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WWI Iowa National Guard as of June 30, 1918 Jefferson County and Brighton (Washington Co.) |
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WWI Iowa National Guard as of June 30, 1918 Jefferson County and Brighton (Washington Co.) |
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The National Guard of Iowa, as of June 30, 1918, consisted of one
brigade of infantry (3 regiments), First Infantry, Second Infantry and
Third Infantry, as well as many other outfits. The Third Infantry
was made up of fifteen companies, one of which was Company M, Red
Oak, Montgomery County. These three regiments went on to fight in the
battles of Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, Argonne and
Sedan in France in World War I as part of the 168th Infantry of the famed
Rainbow Division. Members of Company M who came from Jefferson County,
Iowa, are listed here.
Transcriber - Cathy Labath - labaths@worldnet.att.net
Commissioned Officers
| Surname | Given Name | Age | Residence | Birthplace | Rank |
| Briggs | Charles O. | 38 | Red Oak | Iowa | 1st Lieutenant |
| Christopher | John C. | 27 | Red Oak | Iowa | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Ross | Lloyd D. | 42 | Red Oak | Iowa | Captain |
Non-Commissioned Officers
| Surname | Given Name | Age | Residence | Birthplace | Rank |
| Blank | Otis Paul | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Boustead | George R. | 39 | Woodbine | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Brooks | Philip A. | 25 | New Hampshire | Cpl. | |
| Butler | John Donald | 22 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Davis | Loren W. | 26 | Libertyville | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Donovan | Timothy J. | 22 | Cherokee | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Durfee | Benjamin F. | 19 | Fairfield | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Enokson | Ruben L. | 22 | Cherokee | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Fall | Henry H. | 23 | Red Oak | Kansas | Cpl. |
| Faulkner | Lloyd E. | 27 | Fairfield | Nebraska | Cpl. |
| Ferguson | Donald V. | 22 | Red Oak | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Freeburg | Thure | 23 | Red Oak | Sweden | Cpl. |
| Fulton | W. Wayne | 19 | Fairfield | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Graves | Cecil B. | 24 | Red Oak | Missouri | Supply Sgt. |
| Gross | John J. | 29 | Fairfield | Minnesota | Cpl. |
| Hamilton | Byron W. | 24 | Pleasant Plain | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Hardwick | Russell | 23 | Red Oak | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Hart | Claude V. | 27 | Cherokee | South Dakota | Cpl. |
| Hawkins | Owen C. | 42 | Red Oak | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Hobbs | Clem. | 24 | Red Oak | Missouri | Sgt. |
| Hoke | Arnold | 24 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Holtman | William H. | 29 | Atlantic | Illinois | Cpl. |
| Johnson | Oscar F. | 38 | Red Oak | Iowa | 1st Sgt. |
| Killion | James W. | 23 | Cherokee | Nebraska | Cpl. |
| Larson | Clarence Arthur | 23 | Red Oak | Nebraska | Sgt. |
| Lepley | Edward C. | 19 | Red Oak | Pennsylvania | Cpl. |
| Lepley | James B. | 22 | Red Oak | Pennsylvania | Sgt. |
| Lewis | Russell | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Longstreet | Glendon A. | 23 | Red Oak | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Marcher | George O. | 21 | Alta | Denmark | Cpl. |
| McManus | Everett G. | 24 | Cherokee | Sgt. | |
| Morse | Jesse C. | 33 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl |
| Nelson | Carl O. | 21 | Fairfield | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Oats | Reuben A. | 22 | Fairfield | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Reiley | Oliver | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Roberts | Ralph E. | 20 | Atlantic | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Salts | Ralph H. | 21 | Fairfield | Indiana | Cpl. |
| Sanks | Chas. E. Jr. | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Scott | Lloyd T. | 27 | Cherokee | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Shaeffer | Harold | 22 | Storm Lake | Illinois | Cpl. |
| Shields | C. Floyd | 23 | Fairfield | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Shontz | William E. | 28 | Correctionville | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Smith | Jay D. | 19 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Stansberry | Lane E. | 23 | Fairfield | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Swanson | Joseph C. | 22 | Red Oak | Sweden | Cpl. |
| Totty | Clarence | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa | Sgt. |
| Wilson | Earl W. | 23 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cpl. |
| Young | Raymond B. | 25 | Hume, Illinois | Illinois | Cpl. |
Cooks, Musicians, etc.
