PIERCE COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR
Pierce County, Wisconsin
Published September 1919 by the Red Wing Printing Company
Red Wing, Minnesota
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BAY CITY

BROWN, Adam C.
Joined the colors Sept. 10, 1918.  Served with the S.A.T.C. at the University of
Washington, Seattle, Wash.  Photo not available.

BRYNELDSON, Edward
Joined the colors Nov. 4, 1917 at Great Falls, Mont.  Trained at Camp Lewis, Wash.,
Kelley Field, Texas, and at Gerstner Field, La.  Was with the aviation section,
178th Aero Squadron.  Promoted to sergeant.  Photo not available.

CONVOY, Thomas M.
Joined the colors Oct. 23, 1918.  Served with the 9th Remount Dept. at Camp Shelby,
Miss.  No photo available.

ENGHUSEN, George
Served overseas as a sergeant in the 3rd Pioneer Inf.  Took part in the Meuse-
Argonne drive.  Photo not available.

ENGHUSEN, Ralph C.
Joined the colors Aug. 13, 1918.  Trained at Waco, Texas, with Co. E, 329th Inf.,
83rd Div.  Photo not available.

ENGHUSEN, Ray W.
Joined the colors Nov. 3, 1917.  Served with Battery E, 58th C.A.C., at Ft. Howard,
Md.  Went overseas May 22, 1918, serving in the Toul Sector from Oct. 25th to Nov.
11, 1918.  Photo not available.

LYNNER, Arthur
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  After a period of training at
Camp Grant, Ill., he went overseas with Co. F, 105th Inf., 27th Div.  Photo not
available.

SCHEIDE, Lawrence
Joined the colors June 25, 1917, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.  Transferred to
Ambulance Co., No. 37, M.O.T.C., at Ft. Riley, Kansas.  Promoted to corporal and
later to sergeant.  Died Dec. 15, 1917, at Ft. Riley, Ka.

SHOGREN, Gustav
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Sailed for France Sept. 9, 1918, with Co. C, 148th Inf., 37th Div.  Fought in the
Pannes, Ypres, and Lys offensives.  Photo not available.

WHIPPLE, George
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
with the 161st Depot Brig.  Went overseas in Sept., 1918.  Photo not available.

WHIPPLE, John
Joined the colors July 16, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp Hancock, Ga.,
with the 1st Co., 1st Group, Machine Gun Training Center, as private 1st class. 
Photo not available.

BELDENVILLE

HUSFLOEN, Perley E.
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
after which he went overseas Sept. 9, 1918, with Co. E, 342nd Inf., 86th Div.  Later
with 55th Inf. Co., 7th Div.  In Argonne drive.  Photo not available.

JAHR, Edwin
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Assigned to Co. 31, 161st
Depot Brigade at Camp Grant, Ill.  Went overseas Sept. 9, 1918, with Co. I, 342nd
Inf., 86th Div.  Killed in action.  For photo see "The Honored Dead" in another part
of this book.

JOHNSON, Emil
Joined the colors Sept. 19, 1917, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Served at Camp Grant, Ill.,
with Co. D, 341st Inf.  Later with Co. H, 56th Inf.  Died of wounds.  For photo see
"The Honored Dead".

LARSON, Oscar M.
Joined the colors Sept. 22, 1917, at Sisseton, So. Dak.  Trained at Camp Funston,
Kansas.  Went overseas in June, 1918, with the 147th Inf., 37th Div.  Fought in the
St. Mihiel Sector.  Wounded Sept. 7, 1918, at Limy, France.

SANGSLAND, Arthur
Joined the colors Aug. 14, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Attended the Sweeney Auto
School at Indianapolis, Ind.  Photo not available.

SHERN, Adolph G.
Joined the colors July 16, 1918.  Served with Co. F, 305th Engineers, at Camp
Hancock, Ga.  Participated in the Argonne offensive.  Photo not available.

DIAMOND BLUFF

BENSON, Harry
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Went overseas Oct. 7, 1918, with Co. B, 118th Engineers.  Photo not available.

