NORTHWESTERN

 IOWA

ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS

1804-1926

CHAPTER XI.


NORTHWESTERN IOWA IN THE WORLD WAR.

IOWA PROMPTLY SUPPORTS CONGRESS - ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHTH U. S. REGIMENT OFF FOR FRANCE - STATE FLAG PRESENTED TO THE “OLD THIRD” - IDENTITY OF STATE REGIMENTS LOST - PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE - AT THE BATTLE FRONT - SOME HEROES OF NORTHWESTERN IOWA - GERMANS CHECKED AT THE MARNE - LIEUTENANT LAURENS C. SHULL - AMERICAN ARMY DRIVES GERMANS BEYOND THE MEUSE - CLEARING THE ARGONNE FOREST OF GERMANS - IOWA TROOPS SEIZE THE HEIGHTS OF SEDAN - NORTHWESTERN IOWA SOLDIERS HONORED - THE GOLD STARS FROM TWENTY COUNTIES - NORTHWESTERN IOWA IN WELFARE WORK


As one of the great food-producing states of the nation and a commonwealth of sturdy men and women, when the United States was called to do her part in fighting the World war for cosmopolitan democracy, Iowa was in a position to make a great pledge toward that end. She was no longer a border State, but a bright star of the Middle Western constellation, and her response to the presidential and congressional call to concerted action was in accord with her prosperity and virility.
 

IOWA PROMPTLY SUPPORTS CONGRESS.
 

On April 6, 1917, Congress declared that a state of war existed between the United States of America and the “imperial German government.” War was not declared against Germany, but it already existed in the continued acts of savage and uncivilized aggression by an imperial government before whom its people were driven as puppets. The taking up of such a cause was worthy of the United States and one of its greatest units. On the very day that such a war was declared a fact, Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 was introduced into the Iowa Legislature, pledging all the resources of the State to carry on the war; and even before war had been
 

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declared as existent, a joint resolution had been approved pledging support tot he president in his stand for the preservation of national rights and dignity. To back up theses pledges, a series of military measures was enacted and a total of $1,440,000 appropriated for military purposes.
 

THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHTH U. S. REGIMENT OFF FOR FRANCE.

When the United States entered the war, it was anticipated that the military organizations sent to the front, or being prepared for action, would preserve their State identity. For several years the General Assembly, with the cooperation of the State department of the Daughters of the American Revolution, had been endeavoring to secure a design for a State flag to be borne by the several regimental units. It was hoped that the regimental colors might be secured in time for presentation to the three Iowa National Guard units, while they were encamped at Camp Dodge, Des Moines. But on account of various delays, the flags could not be furnished by the time agreed upon and the Iowa troops left the State without the promised banners - the Third Iowa Infantry for France as the One Hundred Sixty-eighth United States Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces, and the remaining units for Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico.
 

STATE FLAG PRESENTED TO THE “OLD THIRD.”
 

As finally designed by Mrs. Dixie C. Gebhardt, of Knoxville, State regent of the Iowa Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the flag bore three vertical stripes - blue, white and red. They were arranged to resemble the French flag, as suggestive of the period when Iowa was a part of Louisiana and under the dominion of France. At the same time the colors are those of the American flag. The eagle bearing a scrolled motto and occupying the center of the broad white central field is symbolic of the relation of Iowa to the Federal Government, while the combination of the eagle and the motto is derived from the State seal. The motto carried by the floating scroll is as follows: “Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain.”

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On October 30, 1917, the silk regimental banner for the Third Iowa was presented to Governor William L. Harding and Adjutant General Guy E. Logan, and then forwarded to the regiment, which at that time was at Camp Mills. Unfortunately the flag arrived too late to be presented before the regiment sailed, and it was not until January 1, 1918, that “somewhere in France” the banner from the home state was formally unfurled by the officers of the first Iowa troops to serve overseas. The presentation was made by Major E. C. Worthington and the gift was accepted by Colonel E. R. Bennett.

In his letter to Mrs. Gebhardt acknowledging the receipt of the flag, Colonel Bennett wrote: “We will ever prize the flag and do our best to see that no dishonor comes to it; above all, we will try and uphold the glory of the State of Iowa, which we represent in this war as the only volunteer infantry regiment from the State.”

In another letter describing the event, Colonel Bennett declared that those present on that occasion felt that no more fitting a place could be found for the presentation of the flag provided by the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution than France, the country which proved such a loyal, helpful ally in the fight for American independence. “Therefore,” continued Colonel Bennett, “in this small, ancient village of France, on New Year’s Day, far from the land we love so well and whose cause we represent in this great war, I had the pleasure of receiving this flag which is emblematic of the loyalty and devotion of the ladies of the Iowa Daughter of the American Revolution.”

IDENTITY OF STATE REGIMENTS LOST

The old Third Iowa National Guard became the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment of the National Army and was assigned to the Forty-second, or famous Rainbow Division. It constituted one-fourth of the infantry strength of the division. It was first commanded by Colonel Bennett, formerly head of the Third, who was succeeded by Colonel Matthew A. Tinley, its commander at the front. It was more fortunate than many other units of the Rainbow Division in retaining its strong personnel of Iowa men; there-

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fore the State flag which it treasured was especially appropriate at the battle fronts in France.

Seven other silken flags were sent to the Iowa troops at Camp Cody, New Mexico, and General H. A. Allen, in command of the Sixty-seventh Brigade there, wrote on February 19, 1918, that they had been received that day, adding: “You remember the celebrated saying of Lord Nelson that ‘England expects every man to do his duty.’ We know that the people of Iowa expect us to do our whole duty, and it is our earnest prayer that we may be able to live up to these expectations. Please convey to the D. A. R. the thanks of the various Iowa organizations at Camp Cody for their interest and well wishes and prayers for the beautiful banners which they have sent to us.”

The One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment, the immediate successor of the Third Iowa National Guard, was the only large distinct unit of the Hawkeye State which served abroad. The regiments in the Federal service were numbered consecutively, irrespective of the State from which even a majority of the men were drawn. At the commencement of the war, the National Guard units which were distinctly State organizations were frequently filled up by selected men from other States, and as the war progressed and the troops were sent to the front, more and more were the State line obliterated. The United States soon realized that the nation was participating in a World war, and, as a rule, the American soldier received the honor of his bravery irrespective of the accident of his resident State. The days of the Civil war were long past, when regiments and even companies had their battle flags, around which the heat of the conflict usually rages and which to this day are fondly preserved in thousands of public places.

PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE.
 

Besides the distinctive One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry, Iowa organized an ammunition train, two engineering units, a signal corps, a medical and dental reserve, a field hospital corps and two ambulance units - one from the State College at Ames and one from the State University. Iowa

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was allowed to send 800 men to the first Reserve Officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling. There were 2,000 applicants for selection. In the second camp Iowa’s quota was 355 men.

The policy of choosing an army by selective draft received little opposition in Iowa. The state’s quota for the first draft of the National Army was 12,749. These men, together with those from Minnesota, North Dakota and the western half of Illinois were trained at Camp Dodge.

AT THE BATTLE FRONT.

“But with all her resources,” says Cyrenus Cole in his Iowa History, “it was not until the spring and summer of 1918 that the American troops began to count on the frontiers of the war. The miracle of transporting 2,000,000 men through seas imperiled by submarines and mines was accomplished; which was the greatest miracle of the war and one of the greatest in the history of the world. When the first American troops were rushed to the front, France stood with her back to Paris, while the Germans were again driving their wedges across the Marne, and the British stood with their backs to the channel.

“The Americans entered the war at the point nearest Paris. They were not many, but they were determined. They faced the trained shock troops of the Germans. Some Frenchmen called to them, ‘Don’t go in that direction. There are machine guns there!”

“’That’s where we want to go,’ the Americans answered. ‘That’s where we have come three thousand miles to go.’

“And they went into Belleau Wood. That was the frenzy of courage on ground that American blood has made sacred for all time to come.”

Iowa’s men, including emphatically those of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth, were in the fighting lines, on the Marne, on the Meuse, in the St. Mihiel salient, in the Argonne forest, before Sedan and before Metz. The home folk were thrilled, as well as saddened, when the news came to the United States that of the first three Americans to die in action in the World war one was Private Merle Hay, of Glidden, Carroll County. It was over the remains of this soldier and his two comrades that France pronounced the gratitude of a nation.

