PARKER, LOUIS ARTHUR

Sioux Rapids

Born December 8, 1896.  Enl. December 13, 1917.  Corp. Base Hosp. No. 26, Med. Corps.  Trained at Ft. McPherson until June 1, 1918.  Sailed from Hoboken on Adriatic June 4; landed Liverpool June 16.  Crossed Channel to Le Havre June 18.  To Allerey June 20; until March 1, 1919; to Birmingham and joined the American Student Dept. at Birmingham Univ. from March 20 until July 1. Sailed from Liverpool July 6 on U. S. S. Plattsburg; stopped at Brest until July 17; left Brest on Martha Washington July 17; landed New York July 27, 1919.  To Camp Mills.  Mustered out August 1, 1919.

PARKHILL, JOHN L.

Storm Lake

Born October 13, 1897.  Enl. May 28, 1918.  2d Lieut. Aviation Service.  Trained at S. M. A. Austin, Texas; Camp Dick; Ebetts Field; Love Field.  Mustered out March 13, 1919.

PARROTT, FLOYD D.

Nokomis Township

Born March 2, 1891. Enl. May 27, 1918.  Pvt. Co. C, 352d Inf. 88th Div.  Trained at Camp Dodge two months; to Camp Mills.  Sailed from New York on Ascouiam August 16; landed Liverpool August 28.  To Southampton; to Le Havre.  To Hericourt for training four weeks; to Alsace sector; to Toul 18 days; to Gondrecourt Area; to Beaune Versity until March 16; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed May 25 on U. S. S. Madawska; landed New York on June 6, 1919.  To Camp Dodge.  Mustered out June 15, 1919.

PATTEN, THOMAS BRYANT

Alta

Born October 10, 1895.  Enl. May 24, 1917.  Coxswain, U. S. Navy.  Trained at G. L. N. T. S.; to U. S. S. Minnesota, where he qualified with gun crew within two months; trans, to receiving ship at Norfolk; to St. Helena; to Virginia Beach Rifle Range; to St. Helena; to S. S. Hwahjah in service of the N. S. A. C. T.; was in four different engagements with submarines; trans, to U. S. S. Agamemnon on which ship he made four round trips.  Mustered out July 29, 1919.

PAULSEN, JENS

Newell

Born May 14, 1893.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. Co. D, 167th Inf. 41st Div.  Trained at Camp Gordon.  Sailed November 8; landed Cuntles, France.  Sailed from Brest for U. S.; landed Hoboken.  Mustered out March 4, 1919.

PAULSON, REINHOLD M. L.

Albert City

Born March 27, 1892. Enl.  May 13, 1918.  Pvt. 1st-cl. 8th Squadron 1st Regt. Signal Corps section. Aviation.  Trained at Vancouver Barracks; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out January 2, 1919.  (no photo)

PIERSON, JERSON N.

Albert City

Born January 16, 1889.  Enl. September 6, 1917.  Pvt. Base Ho.sp. No. 121, Med. Corps.  Trained at Camp Dodge; to Camp Beauregard; to Camp Upton.  Sailed from New York November 13; landed Liverpool.  To Le Havre.  To Bordeaux Base Hosp. about seven months.  Sailed June 29 on U. S. S. Huron; landed Newport News July 10.  To Camp Dodge.  Mustered out July 17, 1919.  (no photo)

PIERSON, JOHN A.

Albert City

Born December 9, 1888.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. Co. D 4th Replm.  Trained at Camp Gordon.  Mustered out July 31, 1919.  (no photo)

PESCH, AUGUST R.

Storm Lake

Born April 17, 1895.  Enl. April 5, 1918.  Pvt. Med. Corps.  Trained at Camp Dodge and Prescott, Arizona.

PEDERSEN, PEDER FRANDS

Newell

Born April 17, 1889.  Enl. September 19, 1917.  Mechanic Co. C, 362d Inf. 91st Div.  Trained at Camp Lewis.  Foreign service 9 months, St. Mihiel September 11 to 13; Gesnes Dept. of Meuse September 26 to October 12.  Mustered out May 1, 1919.

PENDLETON, JOHN W.

Storm Lake

Born April 8, 1893.  Enl. March 14, 1918.  Sgt. Co. A, 1st Bn. Ordnance Corps.  Trained at Washington, D. C; Central Officers' Training School, Camp Lee.  Promoted from pvt. 1st-cl. to Corp., to sgt. of ordnance and then admitted to Officers' Training School. Mustered out November 23, 1918.

PENN, VICTOR E.

Alta

Born June 19, 1889.  Enl. September 9, 1918.  Pvt. unassigned.  Trained at Camp Dodge; assigned to Military Clerical Detachment, State of Iowa, and assigned to special duty with the Local Board for the County of Adair, State of Iowa, Greenfield, Iowa.  Mustered out at Camp Dodge, December 27, 1918.

PENNELL, ALLEN L.

Barnes Township

Born February 4, 1894.  Enl. July 1, 1917.  Pvt. Batt. C, 1st F. A.  Trained at Angel Island, California, until March 27, 1919. Mustered out March 27, 1919.

PENTICO, CHARLES D.

Storm Lake

Born December 1, 1897.  Enl. December 11, 1917.  Corp. Co. F, 104th M. T. C. 29th Div.  Trained at Camp McClellan; Camp MacArthur; Ft. Sill.  Sailed from Philadelphia June 28; landed Liverpool.  To Southampton; to Cherbourg.  To St. Nazaire; to Langres; to Fontaine; to Argonne front October 9; to Bar-le-Duc; November 5 to Bour Bonne-les-Baines; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed June 13; landed Charleston; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out July 5, 1919.

PENTICO, EARL

Storm Lake

Born July 3, 1892.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. Hdqrs. Co. 329th Inf. 83d Div.  Trained at Camp Gordon; to Camp Merritt.  Sailed from New York latter part of August on Leviathan; landed Brest September 2.  To hosp. in Brest for three weeks; to Le Mans, joined 53d Div. here; to Eccemoy; to Paris; to Verdun front for three weeks; to Le Mans; to Hosp. No. 52; in Le Mans two weeks; to St. Nazaire hosp. ten days; to hosp. near Brest ten days.  Sailed on Leviathan March 27; landed New York April 2.  To Camp Mills; to Ft. Des Moines from April 17 to June 11.  Mustered out June 11, 1919.

¹Eilers, Tom D.  Buena Vista's Part in the World War.  Storm Lake, 1920, pp. 172-76.