GARTLAND, Hugh Francis
Served as first lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps in France.  Enlisted at
Philadelphia, Pa., as a private in U.S. Base Hospital No. 38.

MCKEEN, Ralph L.
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained with the 31st Co.,
161st Depot Brigade, at Camp Grant, Ill.

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NASH, Wm
Joined the colors Sept. 19, 1917, at Ellsworth, Wis., being assigned to Co. D,
341st Inf., at Camp Grant, Ill.  Overseas with Co. E, 13th Engineers.  In battles of
Verdun, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne.  Photo not available.

NELSON, Arthur
Joined the colors Aug. 2, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Served at Camp Taylor,
Kentucky, with Hq. Co., 5th Battalion, 2nd Reg. F.A.

ELLSWORTH

ANDERSON, Bernard T.
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Discharged for physical
disability July 26, 1918.

BOLES, David W.
Joined the colors at River Falls, Wis., Oct. 1, 1918.  Trained with the S.A.T.C.

GOODIER, Wm. J.
Joined the colors at Ellsworth, Wis., April 29, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
and Camp Robinson, Wis.  Overseas on Sept. 17th with Batt. E, 331st Field Artillery,
86th Div.  No photo available.

JOHNSON, Edward V.
Joined the colors Aug. 2, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained with an artillery unit
at Camp Taylor, Ky.  No photo.

JOHNSON, Fred
Joined the colors at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Went to Camp Grant, Ill., but
was discharged because of physical disability July 26, 1918.  No photo.

KUSCHEL, Ertman M.
Joined the colors at Madison, Wis., Oct. 15, 1918.  Trained with Co. L, 3rd
Battalion of S.A.T.C.  No photo.

MURPHY, Leslie
Enlisted at Chicago, Ill., June 28, 1917.  Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; trained
at Fort Snelling, Minn., with co. G, 41st Inf.  Stationed at Ft. Brady, Mich.; Camp
Funston, Kans.; and at Leavenworth, Kans., with 2nd Guard Co.  No photo.

MYHER, John Herman
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Aug. 2, 1918.  Trained at Camp Taylor, Ky.,
with an Artillery Unit.  No photo.

QUINN, Wm. E.
Entered service at River Falls, Wis., Oct. 7, 1918, where he trained with the
S.A.T.C.  No photo.

ELMWOOD

AUSTIN, Almond G.
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., June 24, 1918.  Trained at Fort Riley, Kans.,
with Ambulance Co. No. 59.  Also at Fort Sill, Okla.  No photo.

GAUVIN, John
Enlisted at Harvey, N.D., July 7, 1917, in Co. H, 2nd N.D. Inf.  Trained at Harvey,
N.D.; Camp Greene, N.C.  Overseas Dec. 12, 1917, with Co. C, 147th Machine Gun
Battalion, 41st Div.  Promoted to corporal, sergeant and 2nd lieutenant.

HANSON, Oscar
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Aug. 14, 1918.  Trained at Iowa City, Iowa,
with Co. A, University Training Corps.  Also served at Camp Jackson, S.C. with Batt.
B, 59th F.A., 20th Div.  No photo.

JENKINS, Roy
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Shelby, Miss.,
with 2nd Co., Inf. Replacement.  No photo.

TEETER, Claude L.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., May 3, 1918.  Trained at Camp Wadsworth, S.C.,
and went overseas July 5, 1918, with Co. I, 53rd Inf., 6th Div.  Saw action on
Alsace and Meuse-Argonne fronts.  Promoted to corporal and sergeant.  No photo.

HAGER CITY

DE JAGER, Carl
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 3, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
with Co. D, 341st Inf.  Overseas on Sept. 9, 1918, and served as cook with Hdq. Co.,
341st Inf., 86th Div.  No photo.

ERICKSON, Emil
Enlisted June 5, 1918, at Mare Island, Cal., with Marine Corps.  Stationed at Guam
and in the Philippine Islands.  Promoted to corporal.  No photo.

RIGELMAN, Ben
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Sept. 4, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
later at Camp Hancock, Ga., with 2nd Co., 1st Group, Machine Gun Training Center. 
No photo.

