MILITARY ROSTERS  Cheyenne County, Colorado
HOME Site Map		IN HONOR OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN ----- PAST AND PRESENT Please contribute information about any Cheyenne County person who has served or is serving this country. This site is a meant to honor and thank those who have served us. God Bless Them.    W O R L D . W A R . O N E . C A S U A L T I E S 1914 - 1919 HONOR ROLL W. E. COMFORT E. D. WALTMAN E. W. BUNKER L. M. SCHAAF J. S. WALKER M. M. SNYDER CHEYENNE COUNTY World War One Monument - Cheyenne County Courthouse, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado    WORLD WAR I ROSTER COGenWeb Archives - LIST of men and women from Cheyenne County who served in World War I    NEW! Kit Carson High School - 1949 Former Boys in Service      CHEYENNE COUNTY Soldiers in WWI, 1917-18 From: Roster of Men and Women Who Served in the World War From Colorado 1917-1918, published by the Adjutant General, Harold H. Richardson, Brigadier General, Adjutant General's Department, Colorado National Guard, 1941. CHEYENNE COUNTY Soldiers in WWI, 1917-18 SURNAME GIVEN NAME RANK BRANCH HOMETOWN NOTES ANDERSON George M. Private Am. Tn. Cheyenne Wells ANDERSON Chester Private 1st Cl. Infantry Arapahoe ARNOLD Harold W. Private Dep. Brig. Cheyenne Wells ASHLEY Roy E. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Cheyenne Wells AYARS Charles R. Private Ord. Sup. Co. Arapahoe Page: 6 BABER Omer V. Sergeant Engineers Cheyenne Wells BECKER Peter M. Sergeant Infantry Wild Horse BIDINGER Fay L. Private Infantry Arapahoe BJORK Cecil Arnold Private M. G. Bn. Arapahoe BOGERT Harry L. Private 1st Cl. Engineers Cheyenne Wells BOWMAKER Peter S. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Cheyenne Wells BURNETT William E. Private Infantry Kit Carson CHURCH Hugh S. Private Engineers Arapahoe CLOSSEN Earl P. Corporal Med. Det. Kit Carson COE William D. Wagoner F. A. Cheyenne Wells COMFORT Willis E. 1st Lt. Infantry Kit Carson Killed in action. COOK William B. Private F. A. Arena GOODNIGHT Vest Sergeant Infantry Cheyenne Wells HALLER Charles H. Private Med. Det. Cheyenne Wells HAMILTON Harry W. Private 1st Cl. Marine Corps Cheyenne Wells HATCHER Guy G. Private 1st Cl. Cavalry Cheyenne Wells HAYES J. Robert J. Private Infantry Cheyenne Wells HOFF Carl Theodore Private 1st Cl. Marine Corps Cheyenne Wells HOLLANDER Jacob P. Private Cavalry Cheyenne Wells HOPE Jacob Private Engineers Aroya HUDSON Lucian T. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Cheyenne Wells HUFFAKER Homer H. Wagoner Engineers Kit Carson HUFFAKER James C. Sergeant Med. Det. Wild Horse HUFFAKER Walter G. Private 1st Cl. Med. Det. Wild Horse JANSSEN August Corporal Infantry Wild Horse JELINEK Frank Sergeant Ord. Dept. Kit Carson JOHNSON Charles J. Private Infantry Medill JOHNSON Basil C. Private Infantry Cheyenne Wells JOHNSON Carl L. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Cheyenne Wells KIBBEE Clarence H. Private Dev. Bn. Arapahoe KIESER Gottlob W. Corporal Infantry Aroya KINDY Floyd Corporal F. Sig. Bn. Aroya KLITZING Carl F. Private Infantry Arena Wounded. LAMBERT Howard E. Corporal Engineers Cheyenne Wells LEACH William Willis Corporal Dep. Brig. Cheyenne Wells LENIHAN John B. Private S. A. T. C. Cheyenne Wells LENZ Hugo Private Tank Co. Arapahoe LISTER Emery Private Infantry Arapahoe LISTER Willis Corporal Engineers Arapahoe LOSTER W. W. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Arapahoe MAGEE Milton W. Private C. A. C. Cheyenne Wells MAROLF Lewis A. Wagoner Infantry Cheyenne Wells MAYFIELD Armon Private Dep. Brig. Arapahoe MCCRUMB Robert B. Sergeant Infantry Cheyenne Wells MCQUILLIN Francis T. Sergeant Infantry Kit Carson MEIER Thomas G. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Kit Carson MILLER George H. Sergeant Infantry Cheyenne Wells Wounded. MURPHY Russell Earl Private Marine Corps Cheyenne Wells NELSON Einar Corporal Infantry Wild Horse NYE Robert B. Cook Infantry Wild Horse OLIN Wm. Albert Private 1st Cl. Infantry Kit Carson ORR Harry Private Infantry Mt. Pearl PADGETT Robert R. Private 1st Cl. Med. Det. Cheyenne Wells PARHAM James A. Bn. Sgt. Maj. Dep. Brig. Cheyenne Wells PFOST Rhee Arlington Seaman 2d Cl. U. S. Navy Arapahoe PFOST Dempsey Ellis Corporal Marine Corps Cheyenne Wells PICKERING Lawrence J. Corporal Infantry Firstview PILTZ August P. Corporal Infantry Firstview PLAZZA Eugene Private Infantry Kit Carson PLAZZO Joe F. Private 1st Cl. M. G. Bn. Cheyenne Wells PLESSINGER Elbert C. Corporal Engineers Cheyenne Wells RAHE Irvin J. W. Private Dep. Brig. Cheyenne Wells REUSTLE Joseph Private Infantry Wild Horse RHOADES James L. Private S. A. T. C. Kit Carson RICHARDS Arden L. Private 1st Cl. Med. Det. Aroya RIEDEL Vincent Sergeant Infantry Kit Carson RODEN Chas. Alphonsis Fireman 2d Cl. U. S. Navy Kit Carson ROSS Howard E. Private Infantry Kit Carson ROTHMEIER George F. Private 1st Cl. Infantry Firstview SANCHEZ Frank Private Infantry Kit Carson Wounded. SCHAAF Leo Michal Fireman 3d Cl. U. S. Navy Cheyenne Wells SCHLOTERBACH Earl B. Private Med. Det. Cheyenne Wells SCHUELKE Nathan J. Bugler Infantry Cheyenne Wells SEALY James G. Private Infantry Wild Horse SEIP Bert Everett Appr. Seaman U. S. Navy Cheyenne Wells SHEELEY Edw. Walter Cook F. A. Cheyenne Wells SHIRROD Lawrence L. Private Infantry Cheyenne Wells SHY William H. Private Infantry Cheyenne Wells SNYDER Walter R. Cook Dep. Brig. Arapahoe SOUTEE Norvell John Private Sig. Corps First View STANLEY Jesse Private Infantry Cheyenne Wells STOOPS James M. Corporal Am. Tn. Cheyenne Wells TALLADAY Bruce A. Private Engineers Cheyenne Wells TURNER Charles Crosby Captain Sig. Corps Cheyenne Wells VAN WORMER Wm. J. Private Dep. Brig. Kit Carson WALKER John S. Private Infantry Kit Carson Killed in action. WALKER Ray H. Corporal Med. Det. Wild Horse WALTMAN Edwin D. Sgt. 1st Cl. Engineers Cheyenne Wells Killed in action. WEBER Stanley J. Sergeant Dep. Brig. Arapahoe WILSON Archie Mechanic Infantry Cheyenne Wells WOMBLES Virgil E. Corporal Infantry Wild Horse Page: 850 ZEBB George M. Cook Infantry Cheyenne ZICKEFOOSE Marion M. Private C. O. T. S. Kit Carson    ROSTER : Name, Rank, Branch of Service, Dates, Where served (Please contribute information!) BERGMAN, Eugene Sidney (1919-2000) WWII Veteran, Army Air Corps, 1942-1945 Internment: Kit Carson Cemetery, Kit Carson, CO BOGERT, Ed (1933-1999) US Air Force, CMSGT Internment: Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne Wells, CO BOONE, James Alvin (1934-2000) Military service 1954-1958 Internment: Martin Cemetery, southwest of Centralia BURCH, Robert Lee (1932-2000) Internment: Sharon Springs Cemetery, Military graveside honors conducted by Sharon Springs VFW BURNS, Robert J. (1903-2000) WWII Veteran - Army Air Corp Internment: Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne Wells, CO DAVIS, Ernest "Ernie" Grandville (1928-1999) Korean War Veteran, U.S. Army Internment: Kit Carson Cemetery, Kit Carson, CO Military honors performed by Kit Carson VFW DURR, Doyle Delmar (1931-2001) U.S. Navy 1953-1956 Internment: Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, CO GEIST, Michael Joseph (1944-2001) Vietnam Veteran: U.S. Army, 1966-1972, also served in Germany, Japan, and U.S.A. Internment: Burlington Fairview Cemetery GILLIHAN, Glenn (1924-1999) WWII Veteran - U.S. Navy Internment: Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne Wells, CO HALE, William C. (1922-2000) U.S. Naval Air Corps Internment: Walsh, CO HAMMER, Robert D. (1927-1999) WWII Veteran - U.S. Navy Internment: Haskell County Cemetery, KS Military graveside services, Sublette American Legion Post #205 HELM, Raymond August Henry (1921-2001) WWII Veteran - enlisted US Army on 6 AUG 1942, served until 18 OCT 1945 169th Infantry 43rd Division Asiatic-Pacific Theatre: Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Philipine Islands, and Japan Purple Heart Medal - wounds received in action, Philipines Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 3 bronze battle stars and a bronz arrowhead Combat Infantry Badge Philipine Liberation Ribbon with 1 bronze star Silver Star for heroic conduct Good Conduct Ribbon Internment: Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne Wells, CO Graveside Masonic services conducted by Cheyenne Wells Lodge #132, followed by graveside military honors by the Tribune VFW Post #7521 and the William A. Kimmel Post #9700. KELLY, William L. (Bill) (?