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Honor Roll of Buena Vista County
 

Returning Veterans

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JENSEN, LLOYD BRYAN

Alta

 

Born November 20, 1896.  Enl. December 4, 1917.  Corp. Mobile Field Lab. Med. Corps. 36th Div.  Trained at Ft. Logan with Casual Co. Med Dept.; to Ft. Riley Prov. Co. D. M. O. T. C; Fort Leavenworth Central Med. Dept. Lab. School; to Camp Bowie. Mobile Field Lab.; to Camp Mills.  Sailed from Hoboken on U. S. S. Lenape July 8; landed Brest July 22.  To Bar-sur-Aube; to Champagne front September 25; to Meuse-Argonne; to Champagne offensive to Verdun sector Nov. 1; to Tonnerrery-Yonne; to Le Mans; to Brest.  Sailed on boat Von Stueben [sic] June 1; landed Hoboken June 8, 1919.  To Camp Dodge Mills to Camp Dodge. Mustered out June 16, 1919.

 

 

 

 

JENSEN, LOUIS

Brooke Township

 

Born December 9, 1895.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. Co. L, 163d Replm. Regt. 41st Div.  Trained at Camp Gordon one month; to Camp Merritt August 24.  Sailed on U. S. S. Plattsburg August 29 as a member of Co. D, 4th Replm. Regt.; landed Brest September 12.  To St. Georges for five months; at St. Georges trans, to Co. L 163d Replm. Regt., later to Hdq. Classification Camp at St. Algnan and was at this camp until July 5, 1919; to Brest.  Sailed for U. S. S. on S. S. Agamemnon, July 13; landed Hoboken July 22. To Camp Merritt; in Base Hosp. at Camp Merritt until August 6; to Ft. Sheridan Gen. Hosp.; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out August 13, 1919.

 

 

 

 

JENSEN, MARIUS

Newell

 

Born September 6, 1887.  Enl. September 3, 1917.  Pvt. Co. H, Inf.  Trained at Camp Dodge; Camp Cody.  Mustered out January 1, 1918.

 

 

 

 

JENSEN, NELS

Newell

 

Born February 26, 1897.  Enl. September 6, 1918.  Pvt. Hdq. Co. 87th Inf. 19th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge, training in handling one-pound guns.  Mustered out January 26, 1919.

 

 

 

 

JENSEN, SOREN V.

Newell

 

Born September, 1888.  Enl. September 19, 1917. Pvt. 1st-cl. Hdq. Co. 347th Regt. 87th Div.  Trained at Camp Pike.  Sailed from New York September 3 on S. S. City of Calcutta; landed Manchester September 27.  To Southampton; to Le Havre September 30. To S. O. S. Camp at Gievres; on detached service engaged in construction work.  Sailed from Brest on Mauretania Dec. 24; landed New York December 30, 1918.  Mustered out January 16, 1919.

 

 

 

 

JENSEN, WALTER D.

Newell

 

Born February 22, 1893.  Enl. February 24, 1918.  Musician 1st-cl. Co. D, 42d Regt. Eng.  Trained at Washington. D. C at American University.  Sailed from Hoboken May 10; landed Brest.  To Bazoiles-sur-Meuse May 30 to .July 15; in American lumber camp; to Ronnes; built sawmill, also railroad maintenance; to Gironcourt on road building until October 1, 1918; to St. Maurice; built sawmills till November 21; to Romagne; to Ponteaux January 5, 1919; transferred to Batt. Band as trombonist, traveled with regt. till April 15, 1919; to Bordeaux.  Sailed May 22; arrived Hoboken June 5, 1919.  Mustered out June 10, 1919.  Promoted to cook, to musician 1st-cl.

 

 

 

JEPPESEN, CARL G. M.

Newell

 

Born in 1882.  Enl. July, 1917. Sgt. Co. A.  Trained at Fort Logan; to San Francisco; to Camp Funston.  Promoted from pvt. to sgt.

 

 

 

JESSEN, CHRIST J.

Nokomis Township

 

Born February 2, 1889.  Enl. June 25, 1918.  Pvt. Co. C, 350th Inf. 88th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge six weeks; to Camp Upton.  Sailed August 11 on Delta; landed London August 25.  Across part of England; in camp three days; to Southampton; crossed Charnel to Cherbourg.  To Havicourt two weeks; to Alsace front 3 weeks; to Toul front when armistice was signed; to Gondrecourt; 5 months; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed May 19 on German boat Aolas; landed Newport News May 30.  To Camp Dodge.  Mustered out June 5, 1919.  (no photo)

 

 

 

 

JIMMERSON, EUGENE M.

Alta

 

Born October 31, 1892.  Enl. July 8, 1918.  Pvt. 192d Co. Marine Corps.  Trained at Mare Island for ten weeks; to Bremerton, Washington, September 26 to March 26, 1919.  Mustered out March 26, 1919.

 

 

 

 

JIMMERSON, JAMES B.

Brooke Township

 

Born July 22, 1881.  Enl. April 30, 1917.  Pvt. Co. F, 3d Regt. I. N. G.  Trained at temporary camp at Villisca, Iowa, until July 9, 1917.  Discharged on account of physical disability.

 

 

 

 

JOHANSEN, CARL A.

Albert City

 

Born November 10, 1896.  Enl. September 6, 1918. Pvt.1st-cl. Base Hosp. No. 105.  Trained at Camp Dodge; Ft. Benjamin Harrison; Camp Merritt.  Sailed from New York on Wilhimen October 28; landed Brest November 9.  To Kerhown Hosp. Center until June 25; to Pontenage.  Sailed June 30 on U. S. S. Frederick; landed Hoboken July 11.  To Camp Mills.  Mustered out July 17, 1919.

 

 

 

JOHANSEN, CHARLEY

Alta

 

Born July 28, 1896.  Enl. September 6, 1918.  Pvt. Co. F, 58th Inf. 19th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge.  Mustered out April 15, 1919.

1Eilers, Tom D.  Buena Vista's Part in the World War.  Storm Lake, 1920, pp. 121-24.

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