SKARMAN, David P.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 3, 1917.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Discharged for physical disability Nov. 3, 1917.

MAIDEN ROCK

COULSON, Edward
Enlisted at Hudson, Wis., July 24, 1917, in Co. C, 3rd Wis. Nat. Guard.  Trained at
Camp Douglas, Wis., and at Waco, Texas.  Overseas Feb. 18, 1918, with Co. C, 128th
Inf., 32nd Div.  Served on Alsace and Chateau Thierry fronts.  Wounded Aug. 1, 1918,
at Chateau Thierry - losing the fingers on his right hand.  No photo.

FREEMAN, George B.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and
at Fort Benj. Harrison, Ind.  No photo.

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JOHNSON, Ray
Enlisted in the Marine Corps, June 10, 1918.  Trained at Paris Island, S.C.  Served
with 71st Co., 7th Regt. at Santiago, Cuba.  No photo.

LEAVITT, Vern
Joined colors May 3, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Camp MacArthur, Texas,
and overseas June 18, 1918, with Co. H, 34th Inf., 7th Div.  Served on the Puvenelle
Sector, St. Mihiel and at Verdun.  No photo.

LEAVITT, Wm.
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Went to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 
Served at Camp Joe Johnstone, Fla., with Med. Training Co. No. 1.  No photo.

PLUM CITY

BERGHOLTZ, Roy
Entered service at Salt Lake City, Utah, May 16, 1918.  Trained at Fort Douglas and
at Camp Humphreys, Va.  Overseas July 29, 1918, with Co. E, 28th Eng.  In action on
St. Mihiel.  No photo.

HELMUELLER, Lawrence
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 21, 1918.  Trained at Camp Nichols, La.,
with 11th C.A.C.  No photo.

KREBSBACH, Christopher
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 21, 1918.  Trained at Camp Nichols, La.,
with Batt. B, 9th Trench Mortar Battalion.  No photo.

OLSON, Albin
Joined colors at Wabasha, Minn., Sept. 18, 1917.  Trained at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and
Camp Cody, N.M.  Overseas June 27, 1918, with Co. M, 30th Inf., 3rd Div.  Saw action
on 2nd Marne, St. Mihiel, and Argonne fronts.  With Army of Occupation.  No photo.

OLSON, Alfred
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Shelby, Miss.,
with 2nd Inf. Replacements.  No photo.

PRESCOTT

BESKAV, John J.
Joined the colors May 3, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Served at Columbus Barracks,
Ohio.  Photo not available.

COSTELLOE, Jack
Died in action.  See "The Honored Dead" in another part of this book.

CUBITT, Lyle
Joined the colors July 23, 1918, at Ellsworth, Wis.  Trained at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Sailed overseas Sept. 20, 1918.  Transferred to Base Hospital No. 41 as private 1st
class.  Photo not available.

CUBITT, Ray C.
Joined the colors Dec. 6, 1917, at Seattle, Wash.  Trained at Mare Island, Cal.,
and Quantico, Va., with the 6th Marines.  Overseas in May.  Took part in the battles
of Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry, and at Soissons, where he lost his right eye from
a shell burst.  Photo not available.

MILLER, Edward
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
and Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.  Overseas Oct. 22, 1918, with 116th Eng.  No photo.

MOYER, Sidney Louis
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Sept. 19, 1917.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
with Co. D, 341st Inf.  Overseas Sept. 9, 1918, with Co. I, 317th Inf., 86th Div. 
Action on Meuse-Argonne front.  Promoted sergeant.  No photo.

MURRAY, Wm. D.
Enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn., March 15, 1918, in Engineer Corps (Unassigned). 
Trained at Washington Barracks, D.C.  Overseas May 9, 1918.  Promoted to corporal. 
No photo.

RUSSELL, Joseph R.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Aug. 2, 1918.  Trained at Camp Taylor, Ky., with
Batt. C, 2nd F.A.  No photo.

RUSSELL, Louis
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Overseas Sept. 9, 1918.  With Co. I, 56th Inf., at Praney Ridge, Peuvenille Sector.

