mersiowsky - 5-10-2017 at 07:52 PM
Thank you to Rox Ann Johnson and the Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives for the following list of American casualties
from Fayette County.
An *asterisk indicates a Wendish soldier.
WWI Casualty Name, Date of Birth, Date of Death, Branch, Grade, Organization, Cause of Death, Burial Place Cemetery
Adams, Robert Fulton, 3/14/1887, 10/15/1918, US Army, PFC, Co K 360 Inf 90 Div, Killed in Action, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Bauerkemper, Ludwig E., 2/29/1896, 11/17/1917, US Army, SGT, Co K 360 Inf, Died of Illness in US, Drawe Cemetery
Behrens, John H., 3/5/1886, 3/20/1918, US Army, PVT, 315 Engs Tn, Died of Illness in US, Trinity Hill Cemetery
Berger, Edward, 11/2/1892, 1/25/1918, Died of Illness in US, St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John
Best, George, 12/20/1889, 2/13/1919, US Army, PVT, Co D 47 Inf, Died Overseas, Flatonia City Cemetery
Brdecko, Anton F., 4/3/1889, 12/18/1918, Died of Illness in US, Psencik Cemetery
Brown, Jesse, 7/16/1894, 12/11/1917, US Army, PFC, Co C 509 Engr Serv Bn, Died in US
Burley, Eugene, 8/4/1887, 10/6/1919, US Army, PVT, Dem Det, Camp Travis, Died in US
Doms, William, 6/9/1891, 9/18/1918, US Army, PFC, Co L 360 Inf, Died of Wounds, Arlington National Cemetery, memorial at Pitman Cemetery
Dornak, Ludvik "Louis", 10/28/1893, 10/5/1918, US Army, PVT, Co M 9 Inf 2 Div, Died of Wounds, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
Ehlers, Hugo J., 8/13/1893, 10/10/1918, US Army, PVT, Med Det 143 Inf 36 Div, Killed in Action, La Grange City Cemetery
Faktor, Vladimal Frank "Lad", 1/20/1896, 11/26/1918, US Army, PVT, Co C 315 Engrs, Died of Illness Overseas, Praha Catholic Cemetery
Freeman, Frank W., 9/17/1895, 11/10/1918, US Army, Died of Wounds, St. Rose Catholic Cemetery, Schulenburg
Garlin, Helmuth Adolf Paul, 12/23/1896, 10/15/1918, US Navy, Apprentice Seaman, Naval Training Camp Mare Island, CA, Died of Illness in US, Pagel
Cemetery
Goette, Edward Charley, 3/25/1893, 11/26/1918, US Army, Pvt, 357 Inf 90 Div, Died of Illness Overseas, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Graf, Walter, 2/15/1890, 5/8/1919, US Army, PVT, Co HY 305 Inf, Died of Illness Overseas, Florida Chapel Cemetery
Heinze, Willie, 5/6/1891, 11/4/1918, US Army, PFC, Co L 360 Inf, Died of Wounds, Florida Chapel Cemetery
Henry, William, 6/20/1919, US Army, PVT, Med Det 808 Poin Inf, Died Overseas
Hernandez, Reyes, 8/10/1918, US Army, Unassigned, Died in US
Holmes, Eddie, 8/25/1920, US Army, Mess Attendant 3Cl, Northern Bombing Group, France, Died in US
Huff, Luther, 8/6/1894, 1/7/1919, US Army, Wag, Sup Co 816 Pion Inf, Died of Illness Overseas
James, Lonnie, 1/14/1918, US Army, PVT, 304 Stev Regt, Died in US
Janacek, Steve, 1895, 10/23/1918, US Army, PVT, Co B 131 M G Bn, Died Overseas, Plum Catholic Cemetery
Jarmon, Jesse, 8/27/1892, 5/18/1919, US Army, PVT, 325 Field Sig Bn, Died of Illness Overseas, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois,
France
Jecmenek, Joseph William, 6/26/1891, 1/26/1919, Died in US, Fayetteville Brethren Cemetery
