Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service June
12, 1917. Assigned to Supply Co., 121st Field Artillery,
32nd Division. Trained at Camp Douglas and Camp MacArthur.
Sailed from Hoboken, on S.S. Leviathan, March 3, 1918. Landed
at Liverpool, March 17th, at Le Havre, France, March 20th. Trained
at Camp Coetquidon, France. Took part in following engagements:
Alsace, June 8-July 23, 1918; Aisne-Marne Offensive, July 29-Aug.
27, 1918; Oise-Aisne Offensive, Aug. 28-Sept. 7, 1918; Fismes
sector, Aug. 7-Aug. 27, 1918; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept.
22-Nov. 10, 1918. Sailed from Brest, May 1, 1919, on Battleship
Georgia. Discharged from Camp Grant, May 19, 1919.
PRIVATE LEE EDWARD HALL - Farmer
Bornin Decatur, Green county, Wis. Entered service July 26,
1918. Assigned to Headquarters Detachment Motor
Transport Corps. Trained at Camp Grant, Fort Wayne, and Detroit,
Mich. Discharged at Camp Grant, June 13, 1919.
PRIVATE LEO GRIFFIN HALVERSON - Rancher
Born in Paris [Edgar county], Ill. Entered service June 14,
1917. Assigned to Headquarters Co., 16th Infantry, 1st
Division. Trained at Ft. Mead, S.D., Camp Green, N.C., Camp
Mills and Camp Merritt, N.J. Sailed from Hoboken, Jan. 11, 1918,
on S.S. Olympic. Landed at Liverpool, Jan. 19, 1918. Trained
at Gondrecourt, Minil, La Tour, Selles Sur Cherie and Pagny La
Blanc. Hauled reserve rations for different regiments in the
Cantigny drive. Saw service in Soissons Offensive; St. Mihiel
Offensive; Meuse-Argonne. Also saw service in Rosillean and Sedan
sectors. Sailed from Brest, Aug. 21, 1919, on Amphion. Discharged
at Camp Dodge, Sept. 25, 1920.
PRIVATE FRED F. HAMILTON
Born at Laona [Winnebago county], Ill. Entered service July
20, 1917. Assigned to Co. M, 128th Infantry, 32nd
Division. Trained at Waco, Texas. Sailed from Hoboken, Feb.
18, 1918, on S.S. Covington. Landed at Brest, March 7, 1918.
Trained at Chassigny, 10th area, France. Saw service in: Alsace
sector, May 5-July 7, 1918; in Aisne-Marne Offensive, July 29-Aug.
7, 1918; in Oise-Aisne Offensive, Aug. 25-Sept. 6, 1918; Meuse-Argonne,
Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918. Gassed. In Army of Occupation, Nov. 17-April
19, 1919. Sailed for U.S. from Brest, France, April 26, 1919,
on S.S. George Washington. Discharged at Camp Grant, May 19,
1919.
SEAMAN ALVIN HANSON
Born at Beloit [Rock county], Wis. Entered service Dec. 12,
1917. Assigned to Convoy and Transport service. Trained
at Great Lakes Naval Station. Promoted from apprentice seaman
to seaman second and to seaman first class. Transferred from
Great Lakes to the U.S.S. North Carolina to Pelham Bay to Receiving
ships at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to the U.S.S. Dekalb to the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, to the U.S. Naval Hospital, Washington,
D.C. From there to the U.S. Navy Yards at Philadelphia to the
U.S.S. Cummings to Great Lakes, where he was discharged.
PRIVATE HARRY V. HARTMAN - Asst. Cashier
Born in Spring Grove, Green county, Wis. Entered service
Sept. 7, 1918. Assigned to Infantry, Company F, 5th.
Training Camp at Camp Grant and transferred to Co. F, 8th
Battalion Infantry. Trainning and Replacement Camp at Camp MacArthur.
Trained at Camp Grant, Ill., and Camp MacArthur, Texas. No oversea
service. Discharged at Camp Grant, Jan. 11, 1919.
RAYMOND HEIMLEY - no records [p. 43; no photograph]
PRIVATE WILLIAM H. HEIN - Mechanic
Born at Dayton [Green county], Wis. Entered service June
18, 1918. Assigned to Headquarters Co., 321st Infantry,
81st Division. Trained at Camp Hancock, Ga. Sailed from Hoboken,
Sept. 26, 1918, on S.S. Republican. Landed at Brest, Oct. 5th.
Trained at Santagena. Did dispatching with a Harley-Davidson
motorcycle at the Meuse-Argonne Front. After the Armistice was
on detached service in the 8th Army Corps in an automobile shop.
