World War I

Harold Tracy Allen came from Sutherland, Iowa. He was the brother of Mr. Burt M. Allen of Rockford, Illinois. Harold came to Iowa State College to train with the Mechanical...

Second Lieutenant Raymond Arthur Anderson of the infantry was a part of the Iowa State College faculty. He died at home in Joliet, Illinois, possibly of influenza. He was related...

Civilian Life Earl Granville Anderson was born in Joliet, Illinois and grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. While in high school, he developed a great dislike for everything pertaining to...

James Albert Antram was the son of Mrs. A. L. Antram. He had a sister named Myrtle. James came to Iowa State College from Stuart, Iowa as part of the...

Civilian Life Dexter Edward Bailey received his bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Agricultural College. He earned a Master’s in Science at Iowa State College in 1917, majoring in Chemistry. After graduating,...

George Alexander Baker was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was eventually married to Ida Baker of Ames, Iowa. He received a B.S. in Ag. E. in 1917 from Iowa...

Sergeant Edwin Frederick Barnum was from Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1915. Edwin enlisted November 6, 1917 in Washington...

Corporal Clyde E. Beer was the son of Mrs. Flora C. Beer. His hometown was Keosauqua, Iowa. Clyde graduated from Iowa State College with the class of 1917 in Electrical...

Charles Millard Bilderback was the son of Mr. J.E. Bilderback. He came from Adel, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1916. On June 16, 1918, Charles enlisted as...

First Sergeant Earl Brunson Bisbee was the son of S.N. Bisbee. His hometown was Los Angeles, California. Earl graduated with the class of 1913. He joined the Marines at Seattle,...

Year at ISU: 1921 Dale Troy Bradley was the son of Mr. Sidney Bradley, and grew up in Bedford, Iowa. He studied Agronomy at Iowa State College before enlistinginto the...

Platoon Sergeant William Brand was the son of Mr. Karl Brand. He grew up in New Hampton, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1914. William enlisted May 27,...

Presley Estel Brown grew up in Walker, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah E. Brown. Presley came to Iowa State College as part of the Student Army Training...

Andrew James Brown grew up in Red Oak, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. F. C. Brown and Mrs. Sarah E. Brown. He graduated from Iowa State College in...

Cheney was the son of Mr. D. E. Byam. He was formerly of the Class of 1911, Civil Engineering. He had come to Iowa State College from his hometown of...

Neal Dow Campbell came to Iowa State College from his hometown Grand River, Iowa. He graduated in 1915 with an Animal Husbandry degree. On June 26, 1918 he joined the...

Private Laurence Frederick Gustave Casper grew up in Hinton, Iowa. He was somehow related to Dr. Percy Ellis and Alfred J. Bogen. Laurence came to Iowa State College as part...

Private Everett Tracy Clark came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Cedar Falls, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He died of influenza...

Sergeant Jay William Clayton was born and raised in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was the son of Mr. W. D. Clayton. Jay graduated from Iowa State College in 1916 and enlisted...

Eugene Willard Colburn was the son of Mrs. Dora S. Colburn. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of West Union, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical...

Romeo Willis Cox was the son of Mrs. W. C. Cox. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Childress, Texas. Romeo graduated ISU in 1918 and soon...

Anton Dahl came to Iowa State College from his hometown Cherokee, Iowa, as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He was somehow related to Gust Carlson of...

Second Lieutenant O. Dean Davidson was the brother of Warren C. Davidson. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science...

Matthew Dale Ackerman was born to A. H. Eckerman and Lula Ackerman. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Des Moines, Iowa. He would have graduated in 1918...

Earle Edwards was born to Mr. J S. Edwards and was the brother of Carrie B. Edwards. His hometown was Nevada, Iowa. Earle graduated from Iowa State College in 1915...

Joseph "Joe" Mull Eldridge was a popular student at Iowa State College. Mr. Eldridge had lived practically all his life at Ames, where he graduated from the Iowa State College...

Thomas Winford Ellis came to Iowa State College from Spencer, Iowa. He was the son Mrs. Lillian L. Ellis of Raymond, Washington. He was also married. Thomas was a member...

Volney LuVerne Evans came to Iowa State College from his hometown, Emerson, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. Marion L. Evans. He graduated in 1917 with a degree in...

Miles Dension Felton was the son of Mr. William Felton. He came to Iowa State College from Neola, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. Miles died of...