SCHMIDT, George L.
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 3, 1917.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and
later stationed at Douglas, Arizona, with Co. A, 22nd Battalion, U.S. Guards.  No
photo.

WEEKS, Wyman T.
Enlisted at Minneapolis, Minn., March 1, 1918, in Co. C, 32nd Eng.  Trained at Camp
Grant, Ill.  Overseas in June, 1918.  Saw action in Argonne.  As a result of a
railway wreck on the Argonne he had a limb amputated Feb. 6, 1919.  No photo.

WEHRMAN, John Edmund
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
and Camp Robinson, Wis.  Overseas Sept. 17, 1918, with Batt. B, 333rd Heavy
Artillery.  Promoted to wagoner.  No photo.

BETTERLY, Arthur
Entered service at Ironwood, Mich., Oct. 19, 1918.  Trained at Camp Eustis, Va.,
with 61st Battery, 16th Sector.  No photo.

CLOBES, Fred
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., June 3, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and
Camp Lee, Va.  Overseas Oct. 14, 1918, with Vet. Hosp. No. 14.  No photo.

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GENDRON, A.E.
Enlisted in Medical Corps June 1, 1917.  Commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 4, 1917. 
Called into service Oct. 1, 1917, at Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.  After short period of
training sent to Camp Hancock, Ga.  In charge of tuberculosis work at Base Hospital. 
Promoted to captain Sept. 1, 1918.  No photo.

HALL, Clelle
Joined colors at River Falls, Wis., Oct. 1, 1918, where he trained with the
S.A.T.C.  No photo.

LARSON, Howard
Enlisted at Hudson, Wis., Feb. 21, 1917, in Co. C, 3rd Wis. Nat. Guard.  Trained at
Camp Douglas, Wis., and Waco, Texas.  Overseas Feb. 18, 1918, with Supply Co., 128th
Inf., 32nd Div.  In action at Alsace, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, and Meuse-Argonne. 
Promoted to wagoner.  No photo.

LARSON, Thomas D.
Enlisted July 27, 1917, at Fort Lincoln, N.D., in Co. F, 1st N. Dak. Inf.  Trained
at Fort Lincoln and Camp Greene, N.C.  Overseas Dec. 14, 1917 with Co. M., 26th Inf.,
1st Div.  In action on Toul sector, Montdidier, Noyon, Cantigny, Soissons, Saizarais
sector, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.  With Army of Occupation.  Promoted to
mechanic, corporal, and sergeant.  No photo.

PETERSON, Ernest H.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Aug. 31, 1918.  Trained at Indianapolis, Ind. 
Later at Camp Shelby, Miss., with 144th Eng.  No photo.

RIVER FALLS

NEBEL, Oscar T.
Enlisted at Madison, Wis., Nov. 28, 1917.  Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
Later at Kelley Field, Texas, with 621st Aero Squadron and 326th Air Service
Squadron.  No photo.

PETERSON, Alfred C.
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., June 26, 1918.  Trained at Columbus Barracks,
Ohio, and later at Camp Hancock, Ga., with the 7th Co., Machine Gun Training Center.
No photo.

SMITH, Douglas
Enlisted June 28, 1917, at Minneapolis, Minn.  Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.;
Camp Robinson; Plattsburg, N.Y.; Camp Greene, N.C.  Overseas May 10, 1918, with Hdq.
Co. 16, F.A., 4th Div.  Saw action on Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Argonne-Meuse. 
Promoted to corporal.  With Army of Occupation.  No photo.

SMITH, Neal
Enlisted June 7, 1918, at Minneapolis, Minn.  Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.;
Lafayette, Ind.; Camp Coe, Pa.  Overseas Oct. 27, 1918, with Co. B, 335th Battalion,
Tank Corps.  Promoted to corporal and sergeant.  No photo.

SYMES, Frank A.
Entered service May 15, 1918.  Trained at Gettysburg, Pa.  Overseas Aug. 15, 1918. 
No photo.

SYMES, Percy
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Overseas in Sept. 1918.  No photo.

