Palo Alto Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project

Men From Palo Alto Co, Iowa Who Served in the World War 1917-1918

Roster of the Men and Women who served in the Army or Naval Service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 

Name: Alfred Anderson
Army #: 52,459
Registrant: no, enlisted prior
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1897
Parent's Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Jamestown, on June 2, 1917; served in Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company H, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company A, 26th Infantry, to Aug. 14, 1918; Prisoner of War Escort Company No. 20, to Oct. 29, 1918; Company G, 329th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Jan. 31, 1919; wounded, severely, May 27, 1918; wounded, slightly, July 18, 1918. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 12, 1919, as a Private. Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Entitled to wear a silver star.

Name: Thomas William Galleger
Army #: 2,703,024
Registrant: yes, Mountrail county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1894
Parent's Origin: of Irish-American parents
Occupation: telegrapher
Comment: inducted at Stanley on June 24, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Headquarters Company, 337th Field Artillery, to July 19, 1918; 5th Company, 2nd Battalion, 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 28, 1918; Company A, 313th Field Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918; overseas from Aug. 17, 1918, to May 29, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 11, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.


Name: Ralph Garfield Gilbert
Army #: 3,419,601
Registrant: yes, Ward county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, N. Dak.
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1891
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Minot on Oct. 14, 1918; sent to Vancouver Barracks, Wash.; served in 27th Company, Casual Detachment, Spruce Squadron Division, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Dec. 28, 1918, as a Private.



Name: John Peter Hollander
Army #: 2,858,757
Registrant: yes, Slope county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 06 Aug 1896
Parent's Origin: of German-American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Amidon on April 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company F, 35th Infantry, to May 14, 1918; Battery B, 343rd Field Artillery, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, June 1, 1919; overseas from June 28, 1918, to June 6, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 16, 1919, as a Prvate 1st Class.



Name: Walter Hopkins
Army #: 2,147,975
Registrant: yes, Stutsman county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1887
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: drayman
Comment: inducted at Jamestown on April 2, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company D, 527th Service Battalion, Engineers, to May 9, 1918; 163rd Depot Brigade, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Dec. 24, 1918, as a Private.



Name: Joseph Joswick
Army #: 2,858,253
Registrant: yes, Stark county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1890
Parent's Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation: railroad switchman
Comment: inducted at Dickinson on April 29, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company C, 313th Engineers, to discharge. Grade: Wagoner, June 11, 1918; overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to June 6, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 16, 1919, as a Wagoner.


Name: Madison William Klotz, Jr.
Army #: 2,146,068
Registrant: yes, Louisa county, Iowa
Birth Place: Columbus Junction, Iowa
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1893
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: salesman
Comment: inducted at Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Feb. 23, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery D, 339th Field Artillery, to March 26, 1918; Battery B, 55th Engineers, to May 12, 1918; Company A, 55th Engineers, to discharge. Grade; 1st Sergeant, May, 1918. Discharged on Oct. 14, 1918, as a 1st Sergeant, to accept commission. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1918; assigned to 153rd Depot Brigade, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., on Dec. 19, 1918, as a 2nd Lieutenant.



Name: Andrew J. Kronholm
Army #: 3,679,357
Registrant: yes, Palo Alto county, Iowa
Birth Place: Denmark
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1894
Parent's Origin: citizenship, (not given)
Occupation: not given
Comment: inducted at Emmetsburg, Iowa, on June 26, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company C, 351st Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Sept. 20, 1918; overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to May 31, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 7, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.



Name: Leo Franklin McCue
Army #: 4,034,382
Registrant: yes, Foster county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 21 Jul 1892
Parent's Origin: of American-Canadian parents
Occupation: real estate man
Comment: inducted at Carrington on July 22, 1918; sent to Camp Custer, Mich.; served in 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 14, 1918; Supply Company, 40th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Sergeant, Sept. 13, 1918; Regimental Supply Sergeant, Nov. 2, 1918. Discharged at Camp Custer, Mich., on Feb. 11, 1919, as a Regimental Supply Sergeant.



Name: Leo Edward McGrath
Army #: 509,200
Registrant: yes, Foster county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1881
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: merchant
Comment: inducted at Carrington on May 9, 1918; sent to Fort Logan, Colo.; served in Company G, 8th Ammunition Train, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, July 2, 1918; Sergeant, Aug. 15, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 12, 1919, as a Sergeant.

Name: Tad Moore
Army #: 2,559,404
Registrant: yes, Ramsey county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1892
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: chauffeur
Comment: inducted at Devils Lake on March 28, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to April 20, 1918; Company L, 140th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from May 3, 1918, to April 28, 1919. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Gerardmer (Alsace); Grange-le-Comte (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 7, 1919, as a Private.


