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
BazelCyril W.20BurlingtonIowaSgt.
FeeRodney R.18BurlingtonIowaCpl
HoodNorman R.20BurlingtonIowaSgt.
MartinEdwin J.21BurlingtonIowaCpl.
McKeeFrank F.25BurlingtonIowaCpl.
PierceBenjamin A.26BurlingtonIowaSgt.
SmithEdgar F.20BurlingtonIowaCpl.
StephensRalph F.20BurlingtonIowaSgt.
WenickeLouis H.21BurlingtonIowaCpl.
WernerFrank E.23BurlingtonIowaCpl.
WoodruffLloyd22BurlingtonIowaCpl.

Privates First Class

SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
AGE
RESIDENCE
BIRTHPLACE
BurkLeslie C.22BurlingtonIllinois
FosterWilliam H.19BurlingtonMissouri
HauserRalph A.19BurlingtonMissouri
JohnsonHarry T.28BurlingtonIowa
SpecketerEarl C.25BurlingtonIowa
WiedemannClaus19BurlingtonIowa

Privates

SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
AGE
RESIDENCE
BIRTHPLACE
ArmstrongAlbert C.20BurlingtonIowa
BirckGlen W.21BurlingtonIowa
BowmanWillard J.19BurlingtonIllinois
BradfieldJohn S.18BurlingtonIowa
BrownFrank J.19BurlingtonIowa
ClarkeHarry J.20BurlingtonIllinois
CornettRay21BurlingtonIowa
CrosleyJoseph E.29BurlingtonIowa
DaileyHenry25BurlingtonIowa
DillworthClarence18BurlingtonIllinois
DobneyRichard Everett26GlenwoodIowa
FooteErnest18BurlingtonIllinois
GallagherRoy D.18BurlingtonIowa
GustafsonGustaf H.24BurlingtonIowa
HandRalph L.18BurlingtonIllinois
HouchinMitchel18BurlingtonKentucky
JarvisCarl H.20BurlingtonIowa
JohnsonVernon19BurlingtonIowa
LindgrenHarry J.21BurlingtonIowa
LuersOtto R.21West BurlingtonIowa
McCordCharles M.22BurlingtonIowa
MeckWilliam20BurlingtonIowa
MeyerWalter F.19BurlingtonIowa
NelsonRobert N.20BurlingtonSweden
ParkerEddie F.20BurlingtonIowa
RiceBen27BurlingtonIowa
RodinEvald M.20Burlington---
SchwartzCarl P.18BurlingtonIowa
UptonTheodore E.19BurlingtonIowa

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