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SOME HEROES OF NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

The honors of war went to many soldiers of Northwestern Iowa, without respect to branch of service, locality or nationality. All were cosmopolitan Americans, and many were the heroes who never were decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, or any other outward mark of valor. Those whose official records were published in the book known as “Heroes All,” which was endorsed by the War Department, doubtless do not complete the list, as the facts were collated in 1919. An examination of the records as there published is, however, a striking evidence of the wide distribution of the Iowa men among the units fighting at the front. In this comparatively small list, eight regiments of infantry, two machine gun battalions, one ambulance corps and one signal corps were represented.

All these soldiers of Northwestern Iowa received the Distinguished Service cross, and one of them the additional honor of the oak leaf cluster. By act of July, 1918, Congress created as marks of honor for extraordinary valor and distinguished service in the war what were known as the Cross and Medal. The Distinguished Service Cross was to be presented by the President to any person who, while serving with the Army of the United States after April 6, 1917, should distinguish himself or herself by heroism beyond the call of duty in connection with military operations against the enemy. The medal was awarded to one of either sex who became distinguished by meritorious service to the Government in any duty of great responsibility. As Congress ruled that only one of these marks of honor could be awarded to one person, where additional acts were performed justifying another award, a bar or other suitable device should be conferred. In case of the Distinguished Service Cross, a bronze oak leaf was added, being worn on the ribbon of the cross. No additional insignia were selected for the other medals.

GERMANS CHECKED AT THE MARNE.

The great German offensive toward the Marne and Paris - known in military records as the Chateau-Thierry offensive - was an advance in force from both east and west

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of Rheims. The enemy finally drove a wedge or a spear-head toward Paris, and the American and French battle divisions flattened out the Marne salient, forced the Germans back, saved Paris and won the war. In July, 1918, when these operations were at their height, the Forty-second Division won fame and, with the Thirty-second, was assigned the satisfactory duty of driving the enemy to the Vesle and beyond the danger zone. Elements of the Forty-second Division were in the line east of Rheims, when the German offensive commenced on July 15th, and held their ground unflinchingly. Another American division held the Marne opposite Chateau-Thierry. One regiment of the Third Division held back two German divisions and prevented them from crossing the river by assailing them in three directions. There were attacks and counter-attacks on both sides, but the Germans were steadily pressed back and by the 19th of July were retiring past the Chateau-Thierry-Soissons road. On the 24th, after the enemy had fallen back to the Foret de Fere, the balance of the Forty-second Division, which had been brought over from the Champagne, relieved the Twenty-sixth and fought its way through the forest, overwhelming the nests of machine guns in its path. By the 27th of July, it had reached the Ourcq, and soon afterward, with the Thirty-second Division, was assigned the task of conquering the heights beyond Cierges. The Forty-second captured Sergy and the division with which it was cooperating, Hill 230. Both American divisions then joined in the pursuit of the enemy to the Vesle; and thus the operation of reducing the Marne salient was finished. The movements of these divisions on the Vesle were under the Third Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Robert L. Bullard commanding.

The wiping out of the Marne salient, which has been designated as “the spear pointed at the heart of Paris,” was one of the great operations of the war in which the One Hundred Sixty-eighth Regiment and other lesser units of Iowa men had the honor of participating. reverting more particularly to Northwestern Iowa, at least three of its sons were decorated for unusual heroism.

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Gregancy, on July 16, 1918, was told by a runner that an enemy patrol had captured two ambulances bearing American wounded. Sergeant Anderson at once organized a relief party, recovered the ambulances, routed the Germans and brought the wounded into the American lines.

Claude V. Hart, sergeant in Company M, One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry, was a Cherokee man, and was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross because of heroism near Sergy in the capture of that village immediately preceding the pursuit of the Germans toward the River Vesle, on July 28, 1918. Coolly and with utter disregard of danger, he led his platoon against the enemy machine gun emplacements. Four of the Germans were captured, with two machine guns, which were turned on the retreating enemy and kept in continuous operation until Hart was severely wounded. This is but one instance of the fierce fight which was waged around Sergy before it was taken.

LIEUT. LAURENS C. SHULL.

Laurens E. Shull was one of the brilliant, virile young men of Northwestern Iowa, who stood as a representative of the ideal American type, and his death at the front was deeply deplored. So much was he admired and respected that his name is attached to a Sioux City Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars (No. 580). He was a native of that city, born in 1894, and was an honor graduate of the Sioux City High School. He afterward attended the University of Chicago, and continued not only his athletic prominence in college which had marked his high school record, but was interested in Y.M.C.A. and other uplifting work throughout. At the conclusion of his university training in 1916 he became vice president of a bank at Woodward, Dallas County, Iowa, where he remained until he entered the service. He was one of the first to be called overseas as second lieutenant of Company G, Twenty-sixth Infantry. On the 19th of July, 1918, while in action near Soissons, he led his platoon against the enemy in two attacks against machine gun nests and was badly wounded in a third rush. Notwithstanding, he advanced and captured the enemy’s position. For this act of

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valor he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He died of his wounds on the 5th of August. Lieutenant Shull not only received this distinctive honor, but his name was placed on the memorial tablet of the University of Illinois, the only student of a rival school (the University of Chicago) to be thus honored. His name also appears on the First Division memorial tablet, dedicated at Washington several years after the conclusion of the World war.

AMERICAN ARMY DRIVES GERMANS BEYOND THE MEUSE.

The First, Forty-second and Eighty-ninth divisions formed the Third Corps of the First American Army, as organized in August, 1918, under the personal command of Gen. John J. Pershing. In the following month the great movement toward Metz and Sedan was commenced, which taught the enemy the fresh and irresistible energy and dash of the American whom they had so despised out of action. Their fist operations were against the St. Mihiel salient, which had long been contemplated. On August 30th, Pershing’s army of 600,000 men took over as a permanent sector of the allies’ line, the front extending from a point just east of the Moselle west through St. Mihiel, and thence north to a point opposite Verdun. The American sector was afterward extended across the Meuse to the western edge of the Argonne forest. This American army included the Second Colonial French, which held the point of the St. Mihiel salient, and the Seventeenth French Corps, which occupied the heights above Verdun. The general advance against the salient made by seven divisions (including the First and Forty-second) was begun at five o’clock on the morning of September 12, 1918, after four hours of artillery preparation. Assisted by tanks, wire cutters, torpedo throwers and the aviation forces of the allies, the American cut through successive bands of barbed wire and supporting trenches, blotted out the salient, straightened the line of battle and, within the day, were established in a position to threaten Metz. Their casualties of 7,000 men were mostly light. On the other hand, they had taken 16,000 prisoners, more than 440 guns and a great quantity of material, and released the inhabitants of many villages from enemy domination.

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Considered from the standpoint of great military movements, the obliteration of the St. Mihiel salient was accomplished with a small number of casualties, although thousands of deeds of heroism were enacted. One of them is credited to Herman Woll, a private of Ambulance Company No. 357 and a resident of Estherville. Near Vilcey-sur-Trey, on September 12th, Woll, with another soldier, left the shelter of the woods and went forward to rescue a wounded comrade in arms, who had fallen on a hill under continuous machine gun and shell fire. While the two men were conveying him to the American lines on a litter he was again wounded. The litter was also struck twice with machine gun bullets, but he was finally conveyed to safety. Woll, who had taken the initiative in the rescue, was decorated with the Cross.

On the day after the Americans had taken the St. Mihiel salient, the army was on the move toward the area back of the line between the Meuse River and the western edge of the forest of Argonne. The right flank of the army was protected by the Meuse, the left embraced the Argonne forest. In the night of September 25th, the Americans quietly replaced the thin French line, which had long been inactive, and on the following morning began a furious attack, which drove through all the barbed wire entanglements and machine gun nests of the first-line defenses. On the 27th and 28th, they pushed back several reserve divisions, supported by an increasing volume of machine gun and artillery fire, and from the latter date until October 4th, maintained the offensive by clearing the dense woods of German snipers and nests of machine gunners. The warfare in the Argonne forest was a constant succession of face-to-face and hand-to-hand struggles between an enemy familiar with every inch of ground and well protected, but having a wholesome dread of the American bullet and bayonet, and troops entirely unfamiliar with the terrain. This may be said to have been the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, by which the flank of the main army, which rested on the Argonne forest, was protected. A number of villages had been recaptured, 10,000 prisoners taken and the enemy forced into the open.

