A comprehensive roster of casualties from Waushara 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, Hans C., 29, Poy Sippi; WNG; wag supco 127inf; Roncheres, Fismes, Meuse, Soissons; dd (pneu) Oct 20, ’18.
Angelo, Dominick, 27, Red Granite; b Italy; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Nov 4, ’18.
Bassler, Fred, Jr., 29, Plainfield; pvt 343inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Sept 28, ’18.
Bennett, Russell F., 19, Plainfield; pvt 107suptn; kia (sinking of Tuscania) Feb 5, ’18.
Boeck, Frederick H., 29, Red Granite; rct unasgnd; U. S.; dd (pneu) Apr 18,’18.
Corollo, Alcide, 18, Lohrville; pvt 107suptn; kia (sinking of Tuscania) Feb 5, ’18.
Dewhurst, John, 25, Red Granite; pvt 1cl 7inf; Bois de Belleau, Marne, 2Marne; kia Jy 22, ’18.
Engle, Harold E., 24, Hancock; pvt 341inf; overseas; dd (influ) Oct 29, ’18.
Nave, James, 29, Red Granite; pvt inf Camp MacArthur Sept rpldrft; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9,’18.
Nowatny, John, 19, Wautoma; WNG; pvt 128inf; kia Jy 9,’18. Oestrich, Reverdon R., 22, Hancock; pvt 148inf; Heurne; dw Nov 16, ’18.
Osinske, Adam Joseph, 23, Wild Rose; WNG; pvt 127inf; Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Juvigny, near Verdun; dw Oct 17, ’18.
Peterson, Charles William, 26, Pine River; WNG; pvt 127inf; Fismes, Soissons, Verdun; kia Oct 12,’18.
Reeder, John W., 31, Wautoma; pvt 7prvnlorddepbn; dd (pneu) in English hospital, Oct 19, ’18.
Ringling, Eddie D., 27, Fremont; pvt 344inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 9, ’18.
Rogers, Ernest R., 22, Coloma; WNG; pvt 2suptn; overseas; k (accidental explosion) Oct 7, ’18.
Rothermel, Richard J., 22, Plainfield; WNG; corp 107amtn; Chateau Thierry, Gassencourt, Soissons, Verdun, Montfaucon; kia Oct 3, ’18.
Schalk, Charles, 31, Red Granite; pvt 53inf; overseas; dd (pneu) Oct 4, ’18.
Schneider, Oscar Nathaniel, 31, Fremont; pvt SATC, Kansas City; U. S.; dd (influ) Oct 4, ’18.
Schranck, Fred Herman, 23, Coloma; pvt 121mgbn; dw Jy 9, ’18.
Sharpe, Frank, 28, Lohrville; corp 107suptn; kia (sinking of Tuscania) Feb 5, ’18.
Simonson, Glen S., 25, Wautoma; WNG; pvt 16inf; Picardy; kia Oct 4, ’18.
Staples, Vernon Julius, 20, Plainfield; pvt 10fa; 2Marne; dw Jy 17, ’18.
Steffenson, Herbert J., 24, Poy Sippi; sgt mgtngcntr, Camp Hancock; overseas; dd (pneu) Jan 8, ’19.
Whitney, Jay S., 24, Plainfield; pvt lcl 2engnrs; Toul, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, Soissons, Pont a Mousson, St. Mihiel, Mont Blanc, St. Etienne, Aisne; dd (pneu) Feb 9,’19.
Wolman, Ben, 21, Wautoma; WNG; pvt 121mgbn; Juvigny; kia Aug 31, ’18.
Navy
Brown, Fred Herman, Poy Sippi; app seaman; d Naval Station, Great Lakes, III., Sept 24, ’18.
Seeley, Henry Burton, 19, Hancock; fireman 3cl; d Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., Apr 18, ’17.
Marines
Dolph, Daniel Gifford, 23, Wild Rose; 6mgbn; Toulon, Aisne defnsve, Chateau Thierry; kia June 9, ’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.