CASS COUNTY HONOR ROLL
"GOLD STAR BOYS" WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I
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CECIL M. CONLEY
Atlantic
Private, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born Sept. 24, 1898; entered service April 12, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; killed in action on the Lorraine sector, March 9, 1918; buried in the American cemetery at Pexone, France; son of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Conley.
FRED D. TURNER
Atlantic
Private, 1st Class, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born Dec. 12, 1897; entered service June 7, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; killed in action by shell shock on the Lorraine sector, March 9, 1918; buried in American cemetery at Pexone, France; son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Turner.
IRWIN O. MCCONLEE
Atlantic
Private 1st Class, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born Nov. 1, 1897; entered service April 12, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; wounded May 15, 1918, on the Lorraine sector, and died May 17, in the hospital at Baccaret, where he was buried in the American cemetery; son of Mrs. Mary McConlee.
LOYD L. MORRILL
Atlantic
Private, 1st Class, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born Dec. 8, 1898; entered service April 12, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; killed on the Lorraine sector, March 17, 1918; buried in the American cemetery at Pexone, France; son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Morrill.
MAX L. HUBBEL
Atlantic
Private, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born July 14, 1900; entered service April 12, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; killed in action May 15, 1918, on Lorraine sector; buried in the American cemetery at Pexone, France; son of Mr. I. Hubbel.
PHIL A. BROOKS
Atlantic
Private, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; entered service April 12, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14, 1917; battles: Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry; killed in the battle of St. Mihiel, Sept. 12, 1918; nearest relative, Augustus Brooks, brother, Salem Falls, N. H.
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NORBERT WILSON
Elliott
Private, Co. M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born May 5, 1899; entered service June 5, 1917; sailed for France Nov. 14 1917; died from scarlet fever, Jan. 5, 1918, at Chaumont, France and buried in the American cemetery at that place; son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson.
CHARLES E. DONOHOE
Anita
Sergeant, 18th Company 5th U. S. Marines; born Oct. 5, 1895; entered service Dec. 20, 1917; arrived in France June 8, 1918; battles: Belleau Woods, Soissons, Champagne, and Chateau Thierry; wounded in left femur Oct. 3, 1918, dying on Oct. 5; buried at La Veuve, Marne, France; son of Mrs. E. E. Hyde.
OSCAR HENRY BARTLEY
Anita
Private, 82nd Company, 6th U. S. Marines; born March 14, 1896; entered service Dec. 30, 1917; sailed for France April 21, 1918; killed in battle of Soissons near Vierey, July 19, 1918; buried at Longpont, France; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartley.
GUY H. PETERS
Lewis
Private, 82nd Company, 6th U. S. Marines; born March 14, 1896; entered service Dec. 30, 1917; sailed for France April 21, 1918; killed in battle of Soissons near Vierey, July 19, 1918; buried at Longpont, France; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartley.
CLYDE A. SMELTZER
Massena
Corporal, 2nd Engineers; born April 5, 1879; entered service May 1, 1917; sailed for France Oct. 17, 1917; killed in action June 18, 1918, in Belleau Woods; nearest relative, Clarence E. Smeltzer, brother, Massena.
JAMES HOWARD SOUTH
Massena
Private, Co. B, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division; born Sept. 28, 1895; entered service July 16, 1917; sailed for France in November, 1917; battles: Lorraine, Champagne and Chateau Thierry; killed in action near Sergy, July 26, 1918; buried near Sergy; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ike South.
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LEO JENNINGS
Massena
Private, Infantry; born Oct. 22, 1893; entered service July 1918; stationed at Camp Pike; sailed for France Sept. 29, 1918; died of influenza enroute overseas, Oct. 6, 1918; buried at sea; nearest relative, Michael T. Jennings, brother, Massena, Iowa.
CLYDE J. HARRIS
Atlantic
Private, Battery D, 40th Regiment, Coast Artillery; born July 2, 1900; entered service July 5, 1918; died of pneumonia, Nov. 29, 1918, at Camp Upton, New York; buried at Atlantic, Iowa; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harris.
FRANK HENRY ENFIELD
Lewis
Private, 55th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade; born July 21, 1894; entered service Sept. 6, 1918; died of influenza at Camp Dodge, Oct. 17, 1918; buried at Lewis; son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Enfield.
RAY ENFIELD
Lewis
Private, 1st Class, 11th Company S. A. R. D.; born June 16, 1890; entered service July 23, 1918; sailed for France Sept. 22, 1918; died of tuberculosis in base hospital at St. Nazaire, France, Jan. 21, 1919; buried in American cemetery at St. Nazaire; son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Enfield.