Northwestern Iowa troops were repeatedly in action during the fierce conflicts in the dark Argonne forest and around

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the villages of the region adjacent. A number of them were decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for their heroism. Typical cases are those given below.

On September 26, 1918, Sergeant A. I. Clark, of Sioux City, serving in Company C, Thirty-ninth Infantry, near Fresnes, found that his platoon was unable to advance in the face of an intense machine gun fire. He decided to attack the nest himself and, firing a rifle grenade into it, forced the surrender of the gunners. He then advanced upon another machine gun outfit, and altogether captured seven Germans. Then falling back, because of a rear fire, Sergeant Clark reorganized his platoon and led it successfully against 75 of the enemy.

On the same day, Edwin D. Bramble, a private in Headquarters Company, One Hundred Second Infantry, whose home town was Mapleton, voluntarily exposed himself to violent artillery bombardment at Marcheville, in order to repair the threatened telephone lines and maintain communication. While so engaged he was seriously wounded.

Three days later, on the 29th of September, near Bellicourt, Harold A. Hudson, a resident of Estherville and first class sergeant of Company C, One Hundred Fifth Signal Battalion, with a number of other members of a signal detachment, was wounded by shell fire while going through the enemy’s counter barrage to the front line. Despite his own injuries, Sergeant Hudson administered first aid to his comrades, then extended the telephone line to the advance message center and, with his men, maintained and operated it.

CLEARING THE ARGONNE FOREST OF GERMANS.
 

The First, Forty-second and other divisions in which the men of Northwestern Iowa were fighting performed a grim task in sweeping the Argonne forest of Germans, so that Pershing’s army could more readily advance toward Sedan. This was accomplished by almost continual conflicts at close quarters from October 4th to the 10th of that month. The first advance was for over two miles along the irregular valley of the Aire River and in the wooded hills of the Argonne that bordered it. On the 3rd of October, the Second Division,

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operating with the Fourth French Army, reached Medeah Farm on the road to Blanc Mont, where 1,000 prisoners were captured and some 500 causalities suffered. Fleville was captured farther up the valley of the Aire on the 9th and although the Americans fought against odds their progress was steady and thousands of prisoners fell into their hands. As stated, by the following day the Argonne forest had been cleared of the enemy.

IOWA TROOPS SEIZE THE HEIGHTS OF SEDAN.

General Pershing now rested on his arms long enough to organize a second American army, and its advanced corps pushed northward to Bantheville, steadily pressing the enemy back toward Sedan and the German frontier. On the 6th of November, a division of the First American Corps reached a point on the Meuse opposite Sedan, twenty-five miles from its place of departure. The Americans had fully accomplished their purpose - to cut the enemy’s main line of communication and separate his forces. This finishing stroke of the war had been accomplished in about six weeks by twenty American divisions opposed by twice as many enemy divisions. There had been fierce and stubborn fighting all through October, Bantheville being captured on October 24th. By November 7th, both banks of the Meuse had been cleared of the enemy, and two days afterward the Forty-second Division and units of the First seized the heights south of Sedan. On November 11th, at 11 A. M., came the armistice.

NORTHWESTERN IOWA SOLDIERS HONORED.

In these final operations of the war, on the battlefields of the south which barred the way of the Germans to Paris, soldiers of Northwestern Iowa also distinguished themselves.

Early in the advance up the valley of the Aire and through the Argonne forest, the Ninth Infantry was in the thick of many of the fiercest fights against the machine gun nests. Several engagements of unusual ferocity were waged in the vicinity of what was known as Medeah Farm. It was in this locality, in the early part of October, that Capt. Hanford

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MacNider, of Mason City, won his honors. On the 3d of that month, he volunteered to lead an attacking battalion and led the unit to its final objective. Another attack was made the same day, and subsequently Captain MacNider acted as a runner through heavy artillery and machine gun fire, visiting the lines night and day where the fighting was most severe. Where situations were insecure or uncertain, in the absence of commanding officers, he gave orders to stabilize the soldiers and joined and encouraged forward elements of untried troops. Personally and without special orders, he reconnoitered and uncovered machine gun nests and superintended their destruction. Such voluntary acts of heroism, covering several days, brought him the well-earned Distinguished Service Cross. For the following act, Captain MacNider was awarded the oak leaf cluster: As regimental adjutant, while carrying instructions to the assaulting lines, he found that certain elements could not advance against heavy and concentrated machine gun fire. Running forward in face of this terrific fire, he drove off the crew, captured the gun, and reorganized the assaulting line on the flank.

About the same time, while the American advance was near Charlevoix, Corp. Holger Peterson, of Spencer, and identified with Company C, Three Hundred Eighth Infantry, was leading a scouting party and met an enemy patrol. Upon this occasion, he killed an officer and two soldiers. Peterson was fearless in this volunteer patrol work and was finally killed at the front. He fully earned the Cross.

Carl M. Lange, whose home was at Wall Lake, was a private of Company B, Second Machine Gun Battalion. While near Fleville, on the 5th of October, the first line of his company was held up by machine gun fire from a masked nest in the woods. Lange, with a comrade, made his way through the barrage, entered the woods, cleaned out three of the enemy’s guns, killed several gunners and captured twenty prisoners. All the officers of his company were wounded, when he led the small remaining force to its objective. Acts of bravery and efficiency which justly brought him the Distinguished Service Cross.

Corp. Merl Doty, when at home resided in Rockwell City, but at the front was with Company K, One Hundred Seven-

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teenth Infantry. His act of heroism was performed near the village of Beaurevoir, on October 6, 1918, and consisted of voluntarily crossing a zone of machine gun fire, and defying the bullets of hidden German snipers, to rescue wounded comrades. The Distinguished Service Cross became his by right, through this act of disinterested valor.

C. C. Schide, of Mason City, was a second lieutenant in the One Hundred Fourteenth Infantry, and on October 12th, while in action near Bois d’Ormont leading his platoon over open ground, was severely wounded. Notwithstanding which, and while subject to heavy artillery and machine gun fire, he remained at the head of his men until he received a second wound and was taken from the field. He also earned the Distinguished Service Cross, which he afterward received.

E. A. Hoffman, a private of Company C, Three Hundred Forty-first Machine Gun Battalion, was listed among the heroes because of his brave service to his wounded comrades. On the 24th of October, about two weeks before the seizure of the heights of Sedan, in the Bois de Bantheville, Hoffman was severely wounded while ministering to the injuries of twenty-three of his comrades. But he continued his work until he fainted from pain and loss of blood and was sent away himself as a proper subject for relief and treatment. Mr. Hoffman’s home town was Denison.

THE GOLD STARS OF SIOUX CITY.

A the metropolis of Northwestern Iowa, and one of the most patriotic cities of the state, Sioux City gave freely of her money, her services of men, women and children, and her man-power at the battle front. At the conclusion of the World war was organized the military order known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the first local society in Iowa was the Laurens C. Shull Post No. 580, of Sioux City, which held its first meeting on November 23, 1920. It was organized by Ernest J. Boughey.

Among its first members was Sergeant James Robinson, a most appropriated subject for the post. He had spent twenty-four years of his life fighting in every war he could enter, since that waged by Great Britain with the Boers of South

PHOTO: TABLET IN THE IOWA HISTORICAL, MEMORIAL AND ART BUILDING, SIOUX CITY

Erected by the 351st Regiment, 88th Division, United States Army, in memory of their dead comrades, 1917 - 19

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Africa. He fought in six wars, revolutions and insurrections, and received a decoration from Queen Victoria for bravery in the Boer war. He received the 1914 Star medal given by King George, the Liberty medal, and a personal citation for extraordinary bravery from Sir Douglas Haig, former commander-in-chief of the British army.

On the 6th of August, 1925, were held the seventh annual memorial services of Shull Post, in honor of the 113 men and one woman from Sioux City who gave their lives in the World war.

