World War I |
Decatur County Men and Women who served in the Armed Forces of Our County during World War I. Taken from the copy of the actual Local Board for the County of Decatur, State of Kansas, Oberlin, Kansas and the Honor Roll. |
In Special Service
Marvin, Miss Millie (Red Cross Nurse) |
Traxler, Miss Mabel (Red Cross Nurse) |
Gierhart, Alfred J. (Y. M. C. A) |
Died in Service
Arthur Allen | Burney Clark | John Eckhart | Willie Ehlers | Fritz Engstrom |
William Knitig | Harry Miller | John Nauer | William Riley | Parks Robbins |
Charles Hoppas |
Decatur County's Honor Roll
Last Name | First Name | Age | Marital Status | Address | Township |
Adamson | Eston Estle | 23 | S | Oberlin | Bassettville |
Adkins | Lyle Edwards | 23 | S | Oberlin | Custer |
Ahlburg | Lawrence Everette | Oberlin | |||
Allacher | Gustav | 21 | S | Herndon | Finley |
Allen | Fred Gordon | 22 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Alstrom | Walter Constantine | 25 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Ambler | John Alden | Danbury, NE | |||
Anderson | Frank Leslie | Traer | |||
Anderson | Herbert L. | Dresden | |||
Anderson | Howard H. | 22 | S | Oberlin | Center |
Anderson | John Hewitt | 25 | S | Oberlin | Olive |
Anderson | John Rice | 26 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Anderson | Rudolph Alvin | 21 | S | Dresden | Summit |
Andrews | Glen | ||||
Angell | Aaron Arthur | 22 | M | Lebanon, NE | Grant |
Arehart | Frederick Merrick | 21 | S | Oberlin | Roosevelt |
Armstrong | Lewis A. | ||||
Auker | Jay D. | 23 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Babb | Byron Emmet | 23 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Bainter | Roy Chester | 22 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Barker | Weaver Zenas | 22 | S | Cedar Bluffs | Beaver |
Barnett | Robert Claude | 21 | S | Clayton | Pleasant Valley |
Battin | Charles | ||||
Battin | John | 25 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Beardsley | Henry S. | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Beers | Allyan Herbert | Jennings | |||
Bell | Andrew Lee | 22 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Belt | Bailey William | 28 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Bendon | Leo | 25 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Bennett | Roy | 27 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Benton | Earl Walker | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Benton | Gerald Durkee | 27 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Benton | Harwood Otis | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Betts | Jake | 28 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Birdsell | Carl Bernie | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Birdsell | George Raymond | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Bixby | Charles Ellis | Oberlin | |||
Blatchley | Henry S. | ||||
Blickenstaff | Earl | ||||
Blickenstaff | Glen Walter | 22 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Bobbitt | Francis Earl | Oberlin | |||
Bobbitt | Ray Ivor | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Bremer | Fred Aubry | 23 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Bremer | George Dewey | Dresden | |||
Bremer | Marion | Dresden | |||
Brower | Clyde Cecil | Norcatur | |||
Bruggeman | Frank | 23 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Bruggeman | Herman | 29 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Burchett | Charles | ||||
Burchette | Claude L. | Oberlin | |||
Burger | Louis Anderson | 30 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Burke | Edgar | ||||
Butell | Adolphus Shade | 26 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Carlin | Charles Russell | 29 | M | Dresden | Dresden |
Carlisle | Arthur Leon | 24 | S | Traer | Finley |
Carlson | Carl Oscar | 22 | A | Oberlin | Summit |
Carpenter | Lewis Edward | Traer | |||
Carper | Harold C. | 21 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Carroll | Edgar | 21 | S | Dresden | Lyon |
Carstens | George Henry | 22 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Caster | Ermil | ||||
Castle | Robert | 24 | S | Plesant Dale, NE | Liberty |
Chmelik | Frank | 21 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Claar | Frank O. | ||||
Claar | Lawrence Everette | ||||
Clark | Chalmers | 25 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Clark | James Ralph | Oberlin | |||
Clark | Robert B. | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Cody | Alfonzo Lonzo | 25 | S | Oberlin | Olive |
Cody | Louis Glenn | Kanona | |||
Cody | Opie | ||||
Conley | Russell G. | 22 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Cook | Jacob Miller | Oberlin | |||
Cook | Melvin Davis | 23 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Corcoran | Charles Emmett | Oberlin | |||
Corcoran | James Mathew | 23 | S | Oberlin | Bassettville |
Cortney | Earl | ||||
Counter | Thomas T. | 26 | S | Oberlin | Sappa |
Craven | Orville | ||||
Crowley | William | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Cutshall | Jason Ancel | Oberlin | |||
Davis | William Ora | 28 | M | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Davison | Edgar Nelson | Oberlin | |||
