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The Men of Company I
Part of the 168th Infantry of the "Rainbow Divison"
Transcribed by Cay Merryman & submitted by Constance Diamond
Iowa Guard units sent into the service were all efficient, but it so happened that only one of them, the Third Iowa Infantry (168th U.S. Infantry) experienced any battle field service. This regiment was a part of the 42nd or Rainbow, division, and was a composite organization, composed of the third and parts of the First and Second Infantry regiments. Three-fifths of the enlisted men of the Third, when it left Iowa, had been for some time in the ranks of this regiment. Two-fifths were Guardsmen, transferred from the First and Second Regiments. As a result it was truly a representative Iowa National Guard unit, and its brilliant achievements on the battle fields reflects credit upon the National Guard as a whole.
Non-Commissioned Officers
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
AGE |
RESIDENCE |
BIRTHPLACE |
RANK |
| Bazel | Cyril W. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Fee | Rodney R. | 18 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl |
| Hood | Norman R. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Martin | Edwin J. | 21 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
| McKee | Frank F. | 25 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Pierce | Benjamin A. | 26 | Burlington | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Smith | Edgar F. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Stephens | Ralph F. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Wenicke | Louis H. | 21 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Werner | Frank E. | 23 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Woodruff | Lloyd | 22 | Burlington | Iowa | Cpl. |
Privates First Class
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
AGE |
RESIDENCE |
BIRTHPLACE |
| Burk | Leslie C. | 22 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Foster | William H. | 19 | Burlington | Missouri |
| Hauser | Ralph A. | 19 | Burlington | Missouri |
| Johnson | Harry T. | 28 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Specketer | Earl C. | 25 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Wiedemann | Claus | 19 | Burlington | Iowa |
Privates
SURNAME |
GIVEN NAME |
AGE |
RESIDENCE |
BIRTHPLACE |
| Armstrong | Albert C. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Birck | Glen W. | 21 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Bowman | Willard J. | 19 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Bradfield | John S. | 18 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Brown | Frank J. | 19 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Clarke | Harry J. | 20 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Cornett | Ray | 21 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Crosley | Joseph E. | 29 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Dailey | Henry | 25 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Dillworth | Clarence | 18 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Dobney | Richard Everett | 26 | Glenwood | Iowa |
| Foote | Ernest | 18 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Gallagher | Roy D. | 18 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Gustafson | Gustaf H. | 24 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Hand | Ralph L. | 18 | Burlington | Illinois |
| Houchin | Mitchel | 18 | Burlington | Kentucky |
| Jarvis | Carl H. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Johnson | Vernon | 19 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Lindgren | Harry J. | 21 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Luers | Otto R. | 21 | West Burlington | Iowa |
| McCord | Charles M. | 22 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Meck | William | 20 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Meyer | Walter F. | 19 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Nelson | Robert N. | 20 | Burlington | Sweden |
| Parker | Eddie F. | 20 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Rice | Ben | 27 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Rodin | Evald M. | 20 | Burlington | --- |
| Schwartz | Carl P. | 18 | Burlington | Iowa |
| Upton | Theodore E. | 19 | Burlington | Iowa |
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