Miss Edith G. Becker was a Red Cross nurse. She died of influenza and bronchial pneumonia at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, December 21, 1918. Miss Becker was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Becker, of Ossian, Iowa.

THE GOLD STARS OF TWENTY COUNTIES.

We are indebted to the Iowa Historical, Memorial and Art Department, Des Moines, for the following names of men and women who died in the uniform of our country during the World war. They appeared in the Annals of Iowa for July, 1926.

BUENA VISTA COUNTY

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CALHOUN COUNTY

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CARROLL COUNTY.

Barker, Louis, private, killed in action in France.
Bartel, John, private, died of disease in France.
Bayliss, Lauren R., private, died at Jacksonville, Florida.
Berger, August J., wagoner, died of disease in France.
Berger, Charles, private, died in camp in United States.
Biller, Henry, private, died of disease in France.
Bruning, Fred F., private, died at sea.
Coates, George F., private, died of disease in France.
Dankle, Raymond C., private, died in France.
Davenport, Walter E., private, died of disease in France.
Dethlefs, Albert C., private, died of disease in France.
Dillavou, John E., private, killed in action in France.
Dillavou, Joy W., private, killed in action in France.
Ewoldt, Emil W., private, died of wounds in France.
Haase, Garbrand, private, killed in action in France.
Hackport, Joseph L., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Halbur, John, private, died of disease in France.
Hansman, Edward J., private, died of disease in France.
Hay, Merle D., private, killed in action in France.
Hemann, Fred, private, died of disease in France.
Hested, James F., private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Hinz, William J., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Huegerich, William F., private, died of disease in France.
Irlmeier, Frank F., private, died of disease in France.
Kalkhoff, Bernard, private, died of disease in France.
Kasparbauer, Sylvester, private, died of disease in France.


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Kennebeck, Kathleen, hospital hut service, died at sea.
Knute, Herman E., sergeant, died of wounds in France.
Knute, Joh, private, died of disease in France.
Larsen, Carl J., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Manemann, Albert, private, died at sea.
Meis, Louis A., private, died at Camp McClellan, Alabama.
Middendorff, Joseph, private, died of disease in France.
Naber, Edmund C., private, killed in action in France.
Odell, Orval, private, died at sea.
Olberding, Herman F., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Parker, Gurney Burr, private, killed in action in France.
Parsons, Marvin H., private, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.
Pasley, John H., private, died of disease in France.
Passick, Fred C., private, died of disease in France.
Pudenz, John, private, died of disease in France.
Rowedder, Louis, private, died of disease in France.
Sieve, Henry H., private, died in camp in United States.
Smith, James Nicholas, private, died at Quantico, Virginia.
Stang, Arthur H., private, died of disease in France.
Stuhr, Bernardt B., private, killed in action in France.
VanRaden, Byron, private, killed in action in France.
Vinke, Julius, private, died of disease in France.


CHEROKEE COUNTY.


Barnes, Lyle W., private, killed in action in France.
Bronninger, Leslie E., private, killed in action in France.
Brownmiller, George W., fireman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Bruning, Willie J., private, died in camp in United States.
Dahl, Anton, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Donatus, Charles, private, killed in action in France.
Dorr, Carl E., private, killed in action in France.
Hahn, Bennie H., private, killed in action in France.
Hasenwinkel, Ernest, private, died at Camp Forest, Georgia.
Johnson, John O., private, died in Camp in United States.
Jones, Anson, private, died of disease in France.
Kelley, Douglas Henry, gunner, died at Quantico, Virginia.


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Kent, Fred W., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Law, Charles E., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
McCreary, Lee J., private, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
McManus, Everett G., sergeant, killed in action in France.
Olson, Carl Adrian, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Peterson, Clyde, corporal, died in camp in United States.
Peterson, Ernest R., private, killed in action in France.
Rex, Alfred J., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Ryan, John L., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Sones, James Walter, private, died of disease in France.
Treptow, Martin A., private, killed in action in France.

CLAY COUNTY.


Allison, Lester James, first lieutenant, Dental R. C., died at Iowa City, Iowa.
Anderson, Louis W., private, died of disease in France.
Baldy, George Henry, chief boatswain’s mate, died in camp in United States.
Carpenter, Archie B., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Culver, Ellsworth Clark, private, died in hospital in Brooklyn, New York.
Damerow, Arthur E., private, died of disease in France.
Dean, Robert Emerson, fireman, died on hospital ship Mercy.
Dyhrkopp, Einar L., private (S.A.T.C.), died at Iowa City.
Ellis, Thomas, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames Iowa.
Glynn, Edward George, private, died at sea.
Gordon, Harry Donald, first lieutenant, died at Camp Humphreys, Virginia.
Hargrave, Fred Williams, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Harvey, Nathan C., mechanic, killed in action in France.
Jackson, Howard V., private, died at St. Paul, Minnesota.
McLeod, Norman, private, died of disease in France.
Mead, Clair E., private, died of disease in France.
Mett, William Carl, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Odle, Robert G., corporal, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Parsons, Joel A., private, died of disease in France.
Peabody, Alexander, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.


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Pedersen, Glen E., private, killed in action in France.
Peterson, Holgar, corporal, killed in action in France.
Rausch, Spencer Robert, private, killed in action in France.
Reed, Donald M., private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Roberts, Donald L., private, killed in action in France.
Rossiter, William A., first class fireman, died in camp in United States.
Schoning, Frank M., private, died at Camp Merritt, New Jersey.
Simonson, Thorolph, private, killed in action in France.
Sonius, Henrich H., private, killed in action in France.
Thomas, Roy Leonard, private, killed in action in France.
Underwood, Milo E., wongoner, died of disease in France.
Vandermark, Ernest S., private, killed in action in France.
Walsh, John, private, died at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Yates, Frank, private, died at Camp Upton, New York.


CRAWFORD COUNTY.


Bamford, Robert Bernard, private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Bendixon, Emil E., private, killed in action in France.
Boock, John F., private, died of disease in France.
Braase, Henry P., private, died of disease in France.
Buller, Ernest J., private, died of disease in France.
Carlson, Francis, private, killed in action in France.
Carstensen, William F., wagoner, killed in accident in France.
Duffy, Charles Lewis, private, died in camp in United States.
Frahm, August J., private, died of disease in France.
Freml, Wesley, Jr., first lieutenant, killed in action in France.
Gary, Franklin Jude, major, died of wounds in English hospital.
Giss, William A., private, killed in action in France.
Goettsch, Herman, private, died at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
Gosswiller, Robert, private, killed in action in France.
Grimes, Carl W., private, training dept., died at Valparaiso, Indiana.


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Hall, Homer J., private, killed in action in France.
Heiden, Fred W., private, killed in action in France.
Henne, Paul, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Herman, John A., private, died at Camp Logan, Colorado.
Hunt, Ninus Leslie, private, killed in action in France.
Jacobsen, John M., private, killed in action in France.
Joens, Herman J. H., private, died of disease in France.
Johnson, Andrew, private, killed in action in France.
Kepford, Carl Joseph, private, died in France.
Kolln, Joseph, private, died of disease in France.
Larson, Herbert L., private, died in France (accident).
Lingle, Joseph, private, died in camp in United States (accident).
Lochmiller, Frederick C., second class seaman, died at sea.
McKim, Roy, private, killed in action with Canadian army in France.
Mess, Henry C., private, died of disease in France.
Michaelson, Ehrhardt John, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Miller, Louis S., private, killed in action in France.
Minter, Henry J., private, died of disease in France.
Moeller, Adolph A., private, died in camp in United States.
Norelius, Clarence Francis, sergeant, died of disease in England.
Orchard, James F., private, killed in action in France.
Palmer, Dee D., private, killed in action in France.
Penney, Delbert, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Prentice, Franklin Clyde, private, died at Schofield Barracks, Honolulu (accident).
Schlie, Willie, private, killed in action in France.
Siemer, Joseph, private, died of disease in France.
Slechta, John, private, killed in action in France.
Sperry, William J., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Steenkiste, Andreas, private, killed in action in France.
Stettler, Otto, private, died at Camp McArthur, California.
Swede, Robert E., private, died of disease in France.
Voege, William, private, died of disease in France.
Wendt, Adolph, private, died at Fort Logan, Colorado.
Wilkens, Frank W., private, died of wounds in France.


