VETERAN BURIALS; INDIAN, MEXICAN, & SPANISH-AMERICAN WARS AND PEACE-TIME THROUGH 1969; PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA From "Enrollment of Veterans and Servicemen Buried in Platte County Cemeteries and Resident Veterans Buried Elsewhere" compiled by the Platte Co. Veterans Office. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, January, 1998, by Sherri Brakenhoff (dabrake@megavision.com). USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** PLATTE COUNTY VETERANS INDIAN, MEXICAN, SPANISH-AMERICAN AND PEACE-TIME THROUGH 1969 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- These veterans are listed in order of date of death. If you do not know the approximate date of death of the veteran, use the find option to search for the name. You will need to scroll to the right to view the name of the cemetery. * Denotes death while on active military duty. NAME RANK UNIT WAR DEATH DATE CEMETERY Joseph McFadden Captain Pawnee Scouts, Curtis Exped'n Indian 12 Nov 1864 Columbus Frank J. North Major Pawnee Scouts Indian 14 Mar 1885 Columbus Fred Matthews Lt Co. B, Pawnee Scouts Indian 25 Dec 1890 Columbus Henry Van Blaricom Pvt Mex'n 21 Oct 1891 Tracy Valley, Creston Herman Harmon Pvt Co. K, 12th U.S. Infantry Mex'n 31 Mar 1893 Columbus Leonard J. Meyers Pvt Co. H, 21st U.S. Infantry Indian 3 Apr 1896 Friends, Monroe *George A. McLaren Pvt 3rd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Sp. Am. 5 Sep 1898 Humphrey John Elliott Sgt Regiment of Mounted Riflemen Mex'n 15 Jan 1900 Columbus Henry E. Skorupa Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 20 Oct 1900 St. Bonaventure Peter L. Buhmann 39th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Sp. Am. 1 Jan 1901 Creston Frank G. Turner Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 29 May 1901 Columbus Johann Henry Wilke 32nd Regiment, Prov. Volunteers Sp. Am. 9 Jul 1902 Christ Luth'n, Columbus Sylvenus E. Cushing Captain Pawnee Scouts Indian 1 Oct 1904 Columbus Thomas Caffrey Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 14 Feb 1906 St. Bonaventure Perry M. Brown Pvt Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 7 Mar 1908 Creston Victor E. Oline Pvt Co. B, 16th U.S. Cavalry Sp. Am. 31 Aug 1908 Friends, Monroe Charles E. Morse Captain Co. C, Pawnee Scouts Indian 14 Oct 1908 Columbus John Kipp Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 27 Jan 1912 Columbus Charles D. Wilson Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 24 Nov 1912 Columbus John E. Ballou QM Sgt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 13 Feb 1913 Columbus *Robert Heiden Sgt Co. C, 30th Infantry Sp. Am. 2 Jun 1913 Not recovered Clarence H. Rollin Sgt Co. E, 14th U.S. Infantry Peace 14 Aug 1915 Columbus Gustave E. Selander SF2 (Navy) Peace 1 May 1916 Looking Glass, Lindsay George Lehman Lt Pawnee Scouts Indian 12 Jun 1918 Columbus Otto C. Hembd Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 18 Aug 1918 St. Bonaventure Gustavus G. Becher Lt Co. D, Pawnee Scouts Indian 8 Oct 1918 Columbus H. Abraham Tschudy Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 7 Apr 1920 Columbus William H. LaRue Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 9 Apr 1920 Columbus Stephen H. Slothhower Pvt Co. F, 2nd U.S. Cavalry Indian 18 Sep 1921 Columbus William A. McAllister Pvt Co. B, 2nd Nebraska Cavalry Indian 8 Jan 1923 Columbus Carl F. Elias Indian 26 Apr 1924 Columbus William Adams 1st Sgt 7th Infantry Sp. Am. 1 Oct 1925 St. Bonaventure Charles W. Jens Captain Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 20 Aug 1927 Columbus Herman Herring Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 5 May 1929 Columbus Martin Conner Sgt 9th U.S. Infantry Indian 4 Jun 1930 Columbus Alfred H. Saare Pvt Co. F, 3rd Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 12 Jun 1931 Hope, Newman Grove John J. Smith Co. A, 3rd Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 12 Aug 1934 Columbus Luther H. North Captain Pawnee Scouts Indian 18 Apr 1935 Columbus Frank H. Thomas Sgt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 17 Feb 1937 Columbus Clarence Michaelson Sgt 15th Infantry Peace 26 Oct 1940 St. John, Creston Fred Gerber Pvt Troop F, 4th Cavalry Peace 31 Oct 1940 Jackson, Duncan Wood Smith Co. C, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 