| Surname | Given Name | Age | Residence | Birthplace | Rank |
| Elwood | George R. | 28 | Red Oak | Nebraska | Mechanic |
| Fife | Orville G. | 23 | Red Oak | Iowa | Bugler |
| Gillfillan | Lee | 37 | Carson | Missouri | Cook |
| Hemenway | Ira A. | 23 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cook |
| Lynch | Donald D. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa | Mechanic |
| Roof | Lester L. | 29 | Red Oak | Iowa | Cook |
| Smith | Omrie A. | 18 | Red Oak | Missouri | Bugler |
| Taylor | Frank J. | 24 | Villisca | Iowa | Cook |
Privates 1st Class
| Surname | Given Name | Age | Residence | Birthplace |
| Anderson | Clarence A. | 22 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Axline | Samuel E. | 35 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Bailey | William H. Jr. | 25 | Red Oak | Missouri |
| Burkhart | George H. | 25 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Chew | Lester L. | 21 | Elliott | Iowa |
| Clement | Carl C. | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Comingore | Clifford E. | 24 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Cooks | Wesley V. | 25 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Crane | Ernest R. | 18 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| Crowder | Frank C. | (none given) | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Dinsmore | Frank L. | 21 | Farragut | Iowa |
| Dunn | Joseph A. | 25 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| Dyvad | Carl C. | (none given) | Sioux City | (none given) |
| Embree | Arthur H. | 24 | Elliott | Iowa |
| Emry | Roy C. | 20 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Francen | Otto | 29 | Red Oak | Sweden |
| Gardner | Jess | 24 | Atlantic | Missouri |
| Gilbert | Flavil C. | 22 | Libertyville | Colorado |
| Goodwin | Roy | 22 | Hampton | (none given) |
| Hawkins | George H. | (none given) | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Hickman | Walter L. | 21 | Henderson | Kansas |
| Hull | Clarence D. | 18 | Fairfield | (none given) |
| Johnston | Harvey W. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Jones | Preston W. | 19 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Killion | Clarence R. | 23 | Fairfield | Illinois |
| Kjar | Harold | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Klema | William J. | 23 | Sutherland | Iowa |
| Kringel | Carl S. | 21 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Leyda | James B. | 19 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| McMurray | Charles | 23 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Mefferd | Charles | 24 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Miller | Henry | 19 | Red Oak | Kansas |
| Morrill | Loyd L. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Moyer | LeRoy E. | 24 | Cherokee | Pennsylvania |
| Nelson | Rollie B. | 20 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Peterson | Harold H. | 21 | Aurelia | Illinois |
| Phelps | Arthur | 25 | Henderson | Iowa |
| Russell | Austin O. | 21 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Schaefer | William E. | 26 | Fairfield | Ohio |
| Sharkey | William H. | (none given) | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Shay | William A. | 22 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Shepperd | Guy | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Smith | Charles T. | 20 | Washta | Iowa |
| Smith | Forest S. | 20 | Red Oak | Nebraska |
| Spence | Frank B. Jr. | 21 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Starr | Ira | (none given) | Moulton | Missouri |
| Stephenson | Maurice | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Turner | Fred D. | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Wilken | Alt C. | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Wilson | Norbert T. | 18 | Elliott | Iowa |
Privates
| Surname | Given Name | Age | Residence | Birthplace |
| Adkins | Ben H. | 20 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Anderson | Elery M. | 22 | Elliott | Illinois |
| Anderson | Vivian D. | 26 | Cherokee | Nebraska |
| Archer | Ralph A. | 25 | Imogene | Iowa |
| Bailey | McKinley | 19 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Barnes | Lyle W. | 18 | Quimby | Iowa |