WIGER, Jonas
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 16, 1918.  Trained at Camp Hancock, Ga. 
No photo.

WODICKA, August
Enlisted with the Czecho Slovak forces at Chicago, Ill., March 6, 1918.  Served
with the French Army in their various war-supply depots.  Mustered out at Cognac,
France, August 21, 1918.  No photo.

ROCK ELM

BROWN, Roy H.
Enlisted at Glasgow, Mont.  June 25, 1918.  Trained at Camp Lewis, Wash., and Camp
Kearney, Cal.  Overseas Aug. 8, 1918, with Supply Co., 169th Inf., 40th Div.  No
photo.

MERCER, Merton
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Shelby, Miss.,
wtih Motor Transport Corps No. 327.  No photo.

WELLS, Day
Enlisted Aug. 6, 1918, at Ashland, Wis.  Trained at Great Lakes, Ill., and Hampton
Roads, Va.  Served as fireman aboard U.S.S. Illinois.  No photo.

SPRING VALLEY

AILPORT, John A.
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 198.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill. 
Overseas Sept. 9, 1918, with Co. H, 56th Inf., 7th Div.  Saw action on the Toul
sector.  With Army of Occupation.

ANDERSON, Edwin
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., in Aug., 1918.  Trained at Camp Taylor, Ky., with
an artillery unit.  No photo.

BASHAW, Herman
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., July 16, 1918.  Trained at Columbus, Ohio; Camp
Hancock, Ga.; and Camp Funston, Kans., with 4th Co., 1st Group Machine Gun Training
Center.  Later with Co. C, 30th Machine Gun Battalion.  No photo.

BJORNSTAD, Oscar
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 23, 1918.  Trained at Camp Shelby, Miss.  No
photo.

GARFIELD, Frank
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 3, 1917.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and
Waco, Texas.  Overseas March 4, 1918, with co. H, 162nd Inf., 41st Div., later with
704th Motor Transport Corps.  Promoted to corporal and sergeant.  No photo.

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GARFIELD, James A.
Enlisted at Camp Douglas, Wis., May 11, 1917, in Hdq. Co., 3rd Wis. Nat. Guard. 
Trained at Waco, Tex.  Overseas Feb. 29, 1918, with Hdq. co., 128th Inf., 32nd Div. 
In action at Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne, Soissons and Argonne-Meuse.  Promoted to
corp. musician.  No photo.

HANSON, Alfred
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Oct. 3, 1917.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and
Waco, Texas.  Overseas March 4, 1918.  With Co. A, 127th Inf., 32nd Div., later with
Co. E, 163rd Inf., 41st Div.

HANSON, Freeman
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., July 23, 198.  Went to Camp Grant, Ill., but was
discharged for physical disability July 26, 1918.  No photo.

KUEHN, Elmer
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., April 29, 1918.  Went to Camp Grant, Ill., but
was discharged for physical disability May 15, 1918.  No photo.

LA GRANDER, Clair
Enlisted at Eau Claire, Wis., April 9, 1918.  Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
and Ft. Wadsworth, N.Y.  Overseas July 15, 1918, with Battery A, 70th C.A.C. 
Promoted to wagoner.  No photo.

LINNEBERG, Oscar
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Sept. 3, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
later with Hospital Corps at Fort Sheridan, Ill.  No photo.

OLSON, Juel
Joined colors Sept. 1, 1918, at Mason City, Iowa.  Went to Fort Riley, Kans., but
was discharged for physical disability Sept. 15, 1918.  No photo.

OLSON, Ole M.
Joined colors at Madison, Wis., Oct. 15, 1918, where he trained with Co. L,
S.A.T.C., U. of W.  No photo.

STARKEY, Edward
Entered service at Ellsworth, Wis., Sept. 4, 1918.  Trained at Camp Grant, Ill.,
with 2nd Co., Inf. Replacement Troops.  Promoted to corporal and sergeant.

THORSON, Arthur
Joined colors at Ellsworth, Wis., Aug. 2, 1918.  Trained at Camp Taylor, Ky., with
Batt. C, 2nd F.A.  No photo.