Roster of Officers and Men from Cerro Gordo County
The 88th Division. a National Army Division. was organized September 4, 1917, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, from men drafted from the states of Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas and Illinois.
Later when these first drafts had been transferred in large measure to Camps Cody, Bowie, Doniphan. Pike, Travis and Gordon. newly drafted men from these original states, together with men from Missouri and Nebraska, constituted the bulk of the Division.
The Division was officered largely by reserve officers from the First Training Camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and from the Second Training Camps at Forts Sheridan, Snelling and Benjamin Harrison.
| Avery, Russ C., Pvt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company E | Mason City, Iowa |
| Bailey, John W., Sergt. | 350th Infantry | Company H | 13th St., S. E., Mason City, Iowa |
| Benzel, William J. Pvt. | 351st Infantry | Company F | R. No. 2, Rockwell, Iowa |
| Bowersock, Martin S., Pvt. | 338th Machine Gun Battalion | Company A | Mason City, Iowa |
| Brych, Jim, Pvt., 1st Cl. | 349th Infantry | Medical Detachment | Plymouth, Iowa |
| Cawley, Charles M., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 313th Field Signal Battalion | Company C | 19 S. Monroe St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Chunat, E. E., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 351st Infantry | Company K | 501 6th St. S. W., Mason City, Iowa |
| Colby, Edwin L., Pvt. | 337th Machine Gun Battalion | Company A | Mason City, Iowa |
| Curtis, Buy, Pvt., 1st Cl. | 351st Infantry | Company G | 1607 N. Penn. Ave., Mason City, Iowa |
| Foy, Robert J., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company C | 436 5th St. S. W., Mason City, Iowa |
| Hamilton, Charles E., Pvt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company A | 830 Jersey Ave., Mason City, Iowa |
| Hauge, Arthur N., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 351st Infantry | Machine Gun Company | Mason City, Iowa |
| Hayden, Earl S., Pvt., 1st Cl., 20 | 351st Infantry | Machine Gun Company | 20 Fourth St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Henderson, Arthur I., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 351st Infantry | Company F | Mason City, Iowa |
| Henkel, Carl A., Sergt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company F | 503 S. E. 8th St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Huston, William A., Pvt. | 352nd Infantry | Company E | R. No. 5, Rockwell, Iowa |
| Johansen, Emil S., Pvt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company C | 1422 N. Federal St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Jones, Edward E., Pvt. | 351st Infantry | Company A | 516 3rd St., N., Mason City, Iowa |
| Keegan, Christopher, Corp. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company F | Mason City, Iowa |
| Krock, Joseph P., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company D | Mason City, Iowa |
| LaGette, George, Wag. | 350th Infantry | Headquarters Company | 17 Conn. St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Layman, Steven C., Corp. | 349th Infantry | Company G | Mason City, Iowa |
| McDonald, Homer E., Pvt. | 351st Infantry | Headquarters Company | Rockwell, Iowa |
| McGaheran, Michael C., Corp. | 349th Infantry | Headquarters Company | Rockwell, Iowa |
| McGaheran, Michael C., Sergt. | 349th Infantry | Company G | Rockwell, Iowa |
| McMonagle, Joe, Pvt. | 349th Infantry | Company H | Rockwell, Iowa |
| Oakes, Leon C., Pvt., 1st Cl. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company F | Mason City, Iowa |
| Otterstein, William L., Pvt. | 349th Infantry | Company I | 422 1st St., N.W., Mason City, Iowa |
| Petersen, Peter C., Mech. | 351st Infantry | Company E | Swaledale, Iowa |
| Peterson, Clarence L., Pvt. | 313th Sanitary Train | Field Hospital Company No. 349 | Portland, Iowa |
| Raicevich, Drago V., Mech. | 349th Infantry | Company L | 609 S. Jackson St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Rorem, Henry T. | 351st Infantry | Medical Detachment | Mason City, Iowa |
| Ruiter, Engel, Jr., Pvt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company C | Meservey, iowa |
| Snyder, Willard A., Pvt. | 313th Engineer Regiment and Train | Company F | Mason City, Iowa |
| Therkilsen, Ove, Pvt. | 351st Infantry | Company G | Mason City, Iowa |
| Treston, Edward J., Sergt. | 350th Infantry | Company H | Rockwell, Iowa |
| Van Hyfte, Emils, Pvt., 1st Cl. | 351st Infantry | Company E | 4th S. West St., Mason City, Iowa |
| Yardley, Oscar R., Sergt. | 349th Infantry | Company D | Mason City, Iowa |
Source: The 88th Division in the World War of 1914-1918. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company, 1919.
Transcribed for Cerro Gordo County IAGenWeb by Jennifer Gunderson. (Oct 2021)
Transcribed for Cerro Gordo County IAGenWeb by Jennifer Gunderson. (Oct 2021)