| Beale | Robert D. | 21 | Elliott | Missouri |
| Beam | Sidney | 26 | Riverton | Nebraska |
| Behmer | Albert E. | (record incomplete) | ||
| Bennett | John | 20 | Hamburg | Missouri |
| Birdsall | John T. | 21 | Atlantic | Nebraska |
| Black | Lesterr C. | 26 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Bleasdall | Joseph H. | 18 | Holstein | Iowa |
| Bolio | Lee | 21 | Carson | Missouri |
| Bolt | George B. | 20 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Boone | Joel S. | 21 | Elliott | Missouri |
| Bosley | Clarence A. | 21 | Storm Lake | Iowa |
| Breese | Roy E. | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Brewer | Neil O. | 19 | Sutherland | Iowa |
| Brosz | Jacob | 22 | Atlantic | South Dakota |
| Brown | Frank R. | 18 | Red Oak | Nebraska |
| Brown | Walter R. | 22 | Fairfield | Indiana |
| Burch | Elton W. | 20 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| Butler | Ted A. | (none given) | Sutherland | (none given) |
| Campbell | Marion R. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Cannon | Ralph J. | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Cardio | Joe | 25 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Caton | Joe R. | 21 | Griswold | Missouri |
| Clark | Fredrick W. | 19 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Cleland | Clarence | 25 | Riverton | Iowa |
| Coffman | Oscar J. | 18 | Brighton | Iowa |
| Cocklin | Frank N. | 19 | Griswold | Missouri |
| Coker | Raymond D. | 19 | Atlantic | Minnesota |
| Colter | Willie C. | 25 | Fairfield | Missouri |
| Condon | William J. | 18 | Storm Lake | Rhode Island |
| Conley | Cecil M. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Crawford | Roscoe | 18 | Emerson | Missouri |
| Crissy | George D. | 18 | Storm Lake | Iowa |
| Culp | Lloyd | 23 | Macedonia | Iowa |
| Culver | Paul E. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Cusworth | James L. | 21 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Daft | Guy | 19 | Grant | Iowa |
| Davison | Edgar C. | 26 | Brighton | Iowa |
| Denlinger | Paul | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Dimmitt | Clifford E. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Dunn | Charles M. | 24 | Red Oak | Missouri |
| Dyslin | Ronald L. | 20 | Aurelia | Iowa |
| Edwards | John H. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Erlewine | Herman | 21 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Evans | Louie H. | (record incomplete) | ||
| Everett | Joseph M. | Red Oak | Iowa | |
| Filpot | Thomas B. | (none given) | Red Oak | Missouri |
| Foster | Vanis R. | 20 | Brighton | Missouri |
| Fudge | Joseph O. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Gilchrist | Charles V. | 26 | Albert City | Iowa |
| Goddard | Loren S. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Grashoff | Henry W. | 23 | Aurelia | Minnesota |
| Gray | Thomas J. | 31 | Elliott | Iowa |
| Griffith | Marion C. | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Gumm | Warren V. | 31 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Hastert | Henry | 26 | Cherokee | Nebraska |
| Haworth | Fred F. | 21 | Richland | Iowa |
| Hill | Byron L. | 23 | Sutherland | Iowa |
| Hopper | Sidney | 22 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Hopple | Charles H. | 27 | Brighton | Ohio |
| Hubbell | Max L. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Jarvis | Edwin L. | 18 | Red Oak | North Dakota |
| Jensen | Paul J. | (record incomplete) | ||
| Johnson | Alvin L. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Johnson | Leslie | 22 | Riverton | Iowa |
| Johnson | Lloyd | 20 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Jolly | Harry O. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Jones | George F. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Jones | Roy D. | 34 | Cherokee | Kansas |
| Jones | William B. | 20 | Griswold | Iowa |
| Kielty | Thomas F. | 23 | Tilden, Nebraska | Nebraska |
| Kindig | Russell P. | 24 | Henderson | Iowa |
| Kirk | Earl R. | 23 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Kirk | Paul N. | 21 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Kringel | Glen | 24 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Lary | Ray W. | 20 | Griswold | Iowa |