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DICKINSON COUNTY.


Alberts, Edward, Jr., corporal, killed in action in France.
Allen, Hugh Samuel, private, died at Camp Merritt, New Jersey.
Bastmann, Johannes G., private, drowned in France.
Breffle, Lawrence C., sergeant, died in Camp in United States.
Freudenthal, Charles, private, killed in action in France.
Graff, Herbert L., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Graham, Jesse M., private, died of disease in France.
Grobe, Harry W., private, died of disease in France.
Hansen, Fred S., private, killed in action in France.
Harvey, Harry Harold, private, killed in action in France.
Hegre, Porter, corporal, died of disease in France.
Hoesch, Joseph J., private, died of disease in France.
Jacobson, Walter Hans, private, killed in action in France.
Kettler, Earl J., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Kiesewetter, Frank J., private, died of disease in France.
Kurger, Chris. A., private, died of disease in Germany.
Miguel, Walter Wave, private, killed in action in France.
Planting, Edwin A., private, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Shultz, William, private, died of disease in France.
Sturies, Martin, private, died of disease in France.
Sullivan, George Edward, private, died at Newport News, Virginia.
Timpe, Omer W., corporal, killed in action in France.
Walsh, James Albert, corporal, killed in action in France.
Williams, Othal G., private (S.A.T.C.), died at Iowa City, Iowa.

EMMET COUNTY.


Amundson, Orin E., cook, died of disease in England.
Basquin, Frank W., private, died of disease in France.
Bonnicksen, Alfred, private, killed in action in France.
Brawford, John William, second class yeoman, lost on U.S.S. Cyclops.
Brumser, Martin, private, died at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Butler, Roy Onan, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

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Christiansen, Marius H., private, killed in action in France.
Doyle, Maurice Joseph, private, killed in action in France.
Duffy, Leo John, private, died at Norfolk, Virginia.
Floyd, Emmett H., private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Frizzell, Ralph, private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Hanson, Carl J., private, died of disease in France.
Johnson, Andrew, private, died of disease in France.
Justeson, Axel Emerson, chief qm., aviation, died at Buffalo, New York.
Kasa, Norris, private, died in camp in United States.
Kerr, John M., corporal, died of disease in France.
Merklin, Lewis N., private, died at Washington, District of Columbia.
Olson, John A., private, died of disease in France.
Priest, Charles D., chaplain, died of wounds in France.
Reaney, Joseph Hunt, captain, killed in action in France.
Schnapp, Albert D., private, died in France (accident).
Sylvester, Herbert L., private, died in France (accident).
Threewit, Henry Ray, private, died of disease in France.
West, Glen, private, killed in action in France.
West, Leslie Earl, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Williams, Earl Chester, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.


GREENE COUNTY.


Allen, Floyd, private, died en route to France.
Anderson, Carl Arthur, private, killed in action in France.
Augustus, Willard Raymond, died of disease in France.
Brown, Calvin j., private, died of disease in France.
Brown, Floyd W., private, killed in action in France.
Clapp, Edgar J., private, died of disease in France.
Coe, Russel L., cook, died of disease in France.
Cowgill, Pearl T., private, died in France.
Curtis, Clifton, qm., second class, died of disease in France.
Evelsizer, Earl L., private, died of disease, Bagley, Iowa (on furlough).
Florman, Alfred C., private, died of wounds in France.
Galivan, Fred W., private, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Gotter, Caleb H., private, died at Fort Logan, Colorado.
Hawbaker, Vern R., private, killed in action in France.


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Hennessey, Walter P., private, died in camp in United States.
Holden, Earl Herbert, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Holloway, Harold M., private, died of disease in France.
Horn, Eugene Lee, blacksmith, died at Quebec, Canada.
Jensen, Kristian, private, killed in action in France.
Johnson, Earl T., private, died in camp in United States.
Kinkead, Clifford W., corporal, died of wounds in France.
Kious, Orrie G., private, died of disease in France.
Knowlton, Chas. W., cockswain, died on U.S.S. Pittsburg.
LeGore, Martin, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Marchant, William Clarence, private, died of disease in France.
Minnehan, Ernnie E., private, died of disease in France.
Monahan, Joseph L., private, died of disease in France.
Oxley, Harold M., private, killed in action in France.
Patterson, Frank, private, died at sea.
Potter, Earl E., private, died at Mineola, New York.
Pugh, James Arthur, private, died at Camp Mills, New York.
Pulley, Mark, private, died in camp, Long Island, New York.
Schilling, George L., private, died in camp in United States.
Sharp, Walter, private, died at sea.
Smith, James E., private, killed in action in France.
Southers, Garlon W., private, died of disease in England.
Stockton, Elmer, private, died in France.
Stongard, Norman, private, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.
Strait, Ellis, private, died of disease in France.
Try, George Emil, corporal, died at Camp Lewis, Washington.
Vermillion, Scott A., private, died of disease in France.
Warren, Lowery G., private, killed in action in France.
Williams, Chas. O., private, died at Camp Lafayette, Indiana (accidental).
 

IDA COUNTY.


Anderson, Magnus C., private, died at sea.
Bauer, Eddie J. S., private, killed in action in France.
Bradshaw, Vinton C., corporal, killed in action in France.


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Dessel, William H., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Dibbern, Walter, private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Groat, William, private, killed in action in France.
Hansen, Carl F. O., private, died of disease in France.
Irwin, Thomas H., private, killed in action in France.
Jorgensen, Morten, private, died of disease in France.
McNamara, Leo P., second lieutenant, killed in action in France.
Meindl, Alysius J., private, died at Kansas City, Missouri.
Merrice, Douglas, private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Munz, William, private, died of disease in France.
Osteen, Harry E., private, killed in action in France.
Powell, Ira Irvin, private, killed in action in France.
Salmon, Marshall Arthur, private, died of disease in France.
Saxon, Jens, private, died of disease in England.
Shaffer, Alfred G., private, died of wounds in France.
Stepan, Floyd E., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Stone, Elbert, private, died from injuries in France.
Wiese, Ferdinand, private, died of disease in France.


LYON COUNTY.


Anderson, Eugene Dunlap, second lieutenant, died at Camp Kearney, California.
Bekaert, Leonard, private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Bennett, Earl C., corporal, killed in action in France.
Braham, Jacob C., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Briney, George W., private, died of wounds in France.
Buss, Albert, private, killed in action in France.
Carney, Michael F., private, killed in action in France.
Dammer, Frank, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
DeClercq, John, private, died in camp in United States.
Dilly, Frank, private, died of disease in France.
Donnelly, Francis, corporal, died of disease in France.
Doorneweird, Johannes, private, killed in action in France.
Dunn, Olin V., private, died of disease in France.
Durloo, Marinus, private, place of death unknown.
Englishman, Herman, private, died of disease in France.
Evans, Edward Newton, private, died of disease in Azores Islands.


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Fiekema, Robert A., private, died at Camp Meade, Maryland.
Flessner, Henry W., private, killed in action in France.
Getting, Theodore Merl, private, died of disease in England.
Heibult, Karl Herman, private, died at sea.
Hendircks, Harry Byrd, cook, died of wounds in France.
Hinsch, Fred Carl, private, died of disease in France.
Johnson, Harry, private, died of disease in France.
Kock, Ludwig, corporal, died of disease in France.
Druger, George, died of disease in France.
Kruger, William, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Maxwell, Claude A., corporal, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Moi, Torvald, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Nelson, Ole E., private, killed in action in France.
Ploog, John H., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Raveling, William C., private, killed in action in France.
Reed, William Edward, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Valparaiso, Indiana.
Renshaw, Fred E., sergeant, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Rosenveld, Will, private, killed in action in France.
Sauers, William, private, died at Fort Omaha, Nebraska.
Sauter, Jacob, private, died of wounds in France.
Schilling, George, private, died of disease in France.
Schlotfeldt, Fred, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Strait, Rex, private, killed in action in France.
Thielmann, Herman G., private, killed in action in France.
Thomas, Charlie R., private, killed in action in France.
Thomson, George S., private, killed in action in France.
Thorson, Theodore C., private, killed in action in France.
Underhill, Edwin E., private, died of wounds in France.
Wiegman, William, private, died at Nitro, West Virginia.
Wilka, Frank Adolph, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.


