SHAEFFER, ROY U.
Storm Lake

Born June 22, 1899.  Enl. March 22, 1918.  Pvt. Artillery.  Trained at Ft. Logan; sent back to Sioux City.  Mustered out April 12, 1918.

SHAFFER, CHARLES M.
Lee Township

Born August 14, 1893.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Pvt. 1st-cl. Machine Gun Co. 316tli Inf. 79th Div.  Trained at Camp Gordon until August 26.  Sailed from Hoboken on U. S. S. Plattsburg August 30; landed Brest September 12.  To St. Georges until October 2; to aviation camp in Verdun sector October 29, in offensive 14 hours; taken prisoner by Germans and held in prison camp until November 14; released and returned to Casual Co. near Verdun.  Joined regiment December 5, 1918, at Reville; and put into M. G. Co.  Sailed from St. Nazaire on U. S. S. Texas May 16; landed Philadelphia May 29.  To Camp Dix; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out June 10, 1919.

SHANNON, BERT B.
Storm Lake

Born April 16, 1893.  Enl. May 13, 1918.  Seaman.  Trained at G. L. N. T. S.  Sailed from Hoboken June 15, 1918; arrived Brest June 21.  Located at Pouillac at U. S. Naval Air Station, a supply station for all naval stations in Europe; planes were shipped to this station and assembled.  Sailed January 12 on return to Pelham Park, New York.  Mustered out February 14, 1919.

SHANNON, JOHN L.
Storm Lake

Born July 26, 1882.  Enl. June 24, 1918. Pvt. 1st-cl. Hdq. Co. 33d Inf. Trained at Ft. Logan until July 10; to Camp Nichols until August 15; at Gatun (Canal Zone) from August 22 to February 24; acted as locks guard and did patrol duty.  Mustered out at Cristobal, Canal Zone, February 24, 1919.

SHAULL, AUBREY DELOSS
Storm Lake

Born July 30, 1895.  Enl. July 14, 1917.  Corp. Co. B, 109th Ammunition Train, 34th Div.  Trained at Des Moines; at Camp Cody.  Sailed from New York on H. M. S. Olympic October 17, 1918.  Landed Southampton October 24, 1918. To Southampton; to Cherbourg.  To Camp De Soughe two months; to Camp St. Sulpice six months.  Sailed from Bordeaux June 10 on U. S. S. lowan; landed Philadelphia June 22.  Mustered out at Camp Dodge June 28, 1919.

SHAULL, JAMES KENNETH
Storm Lake

Born June 15, 1890.  Enl. July 24, 1918.  Corp. Co. C, 4th Replm. Regt.  Trained at Camp Gordon.  Mustered out January 9, 1919.

SHELLEY, BOONE R.
Storm Lake

Born August 22, 1891.  Enl. August 22, 1918.  Pvt. Co. D, 4th Replm. Regt.  Trained at Camp Gordon; ordered to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out January 9, 1919.  (no photo)

SHEWELL, CHARLES A.
Storm Lake

Born April 22, 1893.  Enl. December 8, 1917.  Pvt. Co. H, A. M. O. R. S.  Trained at Camp Grant three months; at Camp Hancock four months; to Camp Mills.  Sailed from Hoboken July 9 on Mt. Vernon; landed Brest July 18.  To Limoges; billeted in monastery two months; to Verdun defensive September 26 to October 16; to Meuse-Argonne until November 25; to Verdun sector two weeks; to Rehon; to Jarny; to Vintun until 16th of May; to Issen to pick up trucks and drive them to St. Nazaire; to Gievres with convoy of trucks; to St. Nazaire.  Sailed on U. S. S. Scranton July 6; landed Brooklyn July 18.  To Camp Merritt; to Camp Sherman.  Mustered out July 25, 1919.

SHIRK, VICTOR B.
Linn Grove

Born April 12, 1898.  Enl. March 27, 1918.  Pvt. M. G. Co B, 52d Regt. 18th Div.  Trained at Camp Travis.  Mustered out February 15, 1919.

