mch 19, ’18.
Wright, Elmer Francis, 26, m, Whitewater; corp 128inf; Marne, Juvigny, Montfaucon; kia Oct 16, ’18.
Navy
Anderson, Oscar Nelse, 26, Elkhorn; ship’s ck; d Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., Sept 9, ’18.
Buckley, Lawrence Iven, 23, Whitewater; seaman 2c1; dd (diph) Training Station, Great Lakes, III., Apr 6, ’18.
Flitcroft, Thomas Harry, 26, near Delavan; ship’s ck; dd (pneu) USS Mercy, Yorktown, Va., Oct 8, ’18.
Liddle, James, 17, Delavan; seaman 2cl; USS Mississippi; d Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash., Sept 27, ’19.
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.