Name: William C. Newman
Army #: 4,414,738
Registrant: yes, Eddy county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1897
Parent's Origin: of German parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at New Rockford on Sept. 4, 1918; sent to Camp Grant, Ill.; served in 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; Training Company, 18th Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 9, 1919, as a Private.


Name: George Bernard Patterson
Army #: 47,906
Registrant: yes, Mora, Minn.
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa,
Birth Date: 07 Aug 1893
Parent's Origin: of Norwegian-American parents
Occupation: lumberman
Comment: enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Minot, on July 14, 1917; called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917; served in Company A, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, to Oct. 13, 1917; Company D, 164th Infantry, to Jan. 9, 1918; Company I, 18th Infantry, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, July 15, 1917; Private, Nov. 1, 1917; Private 1st Class, April 25, 1918; Corporal, Oct. 19, 1918; overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Sept. 4, 1919; wounded, slightly, July 19, 1918. Engagements: Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Sept. 24, 1919, as a Corporal. Cited in General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 1, 1920, for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services. Cited in General Orders No. 5, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade, AEF. Selters, Germany, June 1, 1919, for gallant conduct and self-sacrificing spirit displayed during the battles of Montdidier-Noyon defensive: Aisne-Marne offensive: St. Mihiel offensive; Meuse-Argonne offensive. The success of these engagements was due to the efforts and spirit of the officers and enlisted men engaged. Entitled to wear two silver stars.


Name: Schuyler J. Reed
Army #: 4,556,702
Registrant: yes, McHenry county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1897
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: teacher
Comment: inducted at Grand Forks on Oct. 6, 1918; sent to University of North Dakota; served in Students Army Training Corps, to discharge. Discharged at Grand Forks, N. Dak., on Dec. 17, 1918, as a Private.


Name: Halver Christian Riersen
Army #: 3,679,576
Registrant: yes, Burke county
Birth Place: Graettinger, Iowa
Birth Date: 09 May 1894
Parent's Origin: of Norwegian parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Emmetsburg, Iowa, on June 26, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 13, 1918; Company K, 351st Infantry, to Aug. 10, 1918; Casual (In Hospital), to Sept. 9, 1918; Overseas Casual Company No. 396, to Oct. 10, 1918; 1st Battalion, 329th Infantry, to Oct. 14, 1918; Company E, 120th Infantry, to Feb. 7, 1919; Camp Dodge Detachment, 120th Infantry, to discharge; overseas from Sept. 16, 1918, to April 13, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 23, 1919, as a Private.


Name: Arthur Alphonso Schmeltzer
Army #: 2,851,718
Registrant: yes, McLean county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1892
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: brakeman
Comment: inducted at Washburn on April 26, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to Nov. 13, 1918; Company B, 56th Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Sept. 1, 1918; Private, Nov. 13, 1918; Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1918; 1st Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 31, 1919, as a 1st Sergeant.


Name: William Orlando Skeels
Army #: 3,681,415
Registrant: yes, Barnes county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1892
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: auto mechanic
Comment: inducted at Valley City on June 27, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company B, 337th Machine Gun Battalion, to July 19, 1918; 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 30, 1918; 88th Military Police Company, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1918; overseas from Aug. 16, 1918, to June 4, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 15, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.


Name: David Selvester Winmill
Army #: 870,232
Registrant: yes, Mercer county
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1896
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Stanton on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery F, 338th Field Artillery, to Feb. 14, 1918; 449th Aero Squadron, (55th Spruce Squadron), to discharge. Discharged at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., on Jan. 2, 1919, as a Private.

Name: Walter Clarence Brown
Army #: 1,039,250
Registrant: yes, Phillips county, Mont.
Birth Place: West Bend, Iowa
Birth Date: 17 Aug 1892
Parent's Origin: of Danish-German parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: enlisted at Spokane, Wash., on June 11, 1917; sent to Fort George Wright, Wash.; served in Battery A, 10th Field Artillery, to July 5, 1917; Supply Company, 10th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Wagoner, July 11, 1917; Mechanic, Nov. 1, 1918; overseas from May 26, 1918, to Aug. 23, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive: Champagne-Marne. Defensive Sector: Chateau-Thierry (Champagne). Discharged at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., on Sept. 2, 1919, as a Mechanic.

Name: Ora Clifford Salisbury
Army #: 88,021
Registrant: no, enlisted prior
Birth Place: West Bend, Iowa
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1894
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: mason
Comment: enlisted in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Grand Forks, on Aug. 5, 1915; called into federal service on June 19, 1916, for Mexican border duty and served there until discharge; discharged from federal service at Fort Snelling, Minn., on Feb. 14, 1917, and resumed National Guard status; called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917; served in Company M, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company M, 164th Infantry), to Oct. 15, 1918; Infantry Candidates School, La Valbonne Ain, France, to Dec. 20, 1918; 2nd Depot Division Embarkation Center, to discharge. Grades: Corporal, Aug. 15, 1917; Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1917; overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to Feb. 28, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on March 14, 1919, as a Sergeant.

