World War I
Honor Roll of Lake County Casualties
These listings are incomplete. It is very difficult to get an accurate listing of those who served in this “War to End All Wars.” There are also many Lake County men, such as Elmo Spawn of Chester, who died of disease and are not listed here.
| Beechman, Charles C. | Madison |
| Biederstadt, John | Herman |
| Cline, William G . | Chester |
| Costlow, Ralph R. | Wentworth |
| Davis, Elmer | Madison |
| Davis, Horace | Winfred |
| Dudley, Joe E | Madison |
| Egge, Ole | Wentworth |
| Freiburghaus, Walter | Ramona |
| Hackett, Elmer E. | Madison |
| Haugen, Otto | Madison |
| Helmy, Clifford | Madison |
| Kline, William G. | Chester |
| Lunde, Hjalmar | Madison |
| McKibben, Eugene | Madison |
| Moothart, Francis D. | Madison |
| Pohlpeter, B.J. | Madison |
| Schnell, Raymond | Ramona |
| Sheron, Carl | Nunda |
| Stangeland, Nels O. | Madison |
| Stearns, William W. | Madison |
| Stenseth, Hjalmer | Nunda |
| Wolf, Henry Lewis | Ramona |
This partial listing of World War I veterans who came from Lake County was obtained from History of Lake County as well as from a memorial plaque in the Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum. Some, such as Ernest Gist and V.A. Lowry did not come to Lake County until after the war but lived here the rest of their lives.
| Adams, Henry | Halseth, Alvin | Olson, Peter |
| Alfson, Melvin | Hammer, Frank G. | Page, Ray |
| Alme, Albert | Hanke, Emil | Pease, Larry |
| Alme, Oscar | Hansen, Nels | Pederson, Cliff |
| Anderson, Alfred | Hansen, Elmer M. | Penkin, Fred |
| Anderson, C.H. | Haugaard, Lars C. | Peterson, Edwin W. |
| Arendt, Adolph | Haugmo, Peter | Piper, Harold M. |
| Aukshun, Otto | Hausman, Roy | Plimpton, Lyman |
| Bahr, George | Hedrgard, Nels | Pohlpeter, B.J. |
| Balsinger, Emil | Hegdahl, Oscar | Potas, Henry |
| Bauman, John | Heghdahl, Paul | Price, Curtis |
| Bauman, William | Heghdal. Dora | Procknow, Fred |
| Baumberger, Leo. | Helmey, Clifford | Pulford, John |
| Beck, Josephus | Heng, Henry | Raad, Iver |
| Beechman, Charles C. | Hexom, Joseph S. | Randall, Earl |
| Bergheim, Martin | Holmfren, Frank | Reich, Arnold |
| Bergstresser, Grant | Holte, Lawrence | Renkin, John |
| Bergstresser, Ross | Hunter, George M. | Renkin, WM |
| Bergstrom, Olaf | Hyland, Oscar | Rensvold, Geroge |
| Beyer, Bill | Ireland, Arthur T. | Resig, Henry |
| Biederstadt, John | Jenson, J.A. | Richardson, C. |
| Borgard, Arthur G. | Johnson, Albin C. | Richardson, Harv. |
| Borgard, Gunder | Johnson, Carl | Richardson, Roy |
| Boyd, Donald | Johnson, Carl | Richardson, S. |
| Boyd, Raymond | Johnson, Gus | Richardson, William |
| Brorby, Enock | Johnson, Idor | Runchey, Harry |
| Campbell, Isaac | Johnson, Otto | Scanlon, James |
| Cassutt, Mathias E. | Jones, S E | Schlimmer, Fred |
| Chesney, Joe | Kash, Herman | Schmidt, W. I. |
| Cline, William | Keiner, Ray | Schrag, William |
| Coates, James | Kelly, Ross | Schuld, Otto |
| Conway, Bud | Kehrwald, Joe | Seefeldt, Jack |
| Costlow, Ralph R. | Kock, George | Severson, Leroy |
| Crabbs, Faye L. | Kvenvold, Alden | Shaheen, Rashed “John” |
| Crow, Leslie | Leeper, Marlin | Sherron, Carl |
Davis, Elmer |
Lidel, Alvin | Sherwood, Clarence |
| Davis, Horace | Lidel, Carl | Shnell, Raymond |
| Davis, James | Lidel, Fred | Shipton, Wesley F. |
| Demick, John | Lidel, Robert | Smith, George |
| Devault, John | Lofswold, Art | Smith, Tom, Sr. |
| Dixon, Earl | Lone, Conrad | Spawn, Charles |
| Dochnahl, Albert | Lone, Henry | Spawn, Lewis |
| Dochnahl, Walker | Loner, Elmer | Staley, George L. |
| Dochnal, Joe | Long, Gerhard | Stahl, John F. |
| Drake, William | Loveland, Fred | Stangeland, Nels O. |
| Dudley, Joe | Lowe, Barrett | Stearns, Leonard |
| Egge, Ole | Lowry, V.A. | Stearns, William W. |
| Egge, Thorvold | Lyons, Richard | Steffen, Paul |
Ellis, Jack |
Lunde, Hjalmar | Stenseth, Hjalmer |
| Erick, Albert | Magness, Martian | Stevens, Earl |
| Erick, William | Mann, Maurice | Thomas, Ben |
| Erks, George | Matson, Charles C. | Thompson, Pete |
| Espland, Oscar | McGillivray, Donald C. | Tollefson, Helmer |
| Falling, Ingman | McKibben, Eugene | Tollefson, Idan |
| Farmer, John | McKinney, George | Tollefson, Marv |
| Farmer, Walter | McKinnon, Harold | Tommeraason, Otto |
| Fassett, Roy | McKinnon, William | Treloar, William |
| Fawbush, Estes | Mehlum, Henry | Tufty, Bennett |
| Floe, Earnest | Meyers, Claude | Vine, A.C. |
| Forde, Sam | Mick, Albert | Warns, John J. |
| Forgey, Ernest | Moothart, Francis D. | Welch, Auton |
| Freiburghaus, Walter | Mousel, Sy | Whealey, Marvin |
| Fuller, Alfred A. | Mullaney, Francis | Williams, Dan |
| Gauthan, Bob | Mullaney, James | Williams, Fred |
| Gimpel, Arthur | Nelles, Roy | Williams, Walter |
| Gist, Ernest | Nelson, Arthur | Willy, Walter |
| Gist, Joe | Nelson, Nels | Winden, Jake |
| Goldman, Dr. E.W. | Nesje, Raqnavald | Woitkelweiz, Joe |
| Graff, Klein E. | Norton, Cliff | Woldt, Herbert |
| Grennel, Ivory | Nugent, Frank | Wolf, Henry Lewis |
| Gudal, Robert | Olson, Enos | Zimmerman, Robert R. |
| Halseth, Alfred | Olson, Ole |
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