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BOLEN,
JAMES
Lee
Township
Born
December 11, 1889. Enl. June 15, 1918. Pvt. Co. E, 8th Div. of Motor
Transport Corps. Trained at Iowa State College from June to August 13;
at Valparaiso from August 15 to October 1; at Fort Sheridan until
October 20; to Camp Mills. Sailed from the United States on November 4,
but returned on November 9, when three days out. Mustered out at Camp
Dodge, February 12, 1919.
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BORCHERDING, HENRY THEODORE
Maple
Valley Township
Born
March 26, 1888. Enl. February 25, 1918. Corp. Co. E. 351st Inf., 88th
Div. Trained at Camp Dodge. Sailed on the Scotian from Hoboken, August
16; landed at Liverpool, August 28. To Brockwood; to Camp Stony Castle;
landed at Cherbourg. France, September 3. To rest camp; to Paullenay on
the morning of the 7th, billeted in an old castle which was built in
1554, after drilling there left on September 14 for Champau for further
drill; went into lines October 19 in a quiet sector near the Swiss
border in Alsace-Lorraine; to Belfort, billet in Chaux, just out of
Belfort; on the evening of November 10, started for Argonne-Meuse front
— not in action — arrived at Francheville, near Toul, and remained there
until November 28; hiked to Houdelaincourt for maneuvers and drills; to
Lefaulz for convoy work into Germany; May 4, back to Houdelaincourt; to
Gondrecourt; to Avoys; to St. Nazaire, May 18. Sailed from St. Nazaire
on U. S. S. Mercury, May 20; landed at Newport News, May 31. To Camp
Hill; to Camp Dodge — paraded in Des Moines. Mustered out at Camp
Dodge, June 7, 1919.
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BOSLEY,
CLARENCE A.
Storm
Lake
Born
January 28, 1896. Enl. June 4, 1917. Pvt. Co. C. 315th Engineers. 90th
Div. Formerly Cook, Co. M, 168th Inf., 42d Div. Trained at Cherokee,
Iowa; to State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, Iowa; to Camp Mills. Sailed
for France on President Grant, October 18, 1917; returned to New York
October 28; entered St. Mary's Hosp. at Englewood, New Jersey, with
pneumonia on November 8; left hospital December 20; to Camp Merritt;
sailed for France January 3, 1918, on U. S. S. Mercury; landed at St. Nazaire, France, January 15. To St. Aignan; to Berncastle, Germany; to
Coblenz; to St. Nazaire. Sailed from St. Nazaire on the S. S. Alaskan;
landed at New York, June 15, 1919. To Camp Mills; to Camp Dodge.
Mustered out June 26, 1919.
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BOSLOUGH, IRA J.
Grant
Township
Born
December 6, 1894. Enl. December 11, 1917. Yeoman 1st-cl., on U. S. S.
Philippines. Promoted to seaman 2d-cl., to yeoman 1st-cl. Trained at G.
L. N. T. S. from December 15, 1917, to September, 1918. Went on U. S.
S. Bali September 9, 1918. Left the United States from New York,
September 16, 1918; landed at Bordeaux. Returned on Bali and landed in
New York, November 11, 1918. Started second trip for Bordeaux, out two
days and returned. Relieved from Bali and sent to receiving ship in New
York from November 28, 1918, to May 9, 1919. Transferred to U. S. S.
Philippines transport until May 19, 1919. Discharged from U. S. S.
Philippines, May 19, 1919.
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BOWERS,
KARL W.
Storm
Lake
Born
July 18, 1895. Enl. May 13, 1917. Pvt. (sharpshooter) Co. A, 88th
Engineers (Mtd.). Trained at Fort Logan May 15 to May 28; ordered to
Fort Bliss until August 25; reported for duty on Mexican Border and
participated in engagement against Villistas near Juarez, Chihuahua,
June 15-17, 1919. Made sharpshooter, May 20, 1919. Headquarters Co.,
8th Engineers. Mustered out August 25, 1919.
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BOYCE,
MILLARD H.
Providence Township
Born
October 20, 1892. Enl. July 24, 1918. Bugler, Co. C, 4th Replm. Regt.
Trained at Camp Gordon. Mustered out January 9, 1919.
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BOYNTON, BRYANT B.
Sioux
Rapids
Born
May 16, 1896. Enl. May 28, 1918. Pvt. Co. L, 352d Inf., 88th Div.
