JOHNSON COUNTY


Men Who Answered Their Country’s Call June 18, 1916

For Service on the Mexican Border

First Iowa Cavalry

MAJOR RALPH P. HOWELL, Commanding

Troop C

 

PRIVATES FIRST CLASS

Burke, Louis J.

Edwards, Fred M.

Floerschinger, Leo F.

Ford, Oscar L.

Greider, Herman A.

Jiras, Charles W.

Madden, Luther V.

Olney, Elmer E.

Schmidt, Edward B.

Thorson, Oliver C.

 

PRIVATES

Ansel, George S.

Bauer, William T.

Carr, Robert

Case, Ulysses G.

Caukin, Parker H.

Chase, Ralph C.

Cochran, Fred

Davis, Albert I.

Damme, Reinhard P.

Donahoe, Barney

Edwards, Clarence F.

Edwards, Lloyd R.

Erusha, Joseph E.

Evans, Walter

 

CAPTAIN

RAY A. YENTER

 

LIEUTENANTS

1ST Lt. ROSCOE HOLDEN

2ND Lt. CARLYLE G. BROWN

 

SERGEANTS

1ST Sgt. HARRY B. BERRY

Supply Sgt. ELISHA J. SCHOOLEY

 

Stable Sgt. GRANT U. DORY

Mess Sgt. ADAM P. ROHRET

HOWELL R. W[I]LLIAMS

LEO J. SIMPKINS

RAYMOND A. SHAY

MILFORD ENGLEBERT

JAY M. BALDWIN

 

CORPORALS

ANDREW D. DOUD

JOHN McMANAMA

HERMAN A. KARPE

ERDICE BURNS

WALTER V. HONN

JOHN F. CONOLEY

RALPH W. FORD

CLAUD R. HEVERN

COOKS

CHARLES BECK

HARRY D. SMELSER

 

HORSESHOERS

STEPHEN R. COX

MILO R. EDWARDS

 

SADDLER

WILLIAM S. BEARDSLEY

 

BUGLERS

IRWIN J. JONES

HENRY VAN OOSTING

 

 

 

PRIVATES

Finley, Roy F.

Forsythe, Eddie

Hagan, Glenn A.

Harris, Robert J.

Hanson, Raymond C.

Johnson, William E.

Kehlet, Viggo V.

Kennedy, Charles E.

Kuck, Roy E.

Mahoney, Everett V.

McCallister, Francis

Miller, James

Moore, Carl E.

Nichols, Cloyd F.

Olson, Grant H.

Pappas, Charles

Peterson, Alvin T.

Phillips, Clarence P.

Rawlins, Hilary

Sherman, Dewey O.

Sponar, Joseph

Stratton, Clarence R.

Talmage, George

Wagner, John F.

Watson, Richard

Webster, Robert E.

 

 

 

 

RECORD OF EVENTS

                       Called out June 20, 1916.

Reported at home rendezvous at Iowa City, Iowa, June 21, 1916.

                       Mobilized at Des Moines, Ia., July 1, 1916.

                       Entrained for border July 23, 1916.

                       Stationed at Donna, Tex., July 27, 1916.

                       Participated in Parker’s Division

 

 

Many thanks to retired Army Major General Robert Sentman, for providing this history.

 


11 Sep 2010