World War I

McKEAN COUNTY
WORLD WAR I
137 Gold Stars

Killed in Action: 53
Died of Wounds: 20
Died of Illness: 47
Missing in Action: 3
Died Non-Battle: 3
Unknown Cause: 11

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	Sergeant Edwin C. Adams Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 15 July 1918, in France
	Second Lieutenant John Leon Allen Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 30 May 1918, Camp Sherman, OH Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Corporal Donovan Milton Anderson Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: 109 Brook Street, Bradford Missing in action on 9 August 1918 Age: 20 Enlisted in June 1916, serving in the Border Campaign in Mexico. Tablets of the Missing at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Aviation Mechanic Lowell L. Andrus Camp Great Lakes, U.S. Navy Hometown: Rixford Died of illness on 30 September 1918 Age: 26
	Private Don Lyman Archibald 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 6 November 1918, France Buried: Plot A, Row 23, Grave 23 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private Walter Lavern Baker Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Died of wounds on 28 September 1918 Battle of the Argonne, France Buried: Plot D, Row 30, Grave 18. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Corporal Clea Robert Bargerstock 6th Battalion, Company D, 20th Engineers Hometown: Kane Drowned at sea on February 5, 1918 near Island of Islay, Scotland Bargerstock was aboard the TSS Tuscania when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The ship sunk with a loss of 489 American soldiers.
	Private William Bateman Hometown: Bradford Died of illness at the Embarkation Hospital, Hoboken, NJ
	Private Gerald Bates Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 9 August 1918
	Private Fred Herman Bloomster Battery C, 314th Field Artillery Hometown: Kasson, Sergeant Township Wounded by gas in France Died of illness on 21 March 1919 at Camp Merritt, NJ. Age: 25 Buried: Kasson Cemetery
	Private Clarence F. Boyd Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 15 July 1918
	Private Arthur Brace Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness at Bradford Hospital Age: 20 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Frank D. Bryce Camp Lee, VA Hometown: Norwich Died of illness on 25 December 1918 Buried: Kittaning, PA
	Private Ralph L. Burdick Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Hometown: Colegrove Killed in action on 4 November 1918 Age: 24 Buried: Plot D, Row 46, Grave 18 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private Myron Daniel Burns Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hometown: Eldred Died of wounds on 23 July 1918 Age: 18 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Eldred
	Sergeant Frank G. Burt, Jr. Company D, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 30 July 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Plot B, Row 6, Grave 1 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Charles R. Burtch Company D, 8th Battalion, 20th Engineers Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 14 March 1918 in France Age: 27 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	William Byrd Hometown: Kane Kane WWI memorial
	Earl J. Campbell Hometown: Kane Kane WWI memorial
	Private James Francis John Carlson Company C, U.S. Marine Corps, attached to 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 5 October 1918 in France Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	John Franklin Carr Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment Hometown: Hazel Hurst Died of illness on 16 December 1918 at Fort Bliss, TX Age: 23 Buried: Alexandria, VA
	Private Orlo S. Chaffee Company I, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Gassed and died of wounds on 22 August 1918 Age: 19
	Private Walter Earl Cheeseman Company C, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 2 February 1919 in Coblenz, Germany, during occupation Age: 24 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	First Sergeant William Robert Cleveland 51st Company, 5th Marines, U.S. Marine Corps Hometown: Crosby Killed in action on 11 June 1918 fighting at Belleau Wood Age: 25 Buried: Section H, Site 275, Philadelphia National Cemetery His parents were sent a citation of bravery from the French government and the Croix de Guerre medal for extraordinary heroism in looking after his sec- tion during heavy German bombardment during an attack, keeping them to- gether and cheering them on at all times.
	Private Arthur Edward Cooney Company G, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 2 November 1918 Age: 31 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Charles Edward Courtwright 16th Battalion, Manitoba Infantry Regiment, Canadian Army Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 28 April 1917 Age: 28 Buried: VIII. C. 33, Orchard Dump Cemetery Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
	Corporal William Wallace Crawford, Jr. Company N, 4th Battalion, 116th Engineers Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 14 January 1919 in France Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Private Michael John Daly, Jr. Company D, 2nd Battery, Field Artillery Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 11 October 1918 at Edgewood Arsenal, MD Age: 31 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
	Sergeant Horace A. Decker Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 4 October 1918 Age: 21
	Private George Peterson Dewey Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds received during a German air raid near St. Gillis, France on 7 September 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Alfonso Dipasquale Company I, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Betula Killed in action on 8 October 1918 Buried: Plot A, Row 17, Grave 2 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	John B. Donovan Hometown: Kane Died in service on 24 January 1918 at Norfolk, VA Age: 19
	Private Roy Albert Douglass Company D, Machine Gun Battalion, 315th Infantry Division Hometown: East Smethport Died of illness on 27 November 1918 in France Age: 22
	Sergeant First Class Arthur Jacob Duggan Chemical Warfare Service Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 5 March 1919 in France Age: 28 Buried: Plot B, Row 9, Grave 8 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
	Private William F. Dunn U.S. Marine Corps Hometown: Barden Brook, Eldred Drowned at sea near Haiti on 21 May 1918 Buried: St. Mary’s Cemetery, Sartwell
	Private Lawrence J. Durnell Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Kane WWI Memorial
	Private Francis Guy Dwyer 2nd Company, 505th Regiment, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 4 February 1915 in France Age: 20 First McKean County soldier killed in World War I Buried: III. D. 4., Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3., Idaho, Belgium
	Corporal Floyd H. English 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division Hometown: near Kinzua Killed in action on 29 September 1918 in France Buried: Plot B, Row 21, Grave 13 Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
	Edwin Ferguson Hometown: Kane Kane WWI Memorial
	Theodore A. Ferguson Hometown: Kane Kane WWI Memorial