Juren, Charles Maximillian II, 11/21/1896, 11/23/1917, US Army Signal Corps, Army Truck Accident in US, Fayetteville Brethren Cemetery
Keilberg, Otho, 9/12/1918, US Army, PVT, Co A 9 Inf 2 Div, Killed in Action, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, France
*Kiesling, Adolph John, 1/15/1890, 1/20/1918, US Army, Died of Pneumonia at Home, Kaase Cemetery
Knezek, Richard, 12/8/1889, 10/18/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 123 Inf, Died of Illness in US, Praha Catholic Cemetery
Koehler, Otto A., 1/22/1919, US Army, PVT, Ellington Field, TX, HQ Sq F, Died in US
Koepke, William Eilert, 12/23/1891, 10/31/1918, US Army, PVT, Co E 141 Inf 36 Div, Died Overseas, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Krenek, Joseph John, 9/1/1894, 6/25/1918, US Army, PVT, Co B 56 Engrs, Wounded and Died of Illness Overseas, Ellinger Catholic Cemetery
Kruse, Herman T., 2/26/1896, 10/23/1918, US Army, PVT, 38 Co 10 Bn 165 Dep Brig, Died in US, Pagel Cemetery
Langston, John Rubin, 11/11/1891, 1/29/1918, US Navy, Fireman 3Cl, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL, Died of Illness in US, Woods Prairie Cemetery
Larsen, Chris M., 5/20/1888, 1/8/1918, US Army, PVT, Btry C 133 FA, Died of Illness in US, Pitman Cemetery
Levy, James A., 3/29/1892, 3/10/1918, US Army, PVT, Co E 42 Inf, Died in US, Ledbetter Cemetery
Machac, Louis, 7/21/1892, 9/28/1918, US Army, PFC, Field Remount Sq 304, Died of Illness Overseas, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Maeckel, Eugene, 1895, 12/10/1917, US Army, PVT, 2 Inf Tex NG Co D 141st Inf, Died of Illness in US, Post Oak Cemetery
Manske, Elton, 8/23/1898, 10/10/1918, US Army, PVT, Co C 122 Inf, Died of Illness in US, Waldeck Cemetery
Manthey, Robert C., 8/21/1891, 11/9/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 388 Inf, Died of Illness in US, Pitman Cemetery
McBride, Johnny, 4/15/1894, 8/9/1919,US Army, CPL, Co M 143 Inf, Died in US, Schulenburg City Cemetery
McClellan, Frank J. Jr., 6/5/1893, 11/22/1918, US Army, railroad corps, Died of Illness Overseas, Ledbetter Cemetery
Mehner, Otto Edward, 2/29/1896, 10/19/1918, US Army, PVT, MTC Rep Unit 312, Died of Illness in US, Flatonia City Cemetery
Mendel, Ferdinand J., 8/2/1892, 1/21/1918, US Army, PVT, Co L 360 Inf, Died in US, St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John
Michal, Jaromir, 3/17/1895, 10/11/1918, US Army, PVT, Co F 114 Inf, Killed in Action, Arlington National Cemetery, memorial at Flatonia City Cemetery
Michalski, Benno, 6/17/1895, 9/29/1918, US Army, PVT, Co M 136 Inf, Died of Illness in US, Psencik Cemetery
Niemeyer, Henry J., 6/3/1894, 9/22/1918, US Army, PVT, Co L 156 Inf, Died of Illness Overseas, Trinity Hill Cemetery
Norwood, Robert, ca 1900, 9/26/1918, US Coast Guard, Boy 1Cl, USGC Tampa, Killed in Action, Lost at sea; Tablets of the Missing, Brookwood American
Cemetery, Surrey, UK
Oeltjen, Fritz H. L., 10/20/1894, 10/13/1918, US Army, PVT, Co C 122 Inf, Died of Illness Overseas, Prairie Valley Cemetery
