A comprehensive roster of casualties from Waupaca 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
Arndt, Eric H., 25, Weyauwega; pvt 129inf; kia Jy 20, ’18.
Ballard, Orville F., 19, Waupaca; pvt 28inf; Cantigny, 2Marne, Berzy; dw Aug 8,’18.
Beitzel, Richard E., 22, Ogdensburg; pvt 20engnrs; U. S.; dd (meas) Jan 4, ’18.
Berman, Oscar Delore, 26, m, New London; pvt Auto Schl, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 5, ’18.
Bertram, William F., 26, Marion; WNG; pvt 127inf; Sergy; dw Aug 27, ’18.
Brandt, Emil H., 19, Waupaca; pvt 127inf; overseas; dd (dementia praecox) Sept 8, ’18.
Brockhaus, Oscar Herman, 22, Marion; pvt 13rctdep, Camp Shelby; U. S.; dd (pneu) Nov 4,’18.
Cartwright, Eugene William, 19, Waupaca; WNG; pvt 26inf; kia Jy 22, ’18.
Collins, John, 46, Waupaca; sgt lcl 1engnrs; overseas; dd (rupture of aneurism) Sept 13, ’18.
Drivas, George P., 30, Waupaca; pvt 158depbrig; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 6,’18.
Evenson, Arthur J., 27, Manawa; pvt 9inf; Argonne; kia Nov 8, ’18.
Gensler, Arthur R., 22, Clintonville; pvt 26inf; dw Oct 24, ’18.
Gilson, Casper S., 22, Sheridan; pvt 58inf; kia Jy 18, ’18.
Hanson, Hanford, 22, Northland; pvt 58inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Jy 8, ’18.
Hebhard, Robert Van Sad, 22, Waupaca; pvt 36fa; U. S.; dd (pneu) Jan 25, ’19.
Hoy, Christen, 29, Waupaca; ck 48engnrs; overseas; dd. (mening) Nov 23, ’18.
Huun, Isaac J., 29, Iola; pvt 345inf; overseas; dd (empyema) Jan 19 ’18.
Ladusire, Frank Edward, 33, Clintonville; WNG; pvt 128inf; Alsace, 2Marne, Soissons, Champagne; dw Oct 11, ’18.
Nehls, Edwin G., 30, Iola; sgt QMC, Hoboken, N. J.; U. S.; dd (pneu) Feb 25, ’19.
Norris, Clifford, New London; corp 107suptn; kia (sinking of Tuscania) Feb 5, ’18.
O’Brien, Maurice C. J., 19, Clintonville; pvt 127inf; Aisne-Marne, defsec, Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Cierges; kia Aug 1, ’18.
Peterson, Lee, 34, m, Waupaca; 2Lt VTS, Camp Lee, Va.; U. S.; dd (influ) Dec 16,’18.
Peterson, Lester, 24, Iola; pvt MD BH, Ft. Bayard; U. S.; dd (tuberc) June 7,’18.
Schleuder, Hugo Heine, 22, Split Rock; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 8, ’18.
Sheveland, Barney Magnus, 23, Scandinavia; pvt 128inf; w May 28; dd (paralysis) Oct 7, ’18.
Spencer, William B., 20, New London; corp 107suptn; kia (sinking of Tuscania) Feb 5, ’18.
Stanley, Roy Henry, 22, Manawa; pvt 161depbrig; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 2, ’18.
Strand, Clarence J., 22, Iola; corp CAC Ft. Screvens Sept rpldrft; kia Oct 6, ’18.
Thorson, Martin, 28, Northland; pvt 54inf; overseas; dd (intestinal obstruction) Dec 21, ’18.
Whitney, Elmer G., 25, Waupaca; WNG; pvt 121fa; 2Marne, Soissons, Argonne; dd (pneu) Jan 29, ’19.
Wilson, Fay Miner, 23, Waupaca; corp 107fsbn; Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Verdun; kia Oct 14, ’18.
Wittlin, Clarence W., 22, Black Creek; pvt Indiana Chamber of Commerce tngdet; U. S.; dd (pneu) Oct 10, ’18.
Marines
Peterson, Chester Arthur, Ogdensburg; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., 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.