Sailed from St. Nazaire, June 9, 1919, on S.S. Manchuria. Discharged
at Camp Grant, June 27, 1919.
MECHANICAL SERGEANT 1ST CLASS STANLEY R. HOLLIDAY - Auto
Mechanic
Born in Albany [Green county], Wis. Entered service July
10, 1918. Assigned to Motor Transport Corps. Trained at
the Brennan School, Chicago. At the end of 60 days, on September
10th, he was transferred to the Tank Corps, Camp Colt, Gettysburg.
There Mechanical Sergeant HOLLIDAY was assigned to the 307th
Salvage and Repair Co. Promoted from private to mechanical sergeant.
Not being able to drill on account of his feet, being deformed
from burns, Sergeant HOLLIDAY was again transferred, after 30
days in this company, to Headquarters. Was discharged at Camp
Grant, Dec. 27, 1918.
PRIVATE HOBART A. HOOKER - Student
Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service Jan.
29, 1918. Assigned to Veterinary Detachment, 328
Auxilliary Remount Depot, 36th Division. Trained at Camp
Bowie, Texas, afterwards sent to Co. H, Central Infantry, Officers
Training School, Camp MacArthur, Texas. Discharged from Camp
MacArthur, Nov. 30, 1918.
PRIVATE JAMES B. HOPKINS - Horseshoer
Born in Brodhead [Green county, Wis.]. Entered service June
15, 1918. Assigned to Supply Co., 1st Field Artillery,
32nd Division. Trained at Camp Douglas. Discharged there
July 28, 1917.
SERGEANT VAL W. HOPKINS - Farmer
Born in Monroe [Green county], Wis. Entered service Sept.
1, 1918. Assigned to Co. G, Motor Transport Corps
Repair Unit 304. Trained at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Promoted
from private to sergeant. Discharged from Fort Sam Houston, April
23, 1919.
PRIVATE DELTON CLEMENT HOWARD - Lumberman
Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service July
26, 1918. Assigned to Co. K, 344th Infantry, 86th
Division. Trained at Camp Grant. Sailed from Hoboken, Sept.
8, 1918, on S.S. Megantic. Landed at Liverpool, Sept. 21, 1918.
Transferred to Headquarters Co., District of Paris. Sailed from
Brest, July 14, 1919, on S.S. Minnesota. Discharged at Camp Lee,
Va., July 31, 1919.
MELVIN HUFF - no records [p. 43; no photograph]
MACHINE MATE 1ST CLASS (AVIATOR) HARRY B. JOHNSON - Manager,
Whitewater Bridge & Tile Co.
Born in Avon, Rock county, Wis. Entered service June 3, 1918.
Assigned to U.S. Naval Aviation Reserve Force.
Trained at Great Lakes. Promoted from Machine Mate Landman
to Machine Mate 1st Class Aviator. Transferred from Great Lakes
to Hampton Roads, Va., Air Station. Discharged there, Feb. 6,
1919.
PRIVATE HENRY E. JOHNSON - Clerk
Born at Avon [Rock county], Wis. Entered service April 1,
1918. Assigned to a Casual Co. Trained at Camp Custer,
Mich., and Camp Gordon, Ga. Sailed from Newport News, June
14, 1918, on the S.S. Washington. Landed at Brest, June 27, 1918.
Transferred to Battery F, 319 Field Artillery, 82nd Division.
Trained at Souctine at an Artillery Camp. Saw service in: the
St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. 12-20, 1918; at the Meuse-Argonne
front from Oct. 6-Nov. 6, 1918. Sailed from Bordeaux, France,
July 1, 1919, on the Housatonic. Discharged at Camp Grant, July
22, 1919.
PRIVATE MARVIN L. JOHNSON - Student
Born in Avon [Rock county], Wis. Entered service Oct. 1,
1918, in S.A.T.C. at Madison. Assigned to U.S. Naval
Reserve, Co. M. Discharged at Madison, Dec. 20, 1918.
PRIVATE OSCAR NORMAN JOHNSON - Asst. Bank Cashier
Born in Avon, Rock county, Wis. Entered service Aug. 14,
1918. Assigned to 42nd Co., Machine Gun Training Center,
Replacement. Trained at Kansas City, Mo., and Augusta, Georgia.
Transferred to 11th Provisional Co., a replacement company. Discharged
at Camp Grant, Jan. 9, 1919.
PRIVATE PALMER JOHNSON - Farmer
Born in Argyle [Lafayette county], Wis. Entered service Aug.
