WRIGHT COUNTY, IOWA
SERVICEMEN SERVING IN WORLD WAR I FROM NORTH DAKOTA –
EXTRACTED FROM THE
“Roster of the Men and
Women who served in the Army or Naval Service (including the Marine Corps) of
the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World
War, 1917-1918, 4 volumes,
North Dakota Adjutant General, Bismarck, ND,
1931.”
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Sarah Thorson Little wrightgenie@yahoo.com
April 2010
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Hans Adolph Anderson
Army #:
2,786,769
Registrant:
yes, Stutsman county, ND
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
28 Jan 1892
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Jamestown on May 25, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in
14th Company, 4th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to June 16, 1918; Company A,
158th Infantry, to Sept. 16, 1918; Company D, 111th Infantry, to death;
overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Clermont and Thiaucourt (Lorraine). Killed in action on Oct.
17, 1918; buried, Grave 18, Row 32, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery,
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.
George Elbert Arch
Army #:
2,143,699
Registrant:
yes, Morton county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
02 Jan 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Mandan on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Battery D, 338th Field Artillery, to Oct. 29, 1917; School for Bakers and
Cooks, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to Jan. 30, 1918; Battery D, 338th Field Artillery, to
March 30, 1918; Company I, 326th Infantry, to April 10, 1918; 20th Company, 5th
Recruit Battalion, 157th Depot Brigade, to April 29, 1919; School for Bakers
and Cooks, Camp Gordon, Ga., to discharge. Grade: Cook, May 1, 1918. Discharged
at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 1919, as a Cook.
Louis Lentz Bass
Army #: 4,556,831
Registrant:
yes, Kidder county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
04 Sep 1900
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
laborer
Comment:
inducted at Grand Forks on Oct. 12, 1918; sent to University of North Dakota;
served in Students Army Training Corps, to discharge. Discharged at Grand
Forks, N. Dak., on Dec. 16, 1918, as a Private.
James Floyd Bradfield
Army #:
2,114,662
Registrant:
yes, Mountrail county, ND
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
31 Jan 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Stanley on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to Nov. 30, 1917; Battery B, 335th Field
Artillery, to Jan. 5, 1918; Headquarters Company, 335th Field Artillery, to
June 11, 1918; June Automatic Replacement Draft, to July 15, 1918; Battery B,
149th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 25, 1918;
Private, July 21, 1918; overseas from June 19, 1918, to April 25, 1919. Engagements:
Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne.
Defensive Sectors: Vesle (Champagne); Essey-Pannes (Lorraine). Discharged at
Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 9, 1919, as a Private.
Edward Conant Ford
Army #:
2,781,415
Registrant:
yes, Oliver county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
22 Jun 1886
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
mason
Comment:
inducted at Los Angeles, Calif., on April 25, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.;
served in Company A, 316th Ammunition Train, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st
Class, July 1, 1918; Wagoner, Oct. 21, 1918; overseas from July 12, 1918, to
April 20, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Defensive
Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine). Discharged at San Francisco, Calif., on May 13,
1919, as a Wagoner.
Millard William Haggen
Army #:
909,269
Registrant:
no, under age
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
12 Sep 1897
Parent's
Origin: of American-Norwegian parents
Occupation:
musician
Comment:
enlisted at Fargo on July 11, 1917; sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; served in
Company M, 41st Infantry, to July 9, 1918; Headquarters Company, 41st Infantry,
to Jan. 7, 1919; 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, 164th Depot Brigade, to discharge.
Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 11, 1918; Corporal, July 10, 1918; Battalion
Sergeant Major, Aug. 15, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 17,
1919, as a Battalion Sergeant Major. Previous military record: Six months in
Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard.
