SPECIMEN LISTS OF IOWA MEN AND WOMEN LOST IN THE WORLD WAR

by Edgar R. Harlan

        Our institution set out to list and thus commemorate all Iowa men and women who died in uniform under the Stars and Stripes and its associated emblems in the World War.  Miss Martha A. Watson has been in charge of our World War division and has devoted her whole time and energy to the task.  Names of those who survived and returned to civil life will of course occur in the formal rosters of the state and in other publications of public and private character.

        The names of the Gold Star men of the World War which appear in this issue are from twenty counties in northwestern Iowa.

        While much careful study and effort has been given to compiling the names and data for this Honor Roll for all the counties in Iowa, we can not assert that they are in any county absolutely correct.  We have asked persons and organizations in all counties to assist us in this work. Some have given effective cooperation while others have been slow to respond.

        The Honor Roll is composed of the names of the Iowa men and women who died while actually in the service.  Many died from a direct cause of the war soon after they were discharged. It may seem that they should be named in the list.  If so, those too who died still later should be included.  Therefore we have made our lists to include only those who died before they were discharged.

        In arranging the names in counties, as we have done, we can not always be sure they are accurate, for many of them gave rural free delivery addresses that may take them into adjacent counties.

        Many Iowa men entered the United States service in other states or enlisted in the Canadian Army.  These may have no Iowa record except as they are reported to us by their families or friends.  We have included all these of whom we have learned in the Honor Roll.

source of article (verbatim transcription):  This article on page 358 within Specimen Lists of Iowa Men and Women Lost in the World War, in “Annals of Iowa”, 3rd series, volume XV, issue 5, July, 1926, pages 358 - 376 (list of WWI deaths in twenty counties of northwest Iowa)

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ALLEN, Fred, private, died at camp in California

BARTKA, Otto Wm., private, died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts

BERRY, Elmer E., private, died at Chelsea, Massachusetts

BRUCE, Raymond McDonald, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa

CONDON, Emmet Patrick, private, died at Camp Grant, Illinois

COOKSEY, Harry Everett, private, died at Camp Pike, Arkansas

CUMMING, Cecil C., private, killed in action in France

ENO, Im L., corporal, killed in action in France

HOOVER, Ralph W., private, died at Fort Stevens, Oregon

KENNEY, Raymond L., wagoner, killed in action in France

KLINGBEIL, Frank, private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa

LAMBERTSON, George, private, died at Fort Bliss, Texas

LARIMAR, Clifford A., private, killed in action in France

NOMANN, John E., private, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa

RICHARDS, Lowell, private, died in West Indies

RICKLEFS, John H., private, died of disease in France

RUNYON, Clyde, private, died in camp in United States

SCHMIDT, William, private, killed in action in France

SMITH, William McKinley, private, died in camp in United States

STEINER, William D., private, died of disease in France

STRONG, John Ray, appr. seaman, died at Great Lakes, Illinois

THOMPSON, John, lieutenant, died at Tineola, New York

WAUGH, Frank, private (S. A. T. C.), died at Ames, Iowa

WILSON, Charles E., private, killed in action in France

WOOD, Clayton Clark, private, died of disease in France

WOOD, Percy Eugene, private, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky

source of Pocahontas County’s list of WWI deaths (verbatim transcription):   Pocahontas County’s list on page 372 within Specimen Lists of Iowa Men and Women Lost in the World War, in “Annals of Iowa”, 3rd series, volume XV, issue 5, July, 1926, pages 358 - 376

transcriber’s note:  S. A. T. C. is an acronym for Student Army Training Corps (military training units for college students)

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