MONONA COUNTY.


Aaby, Emri C., private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Aaby, Lewis, private, killed in action in France.
Bretthauer, William R., private, died of wounds in France.
Emery, Walter, private, died in camp in United States.
Halverson, Arthur, private, died of disease in France.


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Hansen, Uhl H., sergeant, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Hanson, Peter A., private, killed in action in France.
Hasbrouck, Willet L., private, died of disease in France.
Hass, Leo J., private, killed in action in France.
Hedum, Alfred, corporal, killed in action in France.
Hollister, Loren O’Neil, private, killed in action in France.
Hull, Eugene H., private, died at Camp McArthur, Texas.
Hunting, William H., private, killed in action in France.
Johns, Forest G., private, killed in action in France.
Johnson, Chris N., private, killed in action in France.
Johnson, Jense C., private, died of wounds in France.
Johnson, Marcus J., private, died in camp in United States.
Kelley, Ralph M., private, killed in action in France.
Larson, Fred, private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Lofshult, Carl A., private, died of disease in France.
Lynn, Cornelius, private, killed in action in France.
McNeill, David, private, killed in action in France.
Nelson, Jesse Clarence, private, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Oliver, Frank John, cadet flyer, died at Waco, Texas (accident).
Olson, Henry, private, died of disease in France.
Olson, Martin E., private, died of wounds in France.
Otto, Harry Earl Ralph, private, killed in action in France.
Parker, Kenneth Merrit, appr. seaman, died at Goat Island, California.
Pearson, Leslie C., private, killed in action in France.
Reed, Elvin H., private, died of disease in France.
Richtermeier, Henry R., private, died of disease in France.
Stevens, Chas. H., private, killed in action in France.
Swain, Ingval, private, died of disease in France.
Thayer, Hiram A., private, died of disease in France.
Torgerson, Alfred, private, died at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts.
Ulven, Bennett, private, killed in action in France.


O’BRIEN COUNTY.


Allen, Harold Fay, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Behmer, Albert E., corporal, killed in action in France.


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Beyers, Jesse G., private, died of disease in France.
Bidwell, Elwin Newell, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Blankenship, John P., private, killed in action in France.
Breitbarth, William, private, died of disease in France.
Bryant, Otto S., corporal, killed in action in France.
Butler, Ted A., corporal, killed in action in France.
Cowie, Edward M., bugler, died of wounds in France.
Creswell, Fred R., private, killed in action in France.
Dykstra, Fred, private, died in camp in United States.
Faber, Peter, private, killed in action in France.
Frerk, Herman J., corporal, died of disease in France.
Guse, Edward, private, died at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hilker, Alvin J., private, died of disease in France.
Hilker, Edward W., private, died of disease in France.
Hill, Lyman L., Jr., 1st class fireman, lost in Herman Frasch collision.
Horstman, Henry F., private, died of disease in France.
Kirchoff, Arthur W., private, killed in action in France.
Koester, Carl H., private, died of disease in France.
Lang, George D., private, died of disease in France.
Linder, Chris, private, died of disease in France.
Lock, Robert T., private, died of wounds in France.
McCreath, David Allen, second lieutenant, died at Primghar, Iowa.
McGlothlen, Carl A., corporal, died of wounds in France.
Mather, Carl S., lieutenant, died at Ellington Field, Texas (accident).
Morrow, Ernest L., private, killed in action in France.
Palmer, Frank James, private, died at Camp Funston, Kansas.
Parish, Dean I., corporal, killed in action in France.
Rees, Richard B., private, died at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
Reimer, Carl H., private, died of disease in France.
Rost, Johnny J., private, killed in action in France.
Sewell, Ward E., private, died at Charleston, South Carolina.
Slothouber, John A., private, died in camp in United States.
Smith, Henry, sergeant, died of disease in France.
Smith, Jesse Elmer, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Morningside, Iowa.


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Stangen, Fred, private, killed in action in France.
Steffens, Clause J., private, died of disease in France.
Stoterau, Arnold F., private, died of disease in France.
Tastove, John M., private, died of disease in France.
Tjossem, Theodore, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Uittenbogaard, Adrian, private, died of disease in France.
Untiedt, Harry, appr. seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
VanderPol, Fred, private, died in route to France.
Vogel, Herman A., private, died in camp in United States.
Warnke, Edward W. C., private, died of disease in France.
West, Russell Salisbury, private, died of wounds in France.
Young, Ralph W., private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.


OSCEOLA COUNTY.


Bauman, Albert M., private (S.A.T.C.), died at Des Moines, Iowa.
Benjamin, Charles Ernest, private, died at Edgewood, Maryland.
Bloedel, Leonard Herman, seaman 2nd class, wireless operator, died at Manchester, New Hampshire.
DeBoer, Clarence, private, died of disease in France.
Fairbrother, Charles H., private, died of disease in France.
Gross, Byron, baker, died at Bigelow, Minnesota.
Guthrie, Farrand Reed, private, killed in action in France.
Haack, Andrew, musician (Naval Band), died at Marine Hospital, Chicago.
Hoffman, Wm. B., private, killed in action in France.
Jansma, Henry, private, died of wounds in France.
Juhl, Anton Paulson, private, died at Camp Forrest, Georgia.
Klunenburg, John F., private, died of wounds in France.
Kuijs, Cornelius J., private, killed in action in France.
McNeer, Dorsey, private, killed in action in France.
Mudge, George E., private, Fort Scott, California.
Ross, Elmer, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Rust, Kasper, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Terhark, Henry, private, died in France (accident).
VanPeursen, Gerritt, private, died in Germany (accident).
Wagner, Otto Sylvester, private, died at Fort Riley, Kansas.


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Walker, Lionel Lovell, private, died at Camp Funston, Kansas.
Wilmarth, Newell O., private, killed in action in France.
Wood, Guy Clarence, private, died at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Worrick, Luther, private, died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.


PALO ALTO COUNTY.


Andregg, Harry E., corporal, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Axelton, Johard, private, died at Camp Mills, New York.
Christiansen, Herbert Christian, private, killed in action in France.
Cookingham, Glenn B., private, killed in action in France.
Grafe, John G., private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Green, Lyle E., sergeant, died in camp in Texas.
Hagen, Felix Henry, private, killed in action in France.
Hansen, John private died of disease in France.
King, Cyrus Van, private, died of disease in France.
Knudslien, Albert, private, killed in action in France.
Lambe, Joseph Raymond, private, killed in action in France.
Leonard, Rollyn E., private, killed in action in France.
Lindgren, Verner E., second lieutenant, died of disease in France.
Lynch, James V., private, killed in action in France.
Nelson, John, private, died of wounds in France.
O’Brien, Thomas J., private, killed in action in France.
Rea, Ted M., private, killed in action in France.
Rehm, Homer, private, died of disease in France.
Rink, George, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Slattery, Matthew E., corporal, died of disease in Germany.
Washington, James E., private, died at Provo, Utah.
Washington, Lee T., appr. seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Williams, Joseph G., private, died at Camp Mills, New York.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY.


Barr, Carl H., corporal, killed in action in France.
Bergstrom, Harry, private, died of wounds in France.


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Brodie, John, private, died at Camp Funston, Kansas.