Dean | Daniel Edward | 23 | S | Oberlin | Liberty |
Dempewolf | Alphonse | 23 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Denney | Jasper | ||||
Diehl | Robert Scott | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin |
Dochow | Joseph Samuel | 25 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Douglas | Hugh Orean | Oberlin | |||
Dowd | Ambrose | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Dowd | James | Oberlin | |||
Dowdall | Clarence Amos | Oberlin | |||
Dowdall | Ira John | 21 | S | Oberlin | Liberty |
Dowden | Dwight | ||||
Dowden | Joseph Royal JR. | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Drescher | Melvin | ||||
Dyer | Roy | 25 | S | Oberlin | Harlan |
Edwards | Clyde Elmer | 30 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Ehlers | Fred Ottis | 27 | S | Dresden | Custer |
Eller | Ralph Carter | Oberlin | |||
Elvin | Harry Edward | 22 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Emahizer | Arthur James | 28 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Erickson | Adolph Clifford | Jennings | |||
Erickson | Carl Leslie | 22 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Eubank | Ernest Jennings | Oberlin | |||
Fair | Cecil Bryan | Oberlin | |||
Fair | Leonard | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Farris | Robert Harry | 21 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Fitzgerald | William Marion | 23 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Flanigan | Albert Earl | ||||
Flanigan | Charles | ||||
Flanigan | Edward | ||||
Flanigan | James | ||||
Flaska | Charley | 21 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Foley | Amily | 24 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Foley | Edgar Dayton | ||||
Foster | William Ralph | 25 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
French | Thomas McKinley | 22 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Friedemann | Carl Otto | 23 | S | Oberlin | Liberty |
Gardner | Arthur | 24 | S | Traer | Finley |
Gardner | George W. | 29 | S | Traer | Finley |
Gardner | Jonas Randolph | 21 | S | Traer | Finley |
Geiger | Carl | ||||
Geiger | Willard Tyler | ||||
Gierhart | Glen William | 27 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Goodrich | Uriel Emerson | ||||
Goodson | John Elmer | ||||
Grauerholz | Allen E. | 22 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Griffin | George | ||||
Griggs | John Loyd | ||||
Griggs | Matthew W. | ||||
Guenther | George John | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin |
Guinn | James Benjamin | Cedar Bluffs | |||
Gundersen | Nils Fredrick | 26 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Haas | John | 30 | S | Traer | Logan |
Haas | Mike | 27 | S | Traer | Finley |
Haden | Floyd | ||||
Haden | Hallie La Grande | 30 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Hahn | Wilbert August | 25 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Hale | Carl | ||||
Hale | Herman | ||||
Hallman | Fred Lamb | Pueblo, Co. | |||
Hamper | Elmer E. | Traer | |||
Hanson | Glenn Franklin | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Hanson | John Wesley | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Hardesty | Dr. H. O. | ||||
Harmon | Clarence Fremont | 23 | S | Oberlin | Center |
Harold | William Casper | 25 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Harris | Rollie Emery | 23 | S | Clayton | Pleasant Valley |
Harris | Roy Lee | 26 | S | Clayton | Pleasant Valley |
Hatch | Edward Washington | 27 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Heatherington | E. Dent | 26 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Heatherington | Ilo M. | 26 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Heilman | Henry William | 21 | S | Jennings | Altory |
Heitmann | Henry J. | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Heller | Glen | 21 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Heller | James | ||||
Hesseltine | Wm. Henry F. | ||||
Heston | Mayo Dickens | 26 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Hickert | Albert Nicholas | 22 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Hickert | Henry Mathew | Jennings | |||
Hines | Ernest | 28 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Hoppas | Eugene | 24 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Hoppas | Frank C. | 29 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Hoppas | Harry Lesly | 22 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Huber | Paul Noah | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Huff | Clint Leonard | 21 | S | Lebanon, NE | Grant |
Huff | Jesse Meretith | 22 | S | Lebanon, NE | Grant |
Hughes | Nova Otis | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Jackson | Dewey D. | Oberlin | |||
Jader | Andrew E. | 23 | S | Selden | Cook |
Janousek | Fred | 26 | S | Kanona | Center |
Jenkins | Russell | 21 | S | Selden | Prairie Dog |
Johnson | Carl E. | 27 | S | Jennings | Altory |
Johnson | George N. | ||||
Johnson | Robert Peter | ||||
Johnston | Millard | ||||
Johnston | Oren | 22 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Jorn | Christian George | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Juenemann | Frederick Adam | Selden | |||