14 Jan 1942 Roselawn, Columbus Fred Coffey Cpl 28th U.S. Infantry Sp. Am. 16 Mar 1942 Columbus Jacob H. Even Pvt Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 17 Apr 1942 Creston Fred S. Lecron Co. A, 2nd Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 23 Jun 1944 Gibbon, Nebraska Jacob Tschudy Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 4 Sep 1944 Columbus Stephen Guy Green Pvt 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 14 Mar 1945 Roselawn, Columbus Delbert Barnes Sgt Army Medical Department Peace 25 Feb 1946 Columbus Albert L. Rollin QM Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 4 Jun 1947 Columbus Adolph B. Cimfel (MD) 1st Lt Medical Corps Peace 9 Jun 1947 St. Bonaventure Henry O. Thompson Pvt Co. M, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 12 Feb 1948 St. Ansgar, Lindsay Philip Krzycki Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 5 Oct 1949 St. Bonaventure Mark J. Burke QMSgt Co. H, 2nd Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 21 Oct 1949 St. Bonaventure Henry C. Lachnit Sgt 34th US Volunteer Infantry Sp. Am. 26 Jan 1953 St. Francis, Humphrey Joseph L. Wilcyncki Pvt 18th Infantry Peace 14 Jun 1954 Columbus Raymond F. Christensen PFC 10th Engineer Combat Battalion Peace 25 May 1955 St. Ansgar, Lindsay James Haney 1st Sgt 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 9 Aug 1955 St. Bonaventure John H. Brock 1st Sgt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 3 Feb 1956 Columbus Jack J. Theillen Pvt Co. M, 134th Infantry Peace 28 Apr 1956 St. Bonaventure Alonzo W. Sharp Cook Co. D, 15th Infantry Sp. Am. 26 Jul 1956 Roselawn, Columbus Charles L. Brentzel HA2cl (Navy) Peace 27 Jan 1957 Roselawn, Columbus *Harold D. New A/2C U.S. Air Force Peace 10 Jun 1957 Roselawn, Columbus Duane A. Hassebrook Sp3 63rd Field Artillery Peace 28 Oct 1957 Roselawn, Columbus George A. Berney Pvt Co. L, 17th Infantry Peace 9 Nov 1957 St. Bonaventure Gene S. Bender PFC 21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Peace 20 Dec 1957 Sacred Heart, Cornlea Paul C. Briard Pvt 79th Infantry Training B. Peace 29 Jan 1958 Creston George Newhoff Pvt Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 30 Dec 1958 Hope, Newman Grove Gustaf Larson Pvt Co. B, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 11 Apr 1959 Looking Glass, Lindsay *Victor A. Schoen Lt jg (Navy) Peace 25 Feb 1960 Roselawn, Columbus Kenneth J. Nosal SG3 USS Hooper (Navy) Peace 17 Sep 1960 St. Bonaventure Michael Lassek Pvt Co. G, 39th Infantry Sp. Am. 27 Sep 1960 St. Stanislaus, Duncan Milton D. Beightol Cpl USMC Peace 2 Nov 1961 Roselawn, Columbus James J. Mostek Pvt 55th Infantry Peace 28 Jan 1962 St. Bonaventure Charles E. Brock Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 1 Nov 1962 Columbus Henry Fritz Sgt Co. M, 2nd Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 23 Dec 1962 Roselawn, Columbus August Wagner Pvt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 27 Jan 1963 Roselawn, Columbus Edward S. Kolar MM2 (Navy) Peace 7 Apr 1963 Columbus Fred D. Lammers RM1 (Navy) Peace 15 Nov 1963 St. Paul, Monroe Louis Lightner Pvt Co. I, 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 5 Dec 1963 Columbus Carl Hendericksen Pvt 1st Nebraska Infantry Sp. Am. 10 Mar 1964 St. Ansgar, Lindsay George F. Startz PFC Co. K, 4th Infantry Peace 7 Jun 1964 St. Michael, Tarnov Wayne T. Borchers PFC 94th Artillery Peace 1 Aug 1964 Roselawn, Columbus Joseph Boesch Pvt 4th Nebraska Infantry Mex'n Bor22 Dec 1964 Leslie R. Good MM3 (Navy) Peace 1 May 1965 Roselawn, Columbus Walter C. Zybach, Jr. Recruit Naval Trng. Center, San Diego Peace 16 Dec 1965 St. Bonaventure Thomas J. Dischner Cpl Headquarters Co., 17th Infantry Peace 16 Dec 1965 St. Bonaventure Walter S. Burzinski PFC Headquarters Co., 5th Engineers Peace 19 Dec 1965 St. Bonaventure *John J. Gdowski ET1 Naval Communications, Key West Peace 3 Mar 1966 St. Patrick, Pl. Center Joseph F. Korth Pvt Co. A, 37th Infantry Sp. Am. 1 Aug 1966 St. Francis, Humphrey Herman T. Keefer Pvt Co. I, 55th Infantry Peace 18 Nov 1966 St. Bonaventure Donald E. Gerrard PFC Marine Corps Recruit Depot Peace 6 Oct 1968 Grand Island, NE George G. Zellers AS (Navy) Peace 13 Dec 1968 Columbus Cornell S. Sober, Jr. AA VA-126 (Navy) Peace 1 Mar 1969 Grand Island, NE