Sanford Clarence Haggen
Army #:
836,389
Registrant:
yes, Grand Forks county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
29 Mar 1887
Parent's
Origin: of American-Norwegian parents
Occupation:
pharmacist
Comment:
inducted at Grand Forks on Feb. 16, 1918; sent to Fort Riley, Kansas; served in
Medical Department, Evacuation Hospital No. 12, to June 1, 1918; Medical
Department, Base Hospital No. 82, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, June
20, 1918; Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1918; Sergeant 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1918; overseas
from Aug. 31, 1918, to June 9, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June
19, 1919, as a Sergeant 1st Class, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.
Melville Herbert Hodge
Army #:
3,693,734
Registrant:
yes, Cass county, ND
Birth Place:
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
09 Jan 1896
Parent's
Origin: of Canadian parents
Occupation:
physical director
Comment:
inducted at Fargo on Aug. 31, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company
No. 31, 8th Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to discharge. Discharged at Camp
Dodge, Iowa, on Nov. 26, 1918, as a Private, Surgeon's Certificate of
Disability, 10%.
Frank Delbert Hollingsworth
Army #:
4,417,569
Registrant:
yes, Burke county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Wis.
Birth Date:
24 Jan 1895
Parent's Origin:
of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Bowbells on Sept. 4, 1918; sent to Camp Grant, Ill.; served in
161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 20th Company, Training Group No. 2,
Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., to Nov. 4, 1918;
17th Provisional Company, Camp Johnson, Ga., to Dec. 28, 1918; 163rd Depot
Brigade, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 9, 1919, as a
Private.
Jens Adolphus Johnson
Army #:
2,786,542
Registrant:
yes, Mountrail county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
14 May 1892
Parent's
Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation:
clerk
Comment:
inducted at Stanley on May 24, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in
Company F, 157th Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, Sept. 1,
1918; Cook, Sept. 10, 1918; overseas from Aug. 11, 1918, to April 11, 1919.
Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 24, 1919, as a Cook.
Joseph Alvin Johnson
Army #:
3,439,724
Registrant:
yes, Williams county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
26 May 1894
Parent's
Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation:
clerk
Comment:
inducted at Williston on June 14, 1918; sent to Camp Funston, Kans.; served in
164th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 19, 1918; Company A, 210th Engineers, to discharge.
Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 12, 1918; Corporal, Dec. 18, 1918. Discharged
at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 13, 1919, as a Corporal.
Severt Kambestad
Army #:
2,704,702
Registrant:
yes, McKenzie county, ND
Birth
Place: Goldfield, Iowa
Birth Date:
01 Jan 1891
Parent's
Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Schafer on June 24, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Company A, 313th Engineers, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to June
6, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp
Dodge, Iowa, on June 16, 1919, as a Private.
Edward Richard Kienenberger
Army #:
2,558,637
Registrant:
yes, Billings county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
29 Sep 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American-German parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Medora on March 11, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Company A, 36th Engineers, to July 7, 1918; Company C, 64th Engineers (37th
Company, Transportation Corps), to discharge. Grades: Cook, Jan. 1, 1919;
Sergeant. May 9, 1919; Mess Sergeant, May 20, 1919; Sergeant, June 2, 1919;
Mess Sergeant, June 15, 1919; overseas from June 7, 1918, to July 12, 1919.
Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa. on July 18, 1919, as a Sergeant.
John George Kienenberger
Army #:
2,144,621
Registrant:
yes, Slope county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
26 Jan 1888
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Amidon on March 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd
Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company H, 138th Infantry, to death; overseas
from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive
Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine). Killed in action on
Sept. 27, 1918; grave unlocated.
Glen W. Klinefelter
Army #:
3,950,431
Registrant:
yes, Adams county, ND
Birth
Place: Dows, Iowa
Birth Date:
02 Jul 1886
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Hettinger on Aug. 23, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in
39th Field Artillery, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Lewis, Wash., on Feb. 1,
1919, as a Private.
