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Roy Stewart top second from the left was a medical corpsman of the 126th Field Artillery
during World War I. He recalled how medical supplies ran out during the ocean voyage
to France and 202 soldiers of a crew of 2,800 died of influenza and pneumonia.



1918 Draft Registrations

Men leaving for Examination for WWI

Picture of Vern Nelson in Uniform



Men Who Served

Allen Baxter, World War I, Coast Guard

Charles Barrett, 1917-1918, World War I, US Army

Isaac Amza Hanks, 1917-1918, World War I, Army

George Irvin Martin, 1918, World War I

John William McIntosh, Jr., 1918-1819, World War I, U.S. Army

Alvin W. Sierks, 1918, World War I, Navy

Merrill R. Sierks, 1918, World War I, Navy

Ralph H. Sierks, 1918, World War I, Navy

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The Gold Star Men of Ida County, Iowa
World War I Veterans

Magnus C. Anderson
Battle Creek
Died in mid-ocean from influenza and pneumonia
on October 4, 1918, a member of 4th Replacement Regiment.

Eddie J. S. Bauer
Holstein
Killed November 4, 1918 in Argonne, member of
replacement regiment, having belonged to July 25 quota.

Vinton Bradshaw
Ida Grove
Killed in action July 27, 1918, a member of
Co. K 168th Infantry, in the Marne salient.

William H. Dessel
Holstein
Killed in action on October 13, 1918, died of
influenza and pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Ia., a member of September 5 quota.

Walter Dibbern
Galva
Died October 14, 1918 from influenza and
pneumonia at Camp Dodge, Ia., a member of July 25 quota.

William Groth
Battle Creek
Killed in action September 15, 1918 at St.
Mihiel, a member of Co. B, 168th infantry.

Carl O. Hansen
Battle Creek
Died from disease in France on January 1919,
a member of the September 22, 1917 quota.

Thomas Irwin
Silver Creek Township, Ida County
Killed in action on July 15, 1918 near Chateau
Thierry, a member of Co. E 58th Infantry.

Andrew J. Johnson
Hayes Township
Died December 10, 1918 from pneumonia in
France, a member of the July 25 quota.

Morton Jorgensen
Ida Grove
Died on June 28, 1918 at Camp Dodge.

Lieut. Leo McNamara
Ida Grove
Killed in action on October 16, 1918 in the Argonne.

Louis Meindl
Ida Grove
Died April 22, 1918 from pneumonia at Sweeney
Auto School, Kansas City, Missouri.

Douglas Morrice
Battle Creek
Died on September 24, 1918 of influence and pneumonia at Camp Devens,
Massachusetts, a member of July 29 quota to Camp Forrest, Georgia.

William Munz
Holstein
Died in February 1919 from disease in France,
a member of 352 Infantry.

Harry Osteen
Ida Grove
Killed on July 18, 1918 in the Marne counter
offensive, a member of Co. H 347th Infantry.

Ira Powell
Douglas Township
Killed in Argonne on October 30, 1918,
a member of Replacement Regiment, quota of July 25, 1918.

Marshall Salmon
Arthur
Died from disease in France on November 8, 1918,
a member of the July 25 quota.

Jens Saxen
Battle Creek
Died October 20 in England from pneumonia,
quota of June 28, 1918 to Camp Dodge, entered service at Ida County.

Alfred Shaffer
Ida Grove
Died in action in France on August 18, 1918,
a member of Co. F 39th Infantry.

Floyd E. Stephan
Ida Grove
Died from influenza and pneumonia on October 15, 1918 at Camp Dodge,
a member of the September 5 quota.

Elbert Stone
Ida Grove
Died of injuries received when steamer Moldavia was torpedoed
in the English Channel on May 25, 1918, a member of Co. E 58th Inf.

Ferdinand Wiese
Holstein
Died in France from bronchial pneumonia on
October 22, 1918, quota of June 28 to Camp Dodge, Iowa.

Contributed by Conley Wolterman.
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