JOSEPH A. BALLER
Lewis
Private, 11th Company S. A. R. D.; born May 8, 1892; entered service July 23, 1918; sailed for France Sept. 22, 1918; died of pneumonia at base hospital No. 101, St. Nazaire, France, Feb. 28, 1918; buried in American cemetery, St. Nazaire; son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baller.
BERNARD W. KEFFER
Lewis
Private, Co. A, 33rd Machine Gun Battalion, 87th Division; born Feb. 18, 1892; entered service Sept. 20 1917; stationed at Camps Dodge and Pike and six months in France; discharged March 18, 1919; contracted tuberculosis while in the army and died in Atlantic, Aug. 31, 1919; buried at Atlantic; son of Mrs. Jennie Keffer.
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JAMES P. MCCOURT
Atlantic
Sergeant, Co. G, 358th Infantry, 90th Division; born March 13, 1892; entered service April 29, 1918; battles: St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse; killed in action Nov. 10, 1918; son of Mrs. Sarah McCourt.
SAMUEL L. HAZARD
Atlantic
Private, Co. L, 168th Infantry; born June 2, 1897; entered service July 15, 1917; six months border service in 1916, with 3rd Iowa Infantry; sailed for France November, 1917; died from wound in jaw and gas, May 29, 1918; near Baccaret; buried in American cemetery at Baccaret, France; son of Mrs. Nettie Hazard.
SAM A. MILLER
Anita
Private, Co. C, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division; entered service July 23, 1918; sailed for France Sept. 23, 1918; wounded in both legs, Nov. 4, 1918, in Argonne-Meuse campaign, dying the same day; son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. D. Miller.
GLEN G. BLANCHARD
Griswold
Private, Depot Brigade; born Sept. 27, 1890; entered service Aug. 30, 1918; died of influenza at Camp Dodge, Oct. 10, 1918; buried at Griswold, Iowa; son of Mr. and Mrs. William Blanchard.
ANDREW M. ANDERSON
Atlantic
Private, 3rd Canadian Reserve Battalion; born March 24, 1898; entered service January, 1918; sailed for England Feb. 14, 1918; died of scarlet fever April 4, 1918, at Aldershot, England, and buried at that place; son of Mr. Claude B. Anderson.
VERNON PURVIS
Cumberland
Private, Medical Department; born Nov. 27, 1893; entered service Aug. 6, 1918; contracted pneumonia enroute overseas and died in the hospital at Brest, France, Oct. 6, 1918: buried in American cemetery at Brest; son of Mrs. S. F. Purvis.
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LOUIS C. SCHULER
Griswold
Private, Officers' Training School; born Feb. 10, 1891; entered service June 15, 1918; stationed at Iowa City and Camp Grant; died of influenza at Camp Grant, Ill., Sept. 29, 1918; buried at Griswold; son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schuler.
CARL J. LECHNER
Cumberland
Corporal, Co. B, and Co. C, 168th Infantry; born March 24, 1898; entered service July 29, 1917, sailed for France November, 1917; killed in action May 27, 1918, on Lorraine sector; son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Lechner, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
EDWARD N. HANSEN
Atlantic
Private, Infantry, born April 6, 1895; entered service July 23, 1918, stationed at Camp Pike, died of influenza at Camp Merritt, N. J., while enroute overseas, Oct. 1, 1918; buried at Atlantic; son of Mr. Sam Hansen.
GEORGE A. STENGEL
Atlantic
Private, 55th Company, 163rd Depot Brigade; born Aug. 16, 1890; entered service Sept 6, 1918, stationed at Camp Dodge; died of influenza at Camp Dodge Oct. 14, 1918; buried at Atlantic; son of Mrs. Mary Stengel.
GEORGE A. IHNEN
Atlantic
Private, Co. B, 161st Infantry; born April 24, 1896; entered service July 23, 1918; gassed during Argonne-Meuse campaign; returned to United States May 23, 1919; died at Ft. Baird, N. M., Nov. 19, 1919, of tuberculosis, which resulted from gas wounds; buried at Atlantic; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pieken.
FRANK PIEKEN
Atlantic
Private, Co. B, 161st Infantry; born April 24, 1896; entered service July 23, 1918; gassed during Argonne-Meuse campaign; returned to United States May 23, 1919; died at Ft. Baird, N. M., Nov. 19, 1919, of tuberculosis, which resulted from gas wounds; buried at Atlantic; son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pieken.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass from the Cass County in the World War 1917-1918-1919, compiled and published by J. C. Beard, Atlantic, Iowa, 1919, pp. 12-16.
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