Trained at Camp Dodge from May 28, until August 9, 1918. Sailed from
New York, August 16, on S. S. Ulysses; landed at Liverpool, August 28,
1918. Crossed English Channel to Le Havre. Moved to Lavazan; to
Belfort, September 15; hiked to Vezelois until October 1; moved to
Rougemont for one week; then to Camp Norman; to Lorraine front, October
15; held as reserve in lines until November 1; returned to Belfort until
Noveinber 12; to Lucy, until November 20; sent to hosp. at Toul on
account of foot until November 30; moved to hosp. at Orleans; at casual
camp until December 30, 1918; to St. Aignan; to Brest. Sailed from
Brest on transport Mount Vernon, March 3, 1919; landed at New York,
March 11, 1919. To Camp Merritt; to Camp Dodge. Mustered out March 21,
1919. (no photo)
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BOYNTON, QUINCY EDGAR
Sioux
Rapids
Born
January 17, 1894. Enlisted April 14, 1917. Quarter Master Ist-cl.
(General). Promoted from apprentice seaman to Quarter Master Ist-cl.
(General). Trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station from April
18-24, 1917; at Naval Station, Algiers, Louisiana, from April 24, 1917,
to June 9, 1917. Assigned to duty on the U. S. S. Kealsarge with the
Atlantic fleet; on duty with Signal Corps until March 1, 1918;
transferred to General Quarter Master and remained on duty with same
ship until June 3, 1919. Mustered out at Great Lakes Naval Training
Station, June 3, 1919.
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BRADY,
EDWARD F.
Scott
Township
Born
July 4, 1888. Enlisted September 4. 1918. Private, unassigned.
Medical Corps. Trained at Fort Riley from September 5, 1918, until
February 1, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Dodge, February 4, 1919.
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BRADY,
GEORGE N.
Scott
Township
Born
June 12, 1892. Enlisted April 26, 1918. Corporal, Company E, 338th
Machine Gunners, 88th Division. Trained at Camp Dodge; to
Camp Upton. Sailed from Hoboken on Kashmar, August 16; landed at
Liverpool, August 28. To Southampton; to Cherbourg. To Marrigney for
two weeks; to Lucy; to Toul sector when armistice was signed; to Metz;
to Coureprits for five months; to St. Nazaire. Sailed for the United
States on May 22, 1919; landed at Newport News, June 4. The king of the
Netherlands was on the ship on which he sailed for the United States.
To Camp Hill; to Camp Dodge. Mustered out June 15, 1919.
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BRADY,
JOSEPH M.
Scott
Township
Born
February 15, 1884. Enlisted August 8, 1918. Private, Battery D, 2d
Reg., Field Art. Trained at Camp Taylor and Fort Logan (three weeks).
Mustered out at Camp Taylor, December 11, 1918.
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BRADY,
PHILIP
Scott
Township
Born
August 12, 1888. Enlisted May 22, 1918. Private Ist-cl., at Gen.
Headquarters, Chaumont, France. Promoted from private to private Ist-cl.
Sailed from Hoboken, August 20, on Leviathan; landed at Liverpool,
August 31, To Southampton; to Cherbourg. To Paris; to Gen. Headquarters
at Chaumont. Sailed from Brest August 20, on Vaterland; landed at
Hoboken, September 1, 1919. To Camp Dix. Mustered out September 15,
1919.
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BRAILEY, JACK [JOHN] H.
Storm
Lake
Born
July 5, 1891. Enlisted April 10, 1917. Cook, Battery B, 103d Field
Artillery, 26th Div. Trained at Camp Green during erection of that
camp; ordered to Camp Mills with the 147th Field Artillery, 41st Div.;
to Newport News Remount Station. Sailed with four companies of casuals
on March 5, 1918, on the Northwestern, a small passenger boat taken off
the west coast service; after rough trip reached Brest, March 14,
without convoy; after laying in harbor four days disembarked and
proceeded to Lacourtine. In April left for Lorraine-Toul sector with
the 103d Field Artillery, 26th Div.; at Chateau-Thierry July 8 to August
4; rested on banks of the Vesle river; to Chalbons until August 20;
arrived at St. Mihiel September 6, taking up gun position September 10
to September 18; after advancing across No Man's Land held position at
St. Reny until October 3, fighting in battles of Meuse-Argonne and
Verdun; after armistice was signed went on long hike back to Neufchatel;
arrived at Le Mans January 23, 1919; transferred to Military Police
Corps, serving in Paris until July 9, 1919; guarding prisoners at Tours
until September 20; spent four days in Paris; worked at Headquarters of
Commandant of American Forces in France until November 11, 1919;
assigned to convoying supplies to different parts of France. Still in
Paris when this record was compiled.