Corporal Fay F. Fessenden

310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division
Hometown: Port Allegany
Killed in action on 22 September 1918 in France

Buried: Plot C, Row 7, Grave 1
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France

	Pharmacists Mate William H. Fitzsimmons Company B, Camp Perry, U.S. Navy Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 22 September 1918 at Great Lakes, IL Age: 26 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
	Sergeant Major Edmond P. Freeman Machine Gun Company, 329th Regiment, 83 Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 30 September 1918 at Camp Merritt, NJ Age: 26 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private First Class Claire Burdette Gallup 80th Military Police Company Hometown: Colegrove Died of illness on 22 December 1918 Age: 24 Buried: Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township
	Private William H. Gardner 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 28 June 1918 in France Buried: Plot A, Row 3, Grave 50 Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
	Private John Ralph Gifford 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Hometown: Crosby Killed in action on 10 November 1918 in France Age: 30 Buried: Plot B, Row 30, Grave 13 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France Marker also at Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township
	Private Ralph K. Gould Battery D, 323rd Field Artillery Hometown: Wetmore Township Died of illness on 2 January 1919 Kane WWI Memorial
	Private Greg E. Green Company A, 302nd Machine Gun Battalion, 91st Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 31 October 1918 in France Age: 31 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	Private Lloyd L. Guyer Company 30, 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix, NJ Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 4 October 1918 Age: 28 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Harmon Dunn Hall 5th Company, 1st Regiment, French Foreign Legion Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 15 June 1915 Age: 24 Enlisted in the Foreign Legion at Laon, France in October 1914.
	Corporal Harold Oscar Hallberg Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 25 July 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Plot A, Row 16, Grave 38 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private Lee Alfred Hanks Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Wetmore Township Killed in action on 7 October 1918 in the Argonne Age: 20
	Glenn Homer Henderson Company C, 213th Regiment, Engineer Recruitment Battalion Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 25 October 1918 at Camp Forest, GA Age: 21 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	Private Henry Lawrence Herzog Company D, 111th Engineers, 36th Infantry Division Hometown: Farmers Valley Died of illness on 14 December 1917 Age: 27 Buried: Smith Cemetery, Farmers Valley
	Private John William Hill Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 9 September 1918
	Private Charles W. Hoadley Company I, 108th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 25 August 1918 Age: 25 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Captain Oscar William Hogstedt Company D, 132nd Infantry, Sour Lake, TX Hometown: Colegrove Accidentally shot in the neck while on guard duty and died on 7 November 1917. Age: 35 Buried: Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township

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