Kahlor | Andrew Leroy | 23 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Kahlor | Frank | 22 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Karls | August John | ||||
Karls | Floyd Joseph | ||||
Karls | Michael Joe | 24 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Kasper | Anthony | 23 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Keys | Edward | ||||
Knox | Dr. W. E. | ||||
Knox | Samuel | ||||
Knox | Thomas Knight | 21 | S | Norcatur | Roosevelt |
Krack | Warren | 22 | S | Selden | Bassettville |
Krizek | William | 22 | S | Jennings | Altory |
Laidig | Earl | 23 | S | Oberlin | Harlan |
Landau | Rell F. | 23 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Larreau | Frank C. | ||||
Larrick | Vincent | ||||
Larue | Charles | 24 | S | Selden | Prairie Dog |
Layer | John William | 28 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Leake | Don | ||||
Leiber | Carl William | 27 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Leiber | Gustave Audolf | 24 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Leitner | William | 21 | S | Traer | Finley |
Leuba | Ernest Charles | 26 | S | Selden | Cook |
Levi | Clifton Earl | Jennings | |||
Lewis | Ray | Oberlin | |||
Lincoln | George E. | 21 | S | Cedar Bluffs | Beaver |
Logan | Clyde | Oberlin | |||
Long | Harold Boyd | Oberlin | |||
Lorig | Alvin | ||||
Lorig | Marx | ||||
Maben | Frank Wilbert | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Macfee | Frank Earl | 29 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Maddox | Morrison Wayne | Oberlin | |||
Marcuson | Ture Albert | 27 | S | Dresden | Prairie Dog |
Marks | Teed | ||||
May | Buris | ||||
May | Fred George | 24 | S | Oberlin | Logan |
McCalla | William Russell | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
McCoy | Charles Thomas | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
McDermott | Alex P. | 27 | S | Jennings | Allison |
McDermott | John James | 25 | S | Jennings | Allison |
McKay | Clyde Monroe | 24 | S | Dresden | Prairie Dog |
McKay | John Clare | 22 | S | Dresden | Prairie Dog |
McLalin | Tommie Elmer | 26 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
McMullen | Bard | ||||
McMullen | Frank | ||||
McMullen | Gene | ||||
McNeil | Ernest | ||||
Mead | Frank | 29 | S | Cedar Bluffs | Beaver |
Metcalf | Elmer | 21 | S | Oberlin | Harlan |
Miller | Adam Joseph | Danbury, NE | |||
Miller | Albert | 28 | S | Oberlin | Harlan |
Miller | William | ||||
Milleson | Oran Earl | 28 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Moler | Clyde | ||||
Montgomery | Charles Harry | 21 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Moore | Thomas James | 22 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Morris | Lloyd Allison | 21 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Morrish | Guy Beals | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Muirhead | Bryan Robert | ||||
Muirhead | John H. | 21 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Munger | Raymond | ||||
Munson | Arthur Russell | Jennings | |||
Muzik | Jim | 28 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Nellans | George | ||||
Nellans | John Erwin | 25 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Nelson | David Nathel | 30 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Nelson | Frank Benson | 21 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
New | Fred | 26 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Noble | Perry Thomas | Oberlin | |||
O'Leary | William Thomas | 24 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Oliver | Fred | 22 | S | Cuba, KS | Allison |
Oliver | Leonard Edd | 23 | S | Selden | Prairie Dog |
Oliver | Thomas Ora | 26 | S | Selden | Prairie Dog |
Olson | Harry A. | 22 | S | Herndon | Sappa |
O'Toole | James Emmet | 25 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Park | Thomas C. | 28 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Parker | Leslie Tilden | Oberlin | |||
Patrick | Leon Clerk | Oberlin | |||
Penny | Glen Leslie | Oberlin | |||
Peterson | Edwin Rudolph | 23 | S | Oberlin | Bassettville |
Petracek | Joe | 21 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Phillips | Geo. Washington | 22 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Piner | George W. | ||||
Piner | Pressley M. | 24 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Playford | George | 21 | S | Oberlin | Harlan |
Plotts | Archie Lester | 21 | S | Oberlin | Sherman |
Ploussard | Nick James | 21 | S | Traer | Logan |
Poole | Clifford | ||||
Poole | Jesse | ||||
Price | Eugene Floyd | 22 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Railsback | Frank D. | 24 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Rasure | Paul Clifford | 23 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Reager | Albert Clinton | 23 | M | Oberlin | Center |
Reager | Roy Clifton | 21 | S | Oberlin | Center |
Reasoner | Horace Parrall | 24 | S | Oberlin | Olive |
Reed | Aaron Raymond | 21 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Rees | Roy Burnham | 21 | S | Jennings | Pleasant Valley |
Reid | Frank | ||||