Burke, Frank W., private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Burrill, Lester Robert, private, died in camp in United States.
Calhoon, Charles, private, died of disease in France.
Casper, Lawrence, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Christopherson, John J., private, died of disease in France.
Clemens, Nick, private, died at Camp Forest, Georgia.
Dambrink, William Herman, private, died of disease in France.
Eilks, Carl J., private, died of disease in England.
Ewin, Albert V., corporal, died of disease in France.
Fromme, Albert, private, died in camp in United States.
Furgeson, John, private, died of wounds in France.
Hall, Henry V., private, died in camp in United States.
Halweg, John J., private, killed in action in France.
Hillrichs, Rinehard, private, died of disease in France.
Hodge, Earl Walter, 3rd class fireman, died at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Hoffman, John E., private, died of disease in France.
Holland, Frank Henry, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Hoschler, Albert E., private, killed in action in France.
Huxtable, Wayne E., private, killed in action in France.
Kilker, Wallace, private (S.A.T.C.), died at College Station, Texas.
Knutson, Burtie Chas., private, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Lewis, Joseph Adam, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Lorenson, Charlie, private, died of disease in France.
Lubben, Bernhard A. M., private, died of disease in France.
McCoy, Len D., private, died of disease in France.
Meis, Frank P., private, died in accident in France.
Nash, Edward E., private, killed in action in France.
Neal, Cale B., private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Nussbaum, Edward, private, died of disease in France.
Olsen, Leonard, private, died of disease in France.
Pieper, William, private, died of wounds in France.
Powers, Estill, corporal, killed in action in France.
Reints, William Albert, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.


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Rohlfs, John H., private, died of disease in France.
Schnepf, Charles Martin, private, died at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Schrooten, Henry A., private, died at Camp Hancock, Georgia.
Singer, Edward, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Singleton, William J., private, killed in action in France.
Stewart, William Alex, private, died of disease in France.
Thatcher, Clark, private, died at Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Tolsma, Jacob, sergeant, killed in action in France.
Wasmer, John W., private, died of disease in France.
Weber, William F., private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Whetstone, John W., private, killed in action in France.


POCAHONTAS COUNTY.


Allen, Fred, private, died at camp in California.
Bartka, Otto Wm., private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Berry, Elmer E., private, died at Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Bruce, Raymond McDonald, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Condon, Emmet Patrick, private, died at Camp Grant, Illinois.
Cooksey, Harry Everett, private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Cumming, Cecil C., private, killed in action in France.
Eno, Im L., corporal, killed in action in France.
Hoover, Ralph W., private, died at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
Kenney, Raymond L., wagoner, killed in action in France.
Klingbeil, Frank, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Lambertson, George, private, died at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Larimar, Clifford A., private, killed in action in France.
Nomann, John E., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Richards, Lowell, private, died in West Indies.
Rickiefs, John H., private, died of disease in France.
Runyan, Clyde, private, died in camp in United States.
Schmidt, William, private, killed in action in France.

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Smith, William McKinley, private, died in camp in United States.
Steiner, William D., private, died of disease in France.
Strong, John Ray, apprentice seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Thompson, John, lieutenant, died at Mineola, Long Island.
Waugh, Frank, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Willson, Charles E., private, killed in action in France.
Wood, Clayton Clark, private, died of disease in France.
Wood, Percy Eugene, private, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.


SAC COUNTY.


Atwater, Robert Leo, private, died of wounds in France.
Auen, Eilert, Jr., sergeant, died of wounds in France.
Bernhardt, Robert Frank, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Bihrer, George J., private, died of disease in France.
Bittner, Harvey Morgan, private, died at Camp Grant, Illinois.
Blass, Charlie C., private, died of disease in France.
Carlson, Iver Henry, private, died of disease in France.
Criss, Glenn, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Grinnell, Iowa.
Davis, Albert Leslie, cook, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Davis, Harry Elmer, private, died at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
Drilling, Henry Arnold, private, died of disease in France.
Ettele, Robert Barnard, private, died of disease in France.
Fuller, Bayard C., private, died at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
Gleim, William Robert, private, died at sea.
Hair, Merton V., private, died of wounds in France.
Hindrichsen, John Peterson, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Jarvis, Arthur Edwin, private, died of disease in France.
Jensen, Christian L., private, died in camp in United States.
Martin, William Francis, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Meyer, Fred Clifford, private, died of disease in France.
Miller, Guy L., private, died of disease in France.


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Niles, Charles R., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Nomsen, Carl F., private, died of disease in France.
Norton, Andrew G., private, died of disease in France.
Pike, Robert Merle, landsman for machinist mate, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Puetz, Joseph H., died of disease in France.
Reymer, Andrew M., private, killed in accident in France.
Roose, Herman August, private, died of disease in France.
Schnirring, Albert H., private, died of disease in France.
Werkmaster, Charley A., private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Wittkopp, Arno H., private, died of disease in France.


SIOUX COUNTY.


Bertram, Edward, private, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Blumeyer, John C., private, died in camp in United States.
Brown, Edward R., private, died of wounds in France.
Cooper, George H., seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Dalgliesh, George, private, died at Camp Upton, Long Island.
Dannenbring, Fred C., private, died of wounds in France.
Davis, Garth C., private, killed in action in France.
Doornink, James, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Emmert, Elmer, private, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Fox, Wilbur F., private, killed in action in France.
Gebert, Fred, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Hansen, Odilo P., private, died of disease in France.
Hoeven, Endor John, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Iowa City, Iowa.
Hoonhorst, Richard, private, died of wounds in France.
Jackson, Carl, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Jeffries, Alva L., private, died of disease in France.
Johnson, Robert Samuel, junior lieutenant, died of disease at Ottawa, Canada.
Kersbergen, Gerrit, private, died of disease in France.
Kiel, Steve, Jr., private, died in camp in United States.
Koning, Jake, private, died from accident in France.
Kristoffersen, Hans K., private, died of disease in France.
Levering, Jake, private, killed in action in France.

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McKeegan, James Herbert, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Ames, Iowa.
Marx, Henry Joseph, private, killed in action in France.
Monster, William, private, killed in action in France.
Mulder, Art, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Mulhern, Michael Syklvester, corporal, died of disease in France.
Newwell, Philip, private, killed in action in France.
Pfarrer, William Max, private, place of death unknown.
Poppemia, Herman, private, died of disease in England.
Pressman, John C., private, killed in action in France.
Reuter, Joseph, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Reyelts, John H., private, died of disease in France.
Ricklefs, George H., private, died of disease in France.
Sorgdrager, John C., private, died in camp in United States.
Splear, Henry F., private, died in camp in United States.
Tilstra, Gerrit, corporal, died of wounds in France.
Timmer, Herman, private, died of wounds in France.
VanHolland, Dick, private, died of disease in France.
Wegman, Henry, private, died at sea.
Wilcox, Roy R., private, died at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
Witt, Arthur G., private, died of disease in France.

WOODBURY COUNTY.

Akerson, Arthur Nathan, private, killed in action.
Allen, John L., private, died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Anderson, Neil C., private, died at San Antonio, Texas.
Anderson, Carl R., corporal, died of wounds in France.
Anderson, Frank Edwards, sergeant, died of wounds in France.
Bailie, Thomas, private, killed in action in France.
Baker, John Arthur, private, died of wounds in France.
Becker, Edith Genevieve, Red Cross nurse, died at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Bell, Clifford N., private, killed in action in France.
Bixler, Ancel Hall, private, killed in action in France.
Boston, Fred E., private, died of disease in France.
Bowers, Roy C., private, died of wounds in France.

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Brink, Clarence Edwin, private, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Carlson, Emil Theodore, private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
Cownie, Brodie Gunn, private, died of wounds in France.
Cummings, Ezra C., private, died of disease in France.
Deal, Orville Leo, corporal, died at Sioux City, Iowa.
DeWolf, Martin F., private, killed in action in France.
Fluke, Arthur W., private, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Frederick, Michael A., private, died of disease in France.
Fry, Charles Dwight, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Gaebler, Frederick W., sergeant, died of wounds in France.
Galland, Ernest Abijah, private, killed in action in France.
Galland, Hugh Haven, private, died of disease in France.
Goldie, Roy Cordon, private, died of wounds in France.
Grimsley, Albert V., private, died in camp in United States.
Grossman, John, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Hamilton, William David, private, died of wounds in France.
Harwood, Lester F., wagoner, died at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Hindman, Robert E., private, killed in action in France.
Holt, Baud Sidney, private, died of disease in France.
Hubbard, Lyle, second lieutenant, died at New York, New York.
Jacobsen, Ed W., private, died of disease in France.
Johanson, John E., private, died in camp in United States.
Johnson, Charles A., private, killed in action in France.
Johnson, Roy Walford, first lieutenant, died at Camp Mills, New York.
Kant, Alfred S., private, died of wounds in France.
Killian, Albert S., private, killed in action in France.
Klewe, Henry, private, killed in action in France.
Lair, Benjamin F., private, killed in action in France.
Larson, Thomas H., private, killed in action in France.
Layson, William L., private, died of disease in France.
Lee, Robert Andrew, private, killed in action in France.
Leete, James Harvey, corporal, died at Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Lehmann, William, private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Line, Francis Kenneth, private, died of disease in France.
Loetz, Theodore Henry, sergeant, died of disease in France.