Onken, Henry H. C. Jr., 6/13/1895, 9/29/1918, US Army, PVT, Co 16 Univ of Tex Austin, TX, Died in car accident in US, Rutersville Cemetery
Piwetz, Stephen J., 12/26/1895, 12/9/1917, US Army, Died of Illness in US, Fayetteville Catholic Cemetery
Quade, Louis O., 4/4/1894, 10/17/1918, US Army, PVT, Co F 143 Inf, Died of Wounds, Richter Hill Cemetery
Quitta, Ferdinand Frank, 3/20/1896, 9/9/1918, US Army, PVT, Co M 154 Inf, Died of Illness Overseas
Rabel, Joseph A., 2/7/1888, 9/25/1918, US Army, PVT, Co B 53 Am Tn, Died Overseas, St. Rose Catholic Cemetery, Schulenburg
Reuther, Otto John, 11/8/1888, 10/15/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 36 Inf, Died in US
Ruhmann, Louis Paul, 9/23/1886, 10/19/1918, US Army, PVT, HQ Univ of Tex Students Army Tng C Sec B Austin, TX, Died of Illness in US, La Grange City
Cemetery
Samohyl, Henry Ignac John (Jinrich), 8/30/1894, 6/9/1917, US Navy, App. Seaman, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL Died of Illness in US, Ss. Peter
& Paul Catholic Cemetery, Plum
Sassin, Joe R., 11/20/1892, 10/16/1918, US Army, PVT, Co I 121 Inf, Died of Illness Overseas, Dubina Catholic Cemetery
Schaefer, Edwin H., 9/25/1896, 2/3/1918, US Army, PVT, Co C 7 MG Bn, Died in US, Old La Grange City Cemetery
Schroeder, Herbert H. F., 9/17/1894, 10/12/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 143 Inf, Killed in Action, Prairie Valley Cemetery
Schroeder, John "Henry", 7/8/1894, 10/13/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 143 Inf, Died of Wounds, Prairie Valley Cemetery
Schulze, Gustav Herman, 12/19/1888, 7/19/1918, US Army, PVT, Co K 39 Inf 4 Div, Killed in Action, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois,
France
Sevcik, Conrad Frank, 2/19/1897, 1/23/1918, US Navy, Seaman 2Cl, Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France, Died of Illness, Overseas, Hostyn Catholic
Cemetery
Tauch, Adolph, 7/22/1895, 10/22/1918, US Navy, Electrician 1Cl Radio, Armed Guard USACT Floridian, Died of Illness Overseas, Flatonia City Cemetery
Terrell, William T., 12/13/1894, 12/7/1917, US Army, PVT 1Cl, Co H 143 Inf 36 Div, Died of Illness in US, Cistern Public Cemetery
Thornton, Dr. Lyle G., 10/14/1874, 1/15/1920, US Army, 1LT, MC, Died of Illness in US, Plum Grove Cemetery, West Point
Wagner, Felix, 5/6/1891, 10/12/1918, US Army, PVT, Co I 143 Inf 36 Div, Killed in Action, Carmine City Cemetery
Webb, Jeff Bee, 2/9/1895, 10/30/1918, US Army, PVT, 3 Prov Co Sept Aut Repl Draft Inf, Camp Hancock, Died of Illness Overseas, Oise-Aisne American
Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
Weis, Edmund, 10/14/1896, 10/14/1918, US Army, Died of Illness in US, St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John
Winter, Henry, 5/10/1887, 11/1/1918, US Army, PVT, Co C 20 MG Bn 7 Div, Died of Illness Overseas, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiacourt, France
Woods, Ernest W., 12/30/1886, 9/17/1918, US Army, PVT, Co B 154 Inf, Died Overseas
Worrell, Marion Hamilton, 11/22/1891, 10/3/1918, US Army, SGT, Ft Crockett Sept Aut Repl Draft, Died in Accident on Troop Ship Overseas, Weimar
Masonic Cemetery