SHOEMAKER, CHARLES EVERETT
Lee Township

Born December 6, 1895.  Enl. July 26, 1918.  Pvt. Co. B, 316th Inf. 79th Div.  Trained at Camp Gordon four weeks.  Sailed from Hoboken August 30; landed Brest September 12.  Served in action at Verdun front at edge of Argonne Forest; slightly wounded; while in action which began October 26 and continued for seven days, he received wounds in right thigh and knee also in left side, while lying wounded was taken prisoner by the Germans November 4, released December 1; returned to France and was cared for at different hospitals.  Sailed for U. S. April 21, 1919; landed New York April 29, 1919.  Mustered out May 26, 1919.

SHOLANDER, CARL S.
Elk Township

Born March 27, 1891.  Enl. July 29, 1918.  Pvt. 50th Co. 20th Engrs.  Trained at Camp Forrest, until December 26.  Mustered out at Camp Dodge January 6, 1919.

SIEFKEN, ALBERT OREN
Rembrandt

Born July 13, 1894.  Enl June 26, 1918.  Pvt. 1st-cl. Co. C, 1st Army M. P. Bn.  Trained at Camp Dodge; at Camp Mills; took train to Quebec.  Went aboard English ship Demosthenes; sailed down St. Lawrence River to Gulf of St. Lawrence; to Camp Breton. N. S.  Sailed with convoy of 14 ships carrying 88th Div. men on August 12 from New York; landed Liverpool August 31.  To Knotty Ash; to Southampton; to Le Havre September 5. To Semur; to Haricourt; in Alsace sector in Co A, 313th M. P. 88th Div.; transferred to Co. C, 1st Army M. P. Bn.; September 24 moved near Verdun; to Argonne; to Varennes; to Autry at time of arm1stice; to Bar, on duty with 1st Army Hdqrs.; to Coblenz; to Meunahr until June 2; to Le Mans; to Brest.  Sailed in U. S. S. Louisville June 29; landed Hoboken July 7.  To Camp Mills; to Camp Dodge.  Mustered out July 14, 1919.

SIEFKEN, CARL HOBART
Barnes Township

Born March 21, 1897.  Enl. August 12, 1918.  Radio operator, U. S. N. R. F. Trained at U. S. Naval Radio School, Harvard University.  First training at Dunwoody Institute until October 31; to Harvard University until February 13.  Mustered out February 13 at Cambridge, Mass.

SIEVERS, PAUL
Grant Township

Born May 12, 1897.  Enl. September 5, 1918.  Pvt. 3d Bn. 163d D. B.  Trained at Camp Dodge; Camp Cody.  Mustered out at Camp Dodge December 20, 1918.

SIEVERS, THEODORE
Newell

Born June 9, 1896.  Enl. August 14, 1918.  Corp. Ambulance Unit No. 62, Med Corps.  Trained at Ames Training Detach.; Camp Crane.  Mustered out March 1, 1919.

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SILVER, IVAN W.
Poland Township

Born March 1, 1897.  Enl. July 17, 1916.  Pvt. Batt. A, 8th or 53d C. A. C. of the Regular Army.  Trained at Jefferson Barracks until August 20, 1916; to Ft. Howard until February 25, 1917; to Fisherman's Island, Virginia, until July 10; returned to Ft. Howard; to Ft. Adams.  Sailed from New York on Pamonia August 23; landed Liverpool Aug. 31.  To Southampton; to Le Havre in September.  At Camp Mailley from September, 1917, to March, 1918; to Champagne front from March until April 10; to Toul sector; to Verdun sector May 15 to June 15; to R. R. Artillery Hdqrs. until February, 1919; to Bordeaux.  Sailed May 5 on Arizona; landed New York May 21.  To Camp Mills; given sixty-day furlough.  Period of enlistment not expired when this record was compiled.

SIMONSEN, NIELS K. H.
Newell

Born November 26. 1S92.  Enl. February 24, 1918.  Pvt. 45th Co. 20th Engrs.  Trained at American University.  Sailed from New York May 10; landed Brest May 23, sailed on U. S. S. President Lincoln, which was sunk on the homeward bound voyage.  Detailed immediately back of Verdun sector; to Rennes for railroad and sawmill construction; did same work in Alsace-Lorraine.  Sailed from Bordeaux on S. S. Luckenbach May 17; landed New York June 1.  Mustered out July 9, 1919.

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