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McNiff, Francis J., private, died of disease in France.
Mason, Sweeny, private, killed in action in France.
Minnich, James F., private, killed in action in France.
Mitchell, William H., private, died at Camp Funston, Kansas.
Monahan, Edward H., private, died of wounds in France.
Morrow, Leslie Garner, private, died of disease in France.
Murphy, James Francis, private, died at Camp Grant, Illinois.
Nash, Robert A., private, died of disease in France.
Nelson, August, private, killed in action in France.
Nelson, Earl Edward, sergeant, killed in action in France.
Nelson, George J., private, killed in action in France.
Neustrom, Charles Edgar, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Nickerson, Donald, private, died of disease in France.
Northrup, Charles L., private, killed by train in United States.
Norton, Harvey E., private, died of wounds in France.
Norton, Jesse F., private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
O’Donnell, Joseph William, private (S.A.T.C.), died at Iowa City, Iowa.
O’Shonessy, Thomas Leo, private, Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Pedersen, Harrison F., private, killed in action in France.
Pieper, Johnie Richard, first lieutenant, died at Fort Crook, Nebraska.
Plendl, Louis G., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Plumer, Edward F., private, died at Fort San Jacinto, Texas.
Posey, Clayton V., sergeant, died of disease in France.
Prime, Wendell F., second lieutenant, killed in action in France.
Racobs, Dan Bryan, private, died of wounds in France.
Rathsach, Herman H., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Redden, Archie George, private, killed in action in France.
Reeder, Charles H., private, killed in action in France.
Rhodes, Glen E., corporal, killed in action in France.
Richter, Louis William, private, died of disease in France.
Robinson, Charles Franklin, corporal, died at Panama Canal.
Roeschke, Herman C., apprentice seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Schenk, Robert, cook, died at Camp Kearney, California.


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Schiller, Harold S., private, died at Fort Bayard, New Mexico.
Schmeelk, Henry William, private, died of disease in France.
Seiler, Barbara Loretta, nurse, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Seney, Elmer P., chief petty officer, died at Spokane, Washington.
Severson, William Christian, lieutenant, killed in action in France.
Shumaker, Howard Frank, private, died at Nitro, West Virginia.
Smith, Merwyn E., private, killed in action in France.
Steele, Fred F., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Stekelenburg, John, private, killed in action in France.
Tawzer, Ralph W., private, died at Dallas, Texas.
Thompson, Thruce M., private, died of disease in France.
Tott, William H., private, died of disease in France.
Tubbs, Roy Vernon, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Vanderburg, Henry, musician, died at Oakland, California.
Verstegen, Garrett, private, died of disease in France.
Virgil, Anton, private, killed in action in France.
White, Winfield March, first lieutenant, killed in action in France.
Whiting, Arthur Earl, private, died of disease in France.
Wink, Henry C., private, died of wounds in France.
Woodruff, William A., Jr., third class fireman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Zettle, Howard Philip, private, killed in action in France.
Zuruvak, Henry H., private, died in France (accident).


[Editor’s Note - On August 6, 1925, Shull Post No. 580, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held memorial services in honor of the 113 men and one woman (Edith G. Becker) who gave their lives in the World war as residents of Sioux City. The names were published in Sioux City Journal and those omitted from the foregoing list were as follows: Charles H. Lane, Jesse E. Smith, George F. Coates, Albert E. Behmer, Matthew D. Eckerman, Robert W. Pelle, Ralph L. Church, James J. Harty, William Stukas, Frank J. Oliver, Rathbun E. Satterlee, Franklin Jude Gary, Leo F. Mattison, William F. Schneider, Alfred W. Leazer, Oliver S. Huyck, Cecil L.

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Hankins, Russel C. Hand, Clair A. Kinney, Olaf Olsen, Furman L. Hale, William R. Ream, Maloon D. Algyer, William Edward Wagner, Edward A. Coulombe, Denzel M. Wagner, James F. Connolly, Harvey E. Kilts, Carl A. Olson, Job Everett Miles, Henry W. Clewe, Francis Kenneth Line, Winfield March Line, Robert J. O’Neill, Louis J. Manos, Clement G. Goodwin, Samuel J. Richardson, Thomas Vitoves, Henry G. Fluekiger, Thomas Lee, Bert L. Smith and William C. Nigg.]

NORTHWESTERN IOWA IN WELFARE WORK.

The achievements of the counties, towns, cities and people of Northwestern Iowa in the welfare work of the war are so loaded with fine details that it is impossible to even state them; but they were abreast of the self-sacrifice which pervaded the State at large, which helped to support both the soldiers in the field and those in training, and which, with the official cooperation of the national government, pushed the Americans on to victory. In the drives of the Y.M.C.A., the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Knights of Columbus, the Y.W.C.A., the Jewish Welfare Board and the American Library Association, no section of Iowa was more energetic and helpful in the best spirit of the war than its northwestern counties. Later, when the campaigns in behalf of such organizations commenced to overlap and sometimes conflict, and the State Council of Defense, in cooperation with the General Government, organized such broad and correlated movements as those of the War Chest and the United War Work, Northwestern Iowa firmly supported the advanced steps of these measures. By such coordination between the State and National governments, and private and religious organizations, the canvasses for the Liberty loans had a free field and their magnitude astonished the world as much even as the millions of men who offered themselves in sacrifice.

THE LIBERTY LOANS BY COUNTIES.

It is not possible to indicate the amount of the funds raised in Northwestern Iowa by these welfare organizations during the progress of the war, but a fairly complete statement may be made of the extent of the Liberty loans in the

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twenty counties embraced by this history. They are given by government authorities as follows:


Name of County Quota Amt. Subs’d
Buena Vista 3,629,130 4,325,550
Calhoun 3,542,875 4,362,800
Carroll 4,417,605 4,975,950
Cherokee 3,793,530 4,275,000
Clay 3,060,185 3,706,500
Crawford 4,330,675 5,715,600
Dickinson 2,052,070 2,260,250
Emmet 2,430,310 2,647,100
Greene 3,093,250 3,844,650
Ida 2,867,165 3,399,400
Lyon 3,506,730 4,111,200
Monona 3,068,040 3,361,200
O’Brien 4,059,905 5,225,250
Osceola 2,018,830 2,090,700
Palo Alto 2,922,235 3,060,150
Plymouth 5,409,200 6,456,850
Pocahontas 3,045,745 3,467,150
Sac 3,922,015 4,679,050
Sioux 4,718,100 6,100,600
Woodbury 16,182,500 21,425,750
Total 82,070,095 99,490,700
Subscriptions over quotas 17,330,605


Some interesting side facts in connection with the generous support of the Liberty loans in Northwestern Iowa are deduced from the official figures of the subscriptions as compared with the quotas assigned the various counties. For the second loan, Crawford County’s subscription exceeded her quota, as fixed by the government, by 162 per cent, and O’Brien, by 131 per cent. Greene was the star county in the campaign for the third Liberty loan, as her quota was exceeded in purchases of the bonds by 302 per cent; Pocahontas was second, with 258 per cent.

The population of Northwestern Iowa is noticeably cosmopolitan, and it is significant to be able to trace, with the

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knowledge of the proportion of the foreign elements in any given county, the extent of subscriptions to the Liberty loans. This comparison largely tells the story of home patriotism, since these loans were the representative war bonds issued by the United States and, although they were a safe investment, they constituted the popular sinews of the war which bound the people to the government. The foreign population of Sioux County was 74 per cent, of Lyon 67, Crawford 65, Plymouth 60, Buena Vista 59, Osceola 58 and Ida 57.

Whether measured in contributions to the war of men, money or services, Northwestern Iowa demonstrated anew that the great melting pot of American institutions and American spirit was turning out a wonderfully elastic and dependable type of people.