Reinhold William Klingbeil
Army #:
1,442,255
Registrant:
no, enlisted prior
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
10 Sep 1882
Parent's
Origin: of German parents
Occupation:
barber
Comment:
enlisted in Field Hospital, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at
Lisbon, on April 28, 1917; called into federal service, World War, on July 15,
1917; served in Field Hospital, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard
(Field Hospital No. 136, 109th Sanitary Train), to Nov. 25, 1918; Camp Hospital
No. 6, to discharge. Grade: Cook, July 15, 1917; overseas from Oct. 13, 1918,
to July 7, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on July 14, 1919, as a Cook.
Previous military record: Member of North Dakota National Guard, Battery A, for
three years.
Ralph LeRoy Lamont
Army #:
917,729
Registrant:
no, under age
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
31 Jul 1896
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
steam engineer
Comment:
enlisted at Minot on July 11, 1917; sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; served at
Fort Crook, Nebr., to Dec. 22, 1917; Depot Company I, Signal Corps, Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., to Feb. 11, 1918; Company F, 2nd Depot Battalion, Signal
Corps, to June 29, 1918; Company D, 413th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, to
Dec. 5, 1918; Company D, 416th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, to May 23,
1919; 40th Service Company, Signal Corps, to Sept. 3, 1919; 35th Service Company,
Signal Corps, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, Feb. 1, 1918; Corporal,
March 17, 1918; Private, Nov. 9, 1918; Private 1st Class, June 1, 1919;
overseas from June 9, 1918, to Oct. 5, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on
Oct. 12, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.
James Landphere
Army #:
2,560,427
Registrant:
yes, Ward county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
10 Dec 1887
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Minot on March 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 1st
Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 25, 1918; Company E, 139th Infantry,
to death; overseas from May 3, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive:
Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte
(Lorraine). Killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918; buried in Grave 16, Row 10,
Block G, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse,
France.
Renzo Martini
Army #:
574,098
Registrant:
yes, Faribault county, Minn.
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
29 Jun 1894
Parent's
Origin: of German-American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Blue Earth, Minn., on Feb. 28, 1918; sent to Camp Greene, S. C.;
served in Company E, 47th Infantry, to Aug. 13, 1918; Casual, to Sept. 27,
1918; Casual Depot, Blois, France, to Oct. 22, 1918; Camp Headquarters
Detachment, Army Post office No. 711, to March 29, 1919; Headquarters,
Embarkation Camp, Base Section No. 1, to April 8, 1919; St. Naizaire Casual
Company No. 642, to April 23, 1919; Camp Dix Transport Unit, to May 2, 1919;
Casual Detachment No. 396, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to discharge; overseas from May
10, 1918, to April 23, 1919. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive
Sector: Vesle (Champagne). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 7, 1919, as a
Private.
Leroy Edward Miller
Army #:
2,857,822
Registrant:
yes, Sargent county, ND
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
01 Jan 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Forman on April 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Company I, 350th Infantry, to May 16, 1918; Battery F, 343rd Field Artillery,
to discharge; overseas from June 29, 1918, to June 6, 1919. Discharged at Camp
Dodge, Iowa, on June 16, 1919, as a Private.
Charles LeRoy Northrup
Army #:
1,244,846
Registrant:
no, over age
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
26 Oct 1884
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
baker
Comment:
enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 14, 1918; served at Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Aug. 25, 1918; Receiving Ship, Great
Lakes, Ill., to Nov. 11, 1918. Grades: Baker 1st Class, 107 days; Ship's Cook
1st Class, 74 days. Released from active duty at Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept.
29, 1919, as a Ship's Cook 1st Class.