14, 1918. Assigned to Motor Cycle 309. Trained at the
Sweeney Auto School, Kansas City, Mo., Camp Joseph E. Johnston,
Florida, and Camp Benning, Georgia. Promoted to first class private.
Discharged at Camp Benning, July 9, 1919.
PRIVATE STANLEY PRICE JONES - Farmer
Born in Albany [Green county], Wis. Entered service July
26, 1918. Assigned to Infantry Co. 18, 161st Depot Brigade.
Trained at Camp Grant. Discharged there Sept. 6, 1918, on
account of physical disability.
CHIEF ENGINEER HELMAR O. KAATRUD - Garage Owner
Born in Orfordville [Rock county], Wis. Entered service July
15, 1917, and was assigned to U.S. Submarine Chaser
No. 220. Trained at Norfolk, Va., and later sent to Columbia
University. Advanced from 1st class engineer to chief engineer.
Sailed from New London, Conn., May 15,1 918. Did patrol work
on Irish Coast, English Channel and Bay of Biscay. Discharged
at Camp Boston, June 14, 1919.
SERGEANT AMBROSE KELLY - Electrician
Born in Spring Valley [Rock county], Wis. Entered service
June 17, 1917, assigned to Co. A, Ordinance Corps;
transferred to Infantry to Chemical Warfare Force. Trained
at Columbus, Ohio, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., South Charleston, W.V.,
and Newport News, Va. Discharged from Camp Grant, Jan. 15, 1919.
PRIVATE ARTHUR KILDAY - Farmer
Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service Aug.
28, 1918. Assigned to Co. M, 1st Infantry. Trained at
Born in Brodhead [Green county, Wis.]. Entered service June
25, 1918. Assigned to 3rd Co., 1st Group, Machine Gun
Training Center. Trained at Camp Grant. Transferred to Camp
Hancock, Ga. Discharged at Camp Grant, Jan. 16, 1920.
PRIVATE MARTIN KILDAY - Farmer
Born in Brodhead [Green county, Wis.]. Entered serivce July
23, 1918. Assigned to Co. K, 77th Infantry, 121st
Division. Trained at Camp Custer. Discharged there, Jan.
18, 1919.
PRIVATE MARVIN KIRBY - Laborer [p. 42; no photograph]
Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service July
23, 1918. Assigned to Battery B, 5th Battalion, Trench
Artillery, U.S.A. Overseas three months. Discharged from
Camp Grant, January 31, 1919.
PRIVATE FLOYD ADAM KLINE - Workman in Factory
Born in Spring Grove, Green county, Wis. Entered service
May 25, 1918. Assigned to 314th Field Remount Squadron.
Trained at Camp Grant and Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida.
Sailed from Camp Hill, Va., Aug. 14, 1918, on S.S. Patria. Landed
at Brest, Aug. 26th. Saw service in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive,
Aug. 30-Nov. 11, 1918. Transferred to 89th Division, 1st Army.
Was in Army of Occupation. Sailed from Brest, Nov. 4, 1919, on
S.S. Northern Pacific. Discharged from Camp Dix, Nov. 12, 1919.
CORPORAL HARRYY A. KNEZEL - Student
Born in Milwaukee [Milwaukee county, Wis.]. Entered service
May 27, 1918. Assigned to Motor Transport Corps
820. Trained at Camp Johnston, Florida. Promoted from private
to corporal, Aug. 6, 1918. Sailed from Newport News, Va., Aug.
14, 1918, on S.S. Aeolus. Landed at Brest, Aug. 25th. Trained
at Decize in M.T.C. School. Detached service at Montrichard 8
months; then sent to Nevers, France, till returned to U.S. Sailed
from Brest, July 6, 1919, on S.S. Imperator. Discharged at Camp
Grant, July 22, 1919.
CORPORAL JOHN JUDSON KNEZEL - Student
Born at Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service May
27, 1918. Assigned to Motor Transport Corps 820.
Trained at Camp Johnston, Florida. Promoted from private
to corporal, Aug. 6, 1918. Sailed from Newport News, Va., Aug.
14, 1918, on S.S. Aeolus. Landed at Brest, Aug. 25th. Trained
at Decize in M.T.C. School. Detached service at Montrichard 8
months; then sent to Nevers, France, till returned to U.S. Sailed
from Brest, July 6, 1919, on S.S. Imperator. Discharged at Camp
Grant, July 22, 1919.
PRIVATE ROBERT BENNETT KOLLER - Barber
Born in Brodhead [Green county], Wis. Entered service Oct.
21, 1918. Assigned to Co. 8, Infantry Replacement Unit.
Trained at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. Discharged there
Dec. 9, 1918.