Reist | Norman Irvin | 25 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin |
Relph | James Wilbur | Cedar Bluffs | |||
Rice | Dot | 22 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Riley | Clell | 21 | S | Superior, NE | Summit |
Riley | James Harlie | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Riley | Robert Ross | 27 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Ritchey | Alonzo James | 23 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Ritten | Ben Albert | 23 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Roach | Mike | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Robertson | Frank | 23 | S | Oberlin | Custer |
Rodewald | Edward Henry | Jennings | |||
Rogers | Dean | ||||
Rogers | Glenn | 21 | S | Jennings | Pleasant Valley |
Rogers | Neil Wilbur | 29 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Rothmayer | Amos Peck | Cedar Bluffs | |||
Rothmayer | George F. | 28 | S | Cedar Bluffs | Finley |
Rusicka | Louis F. | Oberlin | |||
Rydquist | Eval | ||||
Schultz | Carl Herman | ||||
Schultz | George Henry | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin |
Scott | Clarence B. | Jennings | |||
Seabaugh | Walter | ||||
Seigenthaler | John W. | 27 | S | Oberlin | Summit |
Shaffer | Wincle | 28 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Shearer | Evans Harold | ||||
Shearer | Orrill Earston | 23 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Shick | John Austin | 30 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Shuler | Newell W. | 24 | S | Selden | Prairie Dog |
Simpson | George D. | ||||
Simpson | Harry Edward | 22 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Slagle | Harry Clayton | ||||
Slaven | James Ambrose | 26 | M | Selden | Cook |
Slocum | Geln | Oberlin | |||
Smith | Everett | 22 | S | Oberlin | Liberty |
Smith | Floyd Orville | 23 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Smith | Jacob Wilmer | 21 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Smith | Louis Joseph | 23 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Soderlund | Dean Otto | Kanona | |||
Spear | Gerald Charley | 25 | S | Jennings | Lyon |
Spearing | Joseph Watkins | 29 | M | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Spearm | Lyle Leo | ||||
Spohrer | Roy Phillip | 23 | S | Clayton | Allison |
Standfast | Joseph | 26 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Stevens | Owen | ||||
Stevens | William | 26 | S | Norcatur | Lincoln |
Stevenson | Charles | ||||
Stevenson | Tudor Marks | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Street | John | ||||
Sutton | Leo Fern | ||||
Tacha | Frank W. | 29 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Taylor | Guy Edward | Jennings | |||
Tice | Glenn Walker | 22 | S | Dresden | Lyon |
Tilden | George F. | Oberlin | |||
Tomb | William Rolland | 26 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Topp | Leonard | ||||
Tritt | Oscar J. | 27 | S | Jennings | Jennings |
Ufford | Elmer Darling | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Ufford | Richard Herbert | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin |
Upson | Murlin | ||||
Upson | Ross Penny | 22 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Upson | Wayne | ||||
Upson | Wiburt | ||||
Vale | Archie | ||||
Vale | Ovy Abbott | ||||
Vanover | Elva Earl | ||||
Vernon | Alvah Guy | ||||
Vernon | Loyd Emery | ||||
Vickers | Alonzo Abel | 25 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Votapka | Claude Clifford | Oberlin | |||
Wade | Perry Plumb | Lebanon, NE | |||
Wagner | Florian Mat | 27 | S | Belleview, Iowa | Dresden |
Walkey | Walter Winters | 22 | S | Dresden | Dresden |
Wallace | Lester Allen | 21 | S | Almena, KS | Dresden |
Ward | Merl | ||||
Ward | Vale | ||||
Warrick | Charlie Frank | 25 | S | Clayton | Garfield |
Watson | Nathan C. | 25 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Weir | Ralph | ||||
Wells | Francis Liborn | 30 | S | Willsonville, NE | Grant |
Welter | John Lendwic | 25 | S | Dresden | Lyon |
Welton | Earl A. | ||||
West | Harvey Thomas | 23 | M | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Wheeler | James Earl | Oberlin | |||
Wiggins | Charles | ||||
Wilbur | Rex Arthur | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Wilson | Edwin Roy | 24 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Wilson | George Wallace | 21 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Wilson | Glen R. | 26 | S | Oberlin | Oberlin City |
Wilson | Harry | ||||
Wilson | John Alexander | 28 | S | Dresden | Prairie Dog |
Wilson | Lee Roy | 26 | S | Dresden | Prairie Dog |
Witham | Carey Rey | 22 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Witham | Harry | 23 | S | Cedar Bluffs | Beaver |
Witham | Harry Palmer | 28 | S | Norcatur | Grant |
Wolf | Russell Ray | 30 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Wolf | Tully Scott Mizer | 24 | S | Jennings | Allison |
Wolfe | Raymond | ||||
Wolfram | George | Herndon | |||
Wookey | Glen B. | 24 | S | Kanona | Altory |
Wright | Ernest Truman | 23 | S | Dresden | Lyon |
Wylder | Aubrey | ||||
Wylder | Lester | ||||
Zimmerman | Earl Morton | 29 | M | Kanona | Altory |
Zimmerman | Erskins |
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