Neils Pedersen
Army #:
1,413,823
Registrant:
yes, Clarion, Iowa
Birth
Place: Tokken, Denmark
Birth Date:
27 Dec 1890
Parent's
Origin: naturalized citizen
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Clarion, Iowa, on Sept. 19, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served
in Company G, 350th Infantry, to Oct. 31, 1917; Company E, 133rd Infantry, to
June 15, 1918; Company No. 2, Camp Cody June Automatic Replacement Draft, to
July 20, 1918; 7th Company, Infantry Training Regiment, to July 25, 1918;
Company D, 102nd Infantry, to Oct. 25, 1918; Casual (In Hospital), to Jan. 27,
1919; 4th Company, Convalescent Center, Camp Grant, Ill., to discharge;
overseas from June 30, 1918, to Jan. 6, 1919; wounded, severely, Oct. 25, 1918.
Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Rupt and
Troyon (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., on Feb. 24, 1919, as a
Private.
Clarence Rae Pickering
Army #:
1,531,865
Registrant:
no, enlisted prior
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
13 Jun 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
clerk
Comment:
enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 3, 1917; served at Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Dec. 18, 1917; Receiving Ship,
Philadelphia, Pa., to Jan. 3, 1918; USS Maine, to Oct. 4, 1918; Armed Draft
Detail, New York, N. Y., to Nov. 11, 1918. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 90 days;
Seaman 2nd Class, 304 days; Seaman, 132 days; Seaman-Signalman, 31 days.
Discharged at Minneapolis, Minn., on Aug. 2, 1919, as a Seaman.
Philip Thomas Riley
Army #:
1,835,358
Registrant:
no, under age
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
08 Jun 1896
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
salesman
Comment:
enlisted in the Navy at New Orleans, La., on May 28, 1918; served on Receiving
Ship, New Orleans, La., to July 17, 1918; Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass.,
to Nov. 11, 1918. Grade: Landsman Electrician, Radio, 167 days. Released from
active duty at Cambridge, Mass., on Jan. 30, 1919, as a Landsman Electrician,
Radio, Discharged, Sept. 30, 1921.
Willie Sadler
Army #:
2,110,644
Registrant:
yes, Ransom county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
26 Nov 1893
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Lisbon on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Company I, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company L, 348th Infantry, to July
21, 1918; Company B, 23rd Infantry, to March 18, 1919; Supply Company, 23rd
Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Dec. 6, 1917; Private, June 1, 1918;
overseas from June 22, 1918, to Aug. 4, 1919. Engagements: Offensive:
Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Marbache (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge,
Iowa, on Aug. 14, 1919, as a Private.
Bennett Arthur Shiley
Army #:
614,104
Registrant:
yes, Cass county, ND
Birth
Place: Dows, Iowa
Birth Date:
21 May 1894
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
salesman
Comment:
enlisted at Omaha, Nebr., on Dec. 6, 1917; served in 24th Balloon Company, Air
Service, Signal Corps, to March 8, 1918; 29th Balloon Company, Air Service,
Signal Corps, to discharge. Grade: Chauffeur 1st Class, Feb. 20, 1918.
Discharged at Fort Monroe, Va., on Dec. 25, 1918, as a Chauffeur 1st Class.
Lewellyn Clarence Shurson
Army #:
2,853,955
Registrant:
yes, Burleigh county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
06 Aug 1893
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Morris, Ill., on April 28, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served
in Company M, 358th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from June 20, 1918, to
June 8, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive
Sectors: Puvenelle and Villers-en-Haye (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Grant,
Ill., on June 14, 1919, as a Private.
Milton Grant Shurson
Army #:
1,974,280
Registrant:
yes, Burleigh county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
24 Feb 1895
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Bismarck on Jan. 29, 1918; sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; served
in Company C, 319th Field Signal Battalion, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st
Class, June 1, 1918; overseas from May 7, 1918, to May 29, 1919. Engagements:
Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Toul
(Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., on June 10, 1919, as a Private 1st
Class.
Earl Smith
Army #:
1,928,245
Registrant:
yes, Ramsey county, ND
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
22 Sep 1892
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
hotel clerk
Comment:
enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on May 3, 1918; served at Dunwoody
Naval School, Minneapolis, Minn., to June 28, 1918; Receiving Ship,
Philadelphia, Pa., to July 16, 1918; Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France, to
Aug. 27, 1918; Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland, to Nov. 11, 1918.