-1999) WWII Veteran - U.S. Navy Internment - KIMMEL, WILLIAM ( ? - 9 Aug 1942) WWII, joined US Navy 1936, on the ship USS Quincy, sank in the Pacific in the Battle of Solomon Islands. KNOTT, Lloyd (1921-1999) WWII, joined U.S. Army in 1941 KNUDSEN, Robert N. (1892-1964) WWI, PFC, Military Police Co. Internment: Araphahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, CO MAHLBERG, Carl "Charles" Matthew (1920-1999) WWII Veteran - enlisted 23 June 1943 U.S. Army Air Corps Internment: Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, CA MAHLBERG, Leo Roy (1914-2002) WWII Veteran - served 1942-1945 SGT - U.S. Army Signal Corps, India Internment: Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, CO MITCHELL, Ray Charles (1918-2000) WWII Veteran - served 1941-1945, military policeman, U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Corps' Flying Tigers Internment: Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, CO O'BRIEN, Leonard J. (1917-2001) WWII Veteran: U.S. Army Air Corp, France Internment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE OSBORNE, William Clarke (1897-2001) WWI Veteran - enlisted, U.S. Army 28 May 1918, WWII - instructor, air base in La Junta, charter member and past commander, Brewster American Legion Post #305 memberships in VFW IOOF Lodge and the Masonic Lodge, VFW Internment: Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne Wells, CO Military Rites performed by William A. Kimmel VFW Post 9700 of Cheyenne Wells; Joe Will VFW Post 6612 of Hugo, and Kit Carson VFW Post 8411 SMELKER,Gaylord Wesley (1930-1999) Korean War and Viet Nam War Veteran; Retired U.S. Navy officer Internment: Lakeside Cemetery, full military honors SPARKS, Darrell D. (1920-2000) WWII Veteran - U.S. Army Internment: Shelton Memorial Park, Shelton, WA    ROSTER : WORLD WAR II - U.S. ARMY ENLISTMENTS, extracted from NARA's World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946    Organizations William Kimmel Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9700, organized in Cheyenne Wells. {Named for William Kimmel of Arapahoe, killed in action, while serving on the USS Quincy, sank in the Pacific in the Battle of Savo - 9 Aug 1942.} Kit Carson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8411 American Legion Edwin D. Waltman, Post Unit 126, organized in Cheyenne Wells after WWI. {Named for the first Cheyenne County soldier killed in World War I.} American Legion Auxiliary, chartered in June 1922. First Officers: President, Mrs. Frances BROWN Vice-President, Mrs.Leslie JULL Secretary, Amber E. FROELICK Treasurer, Ethel SHY Civil War Veterans from Cheyenne County History, 1979: a Cheyenne Republican article, March 1911. Willoughby Wells Post No 11 ..... organized in Cheyenne Wells, 1911 Officers in 1911: Commander, J.H. THOMPSON Senior Vice, M. L. CAULKINS Junior Vice, B. TERWILLIGER Adjutant, E.C. WILSON Chaplain, W. L. DeMUNBRUN    Links to Military History / Genealogy sites: AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION - http://www.abmc.gov/ The American Civil War Homepage - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ Arlington National Cemetery Information - http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/contents.htm Colorado Civil War Casualties Index - http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/military/ciwardea.html Colorado Veterans' Graves Registration, 1862-1949- http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/military/graves/ Colorado Volunteers During the Civil War - http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/military/trans/index.html Military Veterans' Database for all branches of the U.S. Military, including Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard, Navy and Reserves. Plus information for non-US Military. - http://www.shipmates.com/shipmates/ Purple Heart Organization - Combat Wounded Veterans - http://www.purpleheart.org/ Shipmate_search - http://www.USMM.org/shipmate_search.html U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY - http://www.history.army.mil/ ARMY HERITAGE COLLECTION ONLINE - http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/index.jsp US Civil War Center - http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ US Navy Armed Guard WWII Veterans (armedguard) - http://www.armed-guard.com/ Welcome To The WWII U.S. Veterans Website - http://ww2.vet.org/ World War II Troop Ship Crossings - http://ww2troopships.com/
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