Name: Ray Covert Blanchard
Army #: 3,950,644
Registrant: yes, McKenzie county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1893
Parent's Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Schafer on Aug. 28, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in 166th Depot Brigade, to Sept. 24, 1918; 5th Provisional Battalion, Engineers, Motor Park Cantonment Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to Oct. 18, 1918; Company A, 93rd Engineers, to Oct. 25, 1918; Company D, Development Battalion No. 1, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to discharge. Discharged on Dec. 9, 1918, as a Private.


Name: Donald David Bolyard
Army #: 1,124,178
Registrant: yes, Mountrail county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1893
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on June 8, 1917; home awaiting orders until Aug. 9, 1917; served at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., to Dec. 7, 1917; Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass., to April 20, 1918; Receiving Barracks, New London, Conn., to May 20, 1918; USS C-345, to Nov. 11, 1918. Grades: Apprentice Seaman, 85 days; Seaman 2nd Class, 228 days; Electrician 2nd Class, Radio, 208 days. Discharged at Minneapolis, Minn., on June 23, 1919, as an Electrician 1st Class.


Name: George Glen Bolyard
Army #: 3,077,194
Registrant: yes, Mountrail county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1896
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: enlisted at Minot on July 4, 1918; sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; served in 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Franklin Cantonment, Camp Meade, Md., to Feb. 4, 1919; 14th Service Company, Signal Corps, Camp Meade, Md., to March 10, 1919; 15th Service Company, Signal Corps, Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on May 24, 1919, as a Private 1st Class, Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, 10%.


Name: Lee Henry McFarlane
Army #: 2,171,072
Registrant: yes, Renville county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1895
Parent's Origin: of Canadian-American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Mohall on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery B, 338th Field Artillery, to Oct. 4, 1917; Headquarters Company, 338th Field Artillery, to Oct. 17, 1917; Wagon Company No. 322, Auxiliary Remount Depot, Quartermaster Corps, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 5, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.


Name: William Maitland
Army #: 4,038,546
Registrant: yes, Kidder county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1890
Parent's Origin: of (nationality of parents not given)
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Steele on July 23, 1918; sent to Camp Custer, Mich.; served in 160th Depot Brigade, to Aug. 19, 1918; Headquarters Troop, 14th Division, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 25, 1919, as a Private.


Name: Fred Leroy Morris
Army #: 2,143,793
Registrant: yes, Mercer county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 04 Jun 1896
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: banker
Comment: inducted at Stanton on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery E, 338th Field Artillery, to Oct. 10, 1918; Headquarters Company, 338th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Bugler, Jan. 2, 1918; Private, Oct. 5, 1918; Private 1st Class, Oct. 5, 1918; Sergeant Bugler, Oct. 10, 1918; overseas from Aug. 18, 1918, to Jan. 5, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 16, 1919, as a Sergeant Bugler.


Name: Jesse Lyle Starr
Army #: 2,704,674
Registrant: yes, Divide county
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Iowa
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1891
Parent's Origin: of American parents
Occupation: farmer
Comment: inducted at Crosby on June 24, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in 163rd Depot Brigade, to July 19, 1918; Company B, 313th Engineers, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 15, 1918, to June 6, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 16, 1919, as a Private.

Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918, Volumes I-XXIII. Columbus, OH: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1926.

Name: Edward D. McDonald
Serial Number: 2525822
Race: W
Residence: 41 Washington Ave., Warren, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army
Enlistment Location: Ithaca, N. Y.
Enlistment Date: 12 Mar 1918
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Ia.
Birth Date / Age: 27 10/12 Years
Assigns Comment: School of Aerial Photography to 14 Aug 1918; 13 Photo Section AS to Discharge Private, first class 1 Oct 1918; Corporal 1 Dec 1918. American Expeditionary Forces 30 Aug 1918 to 27 June 1919. Honorable discharge 15 July 1919.
Volume #: 11

Maryland in the World War, 1917-1919; Military and Naval Service Records, Vol. I-II. Baltimore, MD: Twentieth Century Press, 1933

Name: Hosmer Pearson Hartshorn
Race: white
Address: Kensington, Montgomery Co.
Birth Place: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Birth Date: 08 Nov 1896
Comment: Ind 7/16/18 pvt, 15 Co Chesapeake Bay CAC; Btry B 41 Arty CAC 10/4/18; 41 Arty Brig 10/30/18, Hon disch 12/6/18