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Honor Roll of Buena Vista County
 

Returning Veterans

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GRAN, ALBERT G,

Storm Lake

 

Born September 22, 1889.  Enl. July 15, 1918.  1st Lieut, in Med. Corps.  Trained:  Camp Meade; in base hosp. at Camp Meade; to Camp Greenleaf, M. O. T. C.  Mustered out May 28, 1919.

 

 

 


GRAN, RUDOLPH ARTHUR

Storm Lake

 

Born December 6, 1891.  Enl. Dec. 12, 1917.  1st-cl. Storekeeper. Co. F, 3d Regt., 6th Div.  Trained:  G. L. N. T. S.  Promoted from app. seaman to 1st-cl. storekeeper.  Transported troops and provisions from U. S. to Bordeaux; on land transport General W. C. Gorgas.. Mustered out July 14, 1919.

 

 

 


GREENE, EDWARD LELAND

Storm Lake

 

Born January 25, 1883.  Enl. March 14, 1916.  2d Lieut., 10th Batt. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. 21st Div. 64th Brigade.  Trained:  at Rugeley Camp, Stafford, England.  Commissioned 2d Lieut. January, 1919.  Served as platoon commander with the 10th K. O. Y. L. I. C Co., No. 10. Platoon; on the Arras front June to August, 1916; later the battery moved to the Somme region and took part in the battle of the Somme, capturing the village of Fluer; on the 17th of September while waiting for a relieving battery was wounded and sent home.  Recovered from wounds and was trans, to Corps of Royal Eng.; again in action on many fronts until sent home in the latter part of 1918.  Still in home service.

 

 

 


GREENGO, ROYAL EUGENE

Sioux Rapids

 

Born July 3, 1894.  Enl. July 23, 1918.  Pvt. Recruit Co. No. 14, Motor Transport Corps.  Trained:  Camp Maybray for two months; to Kelly Field No. 1 for six weeks; to Camp John Wise for two months' course in telephone work.  Mustered out January 24, 1919.

 

 

 


GREGERSON, ADOLPH

Nokomis Township

 

Born February 9, 1897.  Enl. September 5, 1918.  Pvt. Co. F, 88th Regt. 19th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge from September 5 to January 24, 1919.  Mustered out January 24, 1919.

 

 

 


GREGG, DENTON B.

Storm Lake

 

Born September 27, 1895.  Enl. June 22, 1915.  Sgt. Hdq. Co. 168th Inf. 42d Div.  Trained:  spent winter of 1915-1916 with regt. at Brownsville, Texas; when called for overseas service joined his regiment at Cherokee. Iowa; trained at State Fair Grounds at Des Moines; to Camp Mills.  Sailed from Hoboken, October 18; returned to port October 28; left again November 14; landed Liverpool December 1.  To Winchester; to Southampton; to Le Havre.  To Rimacourt; to Baccarat in Lorraine sector February 26 to June 19, 1918; Champagne July 2 to 20; Chateau-Thierry July 25 to August 5; St. Mihiel September 12 to September 26; Argonne October 12 to 24; Base Hosp. No. 202 at Orleans October 26 to January 10, 1919.  Sailed from Brest March 5; landed Newport News, March 18, 1919.  Mustered out March 28, 1919.

 

 

 


GREY, WALTER STEWART

Lee Township

 

Born October 31, 1898.  Enl. October 11, 1918.  Pvt. S. A. T. C.  Trained:  Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa.  Mustered out December 13, 1918.

 

 

 


GRIENKE, RUDOLF C. F.

Nokomis Township

 

Born September 22, 1894.  Enl. August 5, 1918.  Sgt. 617th Motor Transport Corps.  Trained:  Jefferson Barracks; Waco, Texas; to Camp Merritt.  Sailed from Hoboken on U. S. S. President Grant September 18; landed St. Nazaire October 6.  To St. Aignan, trans, to 116th Amm. Train; slightly wounded; to Paris, trans, to 617th M. T. C.  Sailed from Brest on U. S. S. President Grant December 11; landed Hoboken December 25.  To Camp Merritt.  Mustered out January 8, 1920.  Married while in France to Miss Lucette Raymond.

 

 

 


GRODAHL, INGEBERT

Barnes Township

 

Born April 1, 1895.  Enl, July 24, 1918.  Corp. 4th Replm. Regt.  Trained at Camp Gordon; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out January 9, 1919.

 

 

 


GRODAHL, KNUDT M.

Barnes Township

 

Born October 8, 1887.  Enl. September 20, 1917.  Pvt. Co. H, 9th Regt., 2d Div.  Trained:  Camp Dodge two months; to Camp Pike seven months; to Camp Merritt.  Sailed from Hoboken on Anselm June 20, 1918; landed Liverpool July 1, 1918.  To Winchester two days; to Southampton; to Cherbourg.  To St. George Training Camp for two weeks; moved toward Paris, billeted there ten days; to Nancy; to Morbecque; to St. Mihiel drive; to Champagne drive ten days; to Argonne drive eleven days, when armistice was signed; took sick November 20, and was sent to hospital at Allevay for five weeks; to Toul one month; to Bordeaux one month.  Sailed from Bordeaux March 25, on Luckenbach; landed Hoboken April 5.  To Camp Mills; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out April 24, 1919.