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BRAKE,
EDWIN
Maple
Valley Township
Enl.
September 3, 1918. Pvt. Base Hosp. 1. Trained: Camp Dodge; Camp
Beauregard; Camp Upton; Camp Merritt; Camp Lee. Mustered out December
31, 1918. (no photo)
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BRANDVOLD, AARON JOHN
Rembrandt
Born
September 26, 1899. Enl. October 11, 1918. Pvt. in Student Army
Training Corps. Trained at Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa.
Mustered out December 13, 1918.
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BRATTIN, THOMAS
Maple
Valley Township
Born
June 13, 1895. Enl. June 13. 1918. Pvt. Bat. E, 338th Art., 88th Div.
Trained at Camp Dodge. Went to Desnth, France. After the armistice
was signed was transferred to Military Police. Was at Lorraine sector.
Returned to the United States about February 8, on the U. S. S.
Pocahontas. Mustered out at Camp Dodge, February 27, 1919. (no photo)
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BRAY,
EARL W.
Sioux
Rapids
Born
August 22, 1895. Enl. December 8, 1917. Pvt. Co. 8, 41st Aerial
Squadron. Trained at Kelly Field and Camp Mills. Sailed from New York,
May 3, 1918; landed at Liverpool, May 16. To Winchester; to Salisbury;
to Liverpool; to Calais. To Liverpool. Sailed from Liverpool November
28; landed at New York, December 11, 1918. Mustered out December 27,
1918.
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BREIG,
EVERETT B.
Storm
Lake
Born
January 14, 1898. Enl. April 8, 1917. Sergt. Co. B, 166th Regt., 42d
Div. Trained at Cherokee; to Camp Cody, left Co. K. 133d Inf. at Camp
Cody in June as Replm. Co. No. 3. Sailed from New York, June 28; landed
at St. Nazaire, July 10. Transferred to 162d Inf., 41st Div., then to
42d Div. at Champagne sector, July 14; to Chateau Thierry; to St. Mihiel;
to Verdun; to Meuse-Argonne; to Sedan; to Coblenz, Germany; to Base
Hosp. No. 36 for six weeks; to Toul for three weeks; to Podensac; to
Bordeaux. Sailed from Bordeaux on Walter A. Luckenbach, March 6, 1919;
landed at Camp Mills, March 18. At Camp Mills for eighteen days; to
Camp Dodge. Mustered out April 8, 1919.
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BREYFOGLE, ARTHUR BERTEN
Alta
Born
April 4, 1901. Enl. April 25, 1917. Seaman on U. S. S. Welles.
Promoted from apprentice seaman to seaman. Trained at G. L. N. T. S.;
to Philadelphia; to New York. Made four trips on S. S. Pioneer with
armed guard gun crew. First, second and third trips were round trips
touching at Liverpoo, Le Havre, Rouen, and then back to Plymouth; fourth
trip to Gibraltar, Algiers, Tunis, Brezerta Island of Malta, and
Gibraltar. Left Gibraltar for New York on S. S. Pioneer; landed at
Bayonne, New Jersey; to Brooklyn; at Brooklyn transferred to the U. S. S
Gamble. To Cuba; to Norfolk; to Boston; to Rockland, Maine; to Boston
to convoy President Wilson's ship, the George Washington, into harbor;
to Norfolk; to Key West; to Cuba; to New York. Transferred to U. S. S.
Welles. Mustered out August 30, 1919. On September 2, 1919,
re-enlisted for two years.
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BREYFOGLE, FORREST MCKINLEY
Alta
Born
January 2, 1900. Enl. October 11, 1918. Pvt. Student Army Training
Corps. Trained at Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa. Mustered out
December 13, 1918. Died of scarlet fever October 2, 1919.
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BREYFOGLE, MERLE EDWARD
Alta
Born
September 20, 1898. Enl. May 7, 1917. Seaman on U. S. S. Wisconsin.
Promoted from apprentice seaman to seaman. Trained at Newport, Rhode
Island; sent to receiving ship at Boston; to New York; to U. S. S.
Wisconsin, general service on U. S. S. Wisconsin, cruising on Atlantic
Coast, the work of the ship being to train naval men for service;
cruised in summer of 1919 for midshipman training. Mustered out at G.
L. N. T. S., August 3, 1919.
1Eilers,
Tom D.
Buena
Vista's Part in the World War.
Storm Lake, 1920, pp. 49-54.
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