Grades: Landsman for Quartermaster, Aviation, 29 days; Quartermaster 2nd Class,
Aviation, 163 days. Released from active service at Pelham Bay Park, N. Y., on
Feb. 13, 1919, as a Quartermaster 2nd Class.
George Washington Smith
Army #:
3,125,281
Registrant:
yes, Wadena, Minn.
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
04 May 1897
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Wadena, Minn., on May 25, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served
in 166th Depot Brigade, to June 19, 1918; Company L, 363rd Infantry, to March
3, 1919; Company A. 316th Ammunition Train, to discharge; overseas from July 5,
1918, to April 20, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys.
Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May
7, 1919, as a Private.
Floyd Thompson
Army #:
2,560,834
Registrant:
yes, Pembina county, ND
Birth
Place: Clarion, Iowa
Birth Date:
07 Nov 1895
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Cavalier on March 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Medical Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley, Kans., to May 9, 1918; General
Hospital No. 26, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918.
Discharged at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 22, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.
Henry Herman Tulp
Army #:
4,426,772
Registrant:
yes, Wells county, ND
Birth
Place: Belmond, Iowa
Birth Date:
01 Mar 1897
Parent's
Origin: of American-German parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Fessenden on Sept. 15, 1918; sent to Camp Grant, Ill.; served in
161st Depot Brigade, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 4,
1919, as a Private.
Mendus Rasmus Vevle
Army #:
4,418,561
Registrant:
yes, Slope county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
21 Nov 1890
Parent's
Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation:
teacher
Comment:
inducted at Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept. 6, 1918; sent to Camp Grant, Ill.;
served in 2nd Company, 1st Provisional Training Regiment, 161st Depot Brigade,
to discharge. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., on Jan. 2, 1919, as a Private,
Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 20%.
Everett F. Waddell
Army #:
4,820,355
Registrant:
yes, place not given
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
26 Nov 1896
Parent's
Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation:
not given
Comment:
inducted at Clarion, Iowa, on Sept. 6, 1918; served in Supply Company, 88th
Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Wagoner, Dec. 30, 1918. Discharged on Jan. 27,
1919, as a Wagoner.
Charles Albert Wilcox
Army #:
501,871
Registrant:
yes, Ransom county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
22 Jan 1895
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Lisbon on March 1, 1918; sent to Fort Logan, Colo.; served in Fort
Caswell September Automatic Replacement Draft, to Dec. 4, 1918; Headquarters
Company, 60th Coast Artillery Corps, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class,
July 1, 1918; Corporal, July 27, 1918; overseas from Sept. 25, 1918, to Feb. 4,
1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 26, 1919, as a Corporal.
Guy Hobart Wilcox
Army #:
499,812
Registrant:
no, under age
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
23 Dec 1896
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
enlisted at Fargo on May 25, 1918; sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; served in
9th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, East New York, Fort Totten, N. Y., to Sept.
25, 1918; 12th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, East New York, Fort Totten, N.
Y., to Oct. 15, 1918; Battery C, 34th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, to Nov.
11, 1918; Headquarters Company, 34th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, to
discharge. Grade: Corporal, Oct. 15, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on
Dec. 24, 1918, as a Corporal.
LeRoy Jonas Wilcox
Army #:
4,038,691
Registrant:
yes, Ransom county, ND
Birth
Place: Eagle Grove, Iowa
Birth Date:
09 Nov 1892
Parent's
Origin: of American parents
Occupation:
farmer
Comment:
inducted at Lisbon on July 24, 1918; sent to Camp Custer, Mich.; served in Headquarters
Company, 41st Field Artillery, to discharge. Grade: Corporal, Dec. 1, 1918.
Discharged at Camp Custer, Mich., on Jan. 29, 1919, as a Corporal.