GOLD STAR LIST - US ARMY DEATHS - WWI - Oconto County, Wisconsin ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rita Neustifter < zorblitz@prodigy.net > December 3, 1998 ==================================================================== GOLD STAR LIST A LISTING OF THOSE FROM OCONTO COUNTY - US ARMY - WHO DIED IN WWI Note: Due to the lack of antibiotics at this time, and the massive world epidemic of Infuenza, a large number of military personnel died of the pneuonia that followed the Flu. NAME AGE ORIGIN RANK/UNIT LOCATION CAUSE/DATE ADAMS, CHARLES 32 OCONTO CORP/WI NATIONAL GUARD,127INF OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/3-11-1918 ANDERSON, ADOLPH M. 26 OCONTO PVT 1CL/WI NATIONAL GUARD, 127INF ALSACE KILLED IN ACTION/10-13-1918 BEAUCOCK, LESLIE 30 OCONTO PVT/28INF ST. MIHIEL DRIVE PNEUMONIA/12-5-1918 BERSHAW, JOSEPH 20 MOUNTAIN PVT 1CL/WI NATIONAL GUARD,127INF ALSACE KILLED IN ACTION/9-1-1918 BISTOFF, MORRIS 23 UNDERHILL PVT/139INF ALSACE HEART FAILURE/3-17-1919 BOLEN, WESLEY W. 24 OCONTO PVT/38INF ST. MIHIEL PNEUMONIA/3-19-1919 BURBEY, PAUL 21 OCONTO PVT/WI NATIONAL GUARD ALSACE KILLED IN ACTION/8-4,1918 CALDIE, THOMAS D. 28 STILES PVT 1CL/121MACHINEGUN BN EUROPE KILLED IN ACTION/10-9-1918 CHRISTIANSON, CHRIST. W. 24 OCONTO PVT/127INF FRANCE KILLED IN ACTION/8-4-1918 CRANE, LESTER, D. 21 OCONTO PVT 1CL/ 127INF - DIED OF WOUNDS/7-1-1918 DeGRAVES, DESIRE J. 22 OCONTO PVT/150MACHINEGUN BN - KILLED IN ACTION/7-27-1918 DEKEUSTER, LESTER 22 OCONTO PVT/21MACHINEGUN BN. FRANCE PNEUMONIS/2-9-1919 DIECK, WALTER G. 18 SURING PVT in training/US ARMY UNIV. of WI, USA PNEUMONIA/10-27-1918 DONEY, EVERETT 25 LENA CORPORAL/127INF ALSACE PNEUMONIA/10-27-1918 ERICK, GEORGE H. 19 OCONTO FALLS PVT 1CL/127INF FRANCE KILLED IN ACTION/9-1-1918 ESTABROOK, SYLVESTER 26 OCONTO PVT/127INF ALSACE KILLED IN ACTION/8-4-1918 FINGEL, OTTO AUGUST 25 OCONTO PVT/7INF ARGONNE KILLED IN ACTION/10-18-1918 FOLLETT, EDWARD J. 22 OCONTO PVT/127INF VERDUN PNEUMONIA/10-15-1918 FRENCH, ALVIN 25 OCONTO FALLS PVT/147INF OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/10-19-1918 GRUNERT, PAUL 30 OCONTO PVT 1CL/127INF VERDUN KILLED IN ACTION/10-20-1918 HABART, NORBERT 28 OCONTO FALLS PVT/161DEPOT BRIGADE US PNEUMONIA/10-18-1918 HARTEAU, WILLIAM C. 19 OCONTO FALLS PVT/COAST ARTILLERY CORPS OVERSEAS MENINGITIS/8-5-1918 HILDEBRANDT, RUDOLPH E. 28 GILLETT PVT/INF CAMP MacARTHUR REPLACEMENT DRAFT OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/10-14-1918 HUNTINGTON, HARRY 20 MORGAN PVT/127INF OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/7-9-1918 JONES, CLYDE 22 OCONTO CORPORAL/127INF OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/3-6-1918 KASTEN, WALTER HERMAN 21 UNDERHILL PVT/GENERAL HOSPITAL 28 US DIPHTHERIA/3-6-1918 KOSOWITZ, GEORGE 28 OCONTO PVT/127INF FISMES KILLED IN ACTION/2-25-1918 KRAUSE, JOHN 21 GILLETT PVT 1CL/127INF FISMES KILLED IN ACTION/7-4-1918 KRUEGER, WILLIAM J. 33 1SGT/127 INF OCONTO VERDUN KILLED IN ACTION/10-3-1918 LAUERSDORF, FRED C. 26 GILLETT PVT/28INF ARGONNE KILLED IN ACTION/10-8-1918 LeBRUN, FRED 27 OCONTO COOK/333 MACHINEGUN BN. OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/10-4-1918 McGREGOR, WAYMAN J. 24 ABRAMS PVT 1CL/127INF VERDUN KILLED IN ACTION/11-11-1918 MAJESKI, JOHN 26 SOBIESKI PVT/PROVINCIAL BN. ENGINEERS MP OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/10-12=1918 MURRAY, MIKE 24 OCONTO FALLS PVT/127INF JUVIGNY PARATYPHOID/9-14-1918 NELSON, PETER 26 MOUNTAIN PVT/161 DEPOT BRIGADE US PNEUMONIA/10-4-1918 OLSON, EDWARD 29 GILLETT PVT/127INF - KILLED IN ACTION/10-20-1918 REIMER, ALBERT W. 26 OCONTO PVT/127INF FISMES KILLED IN ACTION/3-4-1918 RUSSEL, GERARD L. 18 OCONTO PVT 1CL/SALVAGE UNIT 316 QUATERMASTERS CORPS MEUSE- ARGONNE PNEUMONIA/4-12-1919 SCHROEDER, JOHN F. 25 OCONTO FALLS PVT/INF CAMP MacARTHUR REPLACEMENT DRAFT OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/10/11/1918 SEIPOLD, EARL 19 OCONTO PVT 1CL/127INF JUVIGNY KILLED IN ACTION/9-1-1918 SELLIN, BENNE R. 26 LITTLE RIVER PVT/127INF OVERSEAS DYPHTHERIA/4-15-1918 SHARPLEY, SHELDON D. 21 OCONTO MECHANIC/127INF FISMES DIED OF WOUNDS/8-2-1918 SWENTY, FRED 23 COLEMAN PVT 1CL/PROVISIONAL REGIMENT OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/12-17-1918 VAN BOVEN, RAY 19 STILES PVT/5INF US SUICIDE/8-25-1917 VOGEL, EDWARD 30 OCONTO PVT/UTILITIES DETACHMENT, CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, QUARTERMASTER CORPS CAMP GRANT, US PNEUMONIS/3-25-1919 WALCH, GEORGE WILLIAM 25 GILLETT PVT/159 MACHINEGUN BN. - KILLED IN ACTION/10-16-1918 WALTER, AUGUST 24 OCONTO FALLS PVT/60INF - KILLED IN ACTION/10-27-1918 WILHELM, AUGUST F. 31 OCONTO PVT/57 ENGINEERS OVERSEAS PNEUMONIA/1-12-1919 WOOD, FRANK E. 22 SURING PVT/CAMP TAYLOR US PNEUMONIA/10-12-1918 WROBLEWSKI, ANDREW J. 26 OCONTO PVT/16INF - KILLED IN ACTION/7-18-1918 ZAHN, ALFRED 19 GILLETT PVT 1CL/128INF CHATEAU THIERRY KILLED IN ACTION/8-3-1918 ZIMBARS, WILLIAM 26 GILLETT CORPORAL/127INF FISMES DIED OF WOUNDS/8-5-1918 ZIMMERMAN, HENRY 22 OCONTO SGT/127INF FISMES KILLED IN ACTION/8-4-1918