 

 

 


GROTE, OTIS C.

Sioux Rapids

 

Born November 26, 1899.  Enl. April 20, 1917.  Coxswain on Miwaiu.  Trained:  G. L. N. T. S.  Transferred to. U S. S, Rhode Island; to Miwaiu.  Made five complete trips across; three to France; two to Italy.  Mustered out January 28, 1919.

 

 

 

GROVE, ELMER ELDRED

Newell

 

Born July 9, 1888.  Enl. October 16, 1918.  Pvt. Veterinary Corps. 24th Hosp. Unit.  Trained at Camp Lee. Mustered out January 15, 1919.  (no photo)

 

 

 


GULLING, CHARLES E.

Washington Township

 

Born October 25, 1896.  Enl. September 6, 1918.  Pvt. 87th Inf. 19th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge with Depot Supply Co. Mustered out January 27, 1919.

 

 

 

GURNEY, BERT

Alta

 

Born August 26, 1895.  Enl. February 23, 1918.  Sergt. Co. H. 56th Regt. Searchlight, Eng., 2nd Army Corps Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge. Co. B. 313th Eng.; Washington Barracks, Co. H. 65th Regt.  Sailed from Newport News August 14, 1918; landed Brest August 26.  To Paris, September 5; to Columbey; to Les Bele October 15; to Thiaucourt; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed on Nancemond February 25; landed Newport News March 11, 1919.  To Camp Morrison; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out March 22, 1919.  (no photo)

 

 

 


GUSTAFSON, CHARLES GUSTAV

Sioux Rapids

 

Born December 31, 1887.  Enl. November 29, 1917; called January 15, 1918.  Trained at Austin, Texas; Camp Dick; Dorr Flying Field; Barron Field.  Second Lieutenant.  Instructor in cross-country flying at Barron Field.  Injured in crash February 15, 1918.  Now (October 20, 1918) in hospital at Ft. Sheridan.

 

 

 


GUSTAFSON, IVAR V.

Maple Valley Township

 

Born January 23, 1896.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. Co. D, 4th Replm. Inf.  Trained at Camp Gordon for six months; trans, back to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out January 9, 1919.

 

 

 


GUSTAFSON, J. ERIC

Storm Lake

 

Born October 21, 1890.  Enl. January 7, 1918.  Medical Examiner, Enlisted Reserve Corps of Illinois.  Began service in Med. Enl. R. C. as pvt.; passed examination for hospital service in Med. Officers' Corps; on Med. Adv. Board J-3. Chicago; on Exemption Board at Chicago; Examiner Enlisted Reserve Corps, of Illinois.  Mustered out January 9, 1919.

 

 

 


GUSTAFSON, JOHN A.

Albert City

 

Born January 17, 1895.  Enl. July 25, 1918.  Pvt. Co. M, 316th Inf. 79th Div.  Trained:  Camp Gordon; Camp Merritt.  Sailed from New York August 30 on U. S. S. Plattsburg; landed Brest September 12.  To St. George; to Verdun; to Genicourt; joined 79th Div. on October 25; helped capture Hill 378 on November 4; relieved on November 7; back in front lines on November 10 and holding lines when armistice was signed; November 15 to Camp near Reville; to Heippes; to Tiftanges; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed on U. S. S. Kroonland May 16; landed Hoboken May 26, 1919.  To Camp Dix; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out June 8, 1919.

 

 

 


GUSTAVSON, CARL R.

Maple Valley Township

 

Born June 29, 1890.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. 1st-cl. Co. B, 10th Ammunition Force 10th Div.  Trained:  Camp Funston three months; drove trucks from Detroit to Baltimore for three months; transferred to Camp Funston.  Mustered out January 29, 1919.

 

 

 


GUTEL, WILLIAM T.

Washington Township

 

Born August 13, 1895.  Enl. February 25, 1918.  Pvt. 1st-cl., Co. E, 351st Inf., 88th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge; trans, to Camp Houston; to Camp Upton two weeks.  Sailed from Camp Upton May 16 on U. S. S. Mt. Vernon; landed Brest May 24.  To Abbeville June 9; to Amiens sector June 20 to August 23; to Trouville-en-Barrois in Toul sector August 26; to Verdun sector September 6; engaged in Meuse-Argonne offensive September 26 to November 11; moved to Luxemburg, December 1; stationed there until March 1, 1919; to Brest.  Sailed on U. S. S. Mt. Vernon May 9; landed New York May 17.  To Camp Mills; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out May 26, 1919.

 

 

 


GUTZ, OTTO

Newell

 

Born January 9, 1888. Enl.  December 10, 1917.  Chauffeur 23d Balloon Co.  Trained at Kelly Field.  Promoted from pvt. to chauffeur.   Further instruction at Camp Morriston.  Saw service in France at Coetquidan.  Sailed from France January 11, 1919. Mustered out February 11, 1919.

 

 

1Eilers, Tom D.  Buena Vista's Part in the World War.  Storm Lake, 1920, pp. 94-96.

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