| Lee | George H. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Lee | Harold E. | 18 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| Lewis | Frank | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Littlefield | Ralph E. | 18 | Cherokee | Iowa |
| Longstreet | Jack Y. | 21 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Lueth | Louis L. | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Lynch | Leon B. | 30 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| McConnelee | Irvin O. | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Mahlandt | Harry C. | 23 | Atlantic | Illinois |
| Martz | Raymond A. | 18 | Storm Lake | Missouri |
| Mayers | Earl | 25 | Riverton | Missouri |
| Mitchell | Sherly R. | 21 | Dawson | Illinois |
| Monk | Lawson | 19 | Riverton | Missouri |
| Munday | Leonidus S. | 18 | Red Oak | Missouri |
| Myers | Orten E. | 23 | Douds Leando (sic) | Iowa |
| Neese | William A. | 19 | Elliott | Ohio |
| Nord | Elmer V. | (none given) | Red Oak | Sweden |
| Nylander | Guss W. | (none given) | Red Oak | Sweden |
| Petty | Robert G. | 21 | Carson | Iowa |
| Phares | Ray L. | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Phillips | Frank | 24 | Douds | Iowa |
| Pierce | Karl O. | 20 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Poch | Fred W. | 23 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Pue | Herbert B. | 21 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Porterfield | Frank P. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Prizer | Moyle R. | 18 | Brighton | Iowa |
| Reed | Robert H. | 19 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Reynolds | George | 20 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Ristine | Shirl E. | 18 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Robbins | Calvin L. | 19 | Griswold | Pennsylvania |
| Robinson | Carl F. | 25 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Robinson | Fred J. | 19 | Storm Lake | Iowa |
| Rogge | Paul C. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Rudig | Albert L. | 18 | Griswold | Iowa |
| Shafer | Terry M. | 18 | Brighton | Iowa |
| Shoafstall | Roy F. | 20 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Sims | Phil R. | 18 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Singley | Charley G. | (none given) | Red Oak | Illinois |
| Smith | Edward C. | 24 | Fairfield | Oklahoma |
| Smith | La Mor | 24 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Smith | Roy | 21 | Carson | Misssouri |
| Spence | Irmen F. | 21 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Spencer | Clyde M. | 20 | Griswold | Iowa |
| Spohn | Herman T. | 18 | Brighton | Iowa |
| Steele | Oscar A. | 22 | Cherokee | Sweden |
| Taylor | Cecil U. | (none given) | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Taylor | Oscar M. | 18 | Ottumwa | Kansas |
| Telfer | John P. | 18 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Thornton | Oral K. | 31 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Tinker | Winthrop F. | 25 | Peterson | Iowa |
| Tobins | James H. | 23 | Cherokee | Indiana |
| Treptow | Martin A. | 24 | Cherokee | Wisconsin |
| Turk | Glen L. | (none given) | Red Oak | Colorado |
| Turk | Henry A. | 27 | Atlantic | (none given) |
| Van Oyen | August | 25 | Fairfield | Belgium |
| Vining | Percival L. | 20 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Warner | Walter O. | 20 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Weiss | Louis | 18 | Woodbine | Iowa |
| Wilkins | Harold B. | 20 | Fairfield | Iowa |
| Winn | Frank Guild | 20 | Red Oak | Iowa |
| Wright | Earl A. | 27 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Wright | Everett | 19 | Atlantic | Iowa |
| Wyant | Ben F. | 20 | Griswold | Missouri |
Men Who Refused to Take National Defense Oath
| Surname | Given Name | Residence |
| Erickson | Elmer O. | Red Oak |
| Hobbs | Guy Herman | Red Oak |
| Horton | Edwin M. | Red Oak |
| Johnson | Carl A. | Red Oak |
| Liddick | C. Dewey | Red Oak |
| McMichael | Glen | Red Oak |
| Redmon | Merle | Red Oak |
| Rogers | Benjamin F. | Red Oak |
| Schmidt | Christian A. | Red Oak |
| Smith | Perley C. | Red Oak |
| Walker | Francis V. | Elliott |