Emmett Floyd was the son of Mrs. Ester E. Floyd. He came to Iowa State College from here in Ames, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps....

Galen Sturman Freel was the son of Dr. C.O. Freel and Mrs. Carrie M Freel. He grew up in Murray, Iowa with two brothers. The eldest, Elden Leo Freel, served...

Daniel was born in Ottumwa, Iowa to Mr. J. R. Fulton. He came to Iowa State College as part of the the Student Army Training Corps. Daniel died of influenza...

John Noble Garth, Jr. was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Garth. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Webster City, Iowa as a member...

Second Lieutenant Sontus John Gjellefald was the son of Mr. A. O. Gjellefald. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown, Forest City, Iowa. He was formerly part of...

First Sergeant Frank Lewis Glick was the son of Mr. A.G. Glick and the nephew of Mr. L. C. Abbott. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Marshalltown,...

Sergeant Harry Robert Gray was married to Mrs. H. R. Gray and related to Mrs. Jerome Class. Harry enlisted August 14, 1918 at Elkader, Iowa. He came to Ames and...

Second Lieutenant Clyde Irving Griffith was born in Ames, Iowa to Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Griffith. He graduated from Iowa State College with Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering....

Myron DeFrance Hahne was the son of Fred and Clarissa A. Hahne. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Webster City, Iowa as a member of the Student...

Clarence Hayden was the son of F. D. Hayden. He came to Iowa State College from Monticello, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps program. Clarence died here...

Private Ledru Harvey Hendrix was the brother of W. C. Hendrix. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Letts, Iowa to study Animal Husbandry with the Class of...

Edwin Emmet Hites graduated from Iowa State College in 1915 in Veternary Medicine. He enlisted June 12, 1917 as a second lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 6th Field...

Earl Hebert Holden was the son of J. W. Holden. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Scranton, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps....

Frank Holland was related to Reverend W.A. Phillips of Gladbrook, Iowa. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Kingsley, Iowa. Frank died of influenza at Iowa State on...

Joe Anton Hora was the son of Mr. James Hora, Sr. He grew up in Clutier, Iowa. Joe studied electical engineering at Iowa State before leaving the Class of 1919...

Private First Class John Ferris Hufford was the son of Mr. E. M. Hufford.His hometown was Toledo, Iowa. John graduated from Iowa State College in 1917 with a degree in...

Darold Edward Hughes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hughes. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Nashua, Iowa. Darold was a member of...

Harry Eugene Hutchinson was the son of Mr. F. J. Hutchinson and somehow related to Emma Hutchinson. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Montezuma, Iowa as part...

Second Lieutenant Robert Samuel Johnson was the son of Mr. Donald G. Johnson. He grew up in Ireton, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State College in 1914 with a Bachelor...

Lowell Vernon Kellogg was the son of Mr. H. F. Kellogg. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Iowa Falls, Iowa as part of the the Student Army...

Glenn Ray Kennedy was the son of Mr. H. V. Kennedy and Mrs Martha J. Kennedy. He came to Iowa State from his hometown of Newton, Iowa. He would have...

Lieutenant Leo Albert Kiburz was the brother of J. L. Kiburz. He came to Iowa State College from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and graduated in 1916. Leo was a lieutenant in...

Major Matthew Leander King came to Iowa State College from his hometown Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated in 1906 in B.M.E. He was also the husband of Mrs. M. L. King....

Private Fred Allen King was the son of Mr. W. E. King and Mrs. Cora King. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Corning, Iowa as part of...

Private Ralph Hull Kirk was from Dunlap, Iowa. He had three siblings: Ruby M. Kirk, Florence Kirk Notson and Mildred Kirk Hart. Ralph graduated from Iowa State College in 1916...

Major William Gladstone Langwill was from Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1908 with a degree in Dairy Industries, and eventually married Caroline M. Langwill. William enlisted...

Henry Larson was the son of Iver Larson, and grew up in Story City, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1914, but returned in 1918 as a member...

Captain Leo Parrot LeBron was the son of Elizabeth H. LeBron. He was formerly of the class of 1895, but left Iowa State College to pursuit other interests. Leo enlisted...

Private Frederic William Lieberknecht was from Letts, Iowa. e was the brother of William Lieberknecht and somehow related to Henry Lieberknecht (father?). He graduated from Iowa State College in 1914...

Harold Augustus Lieser was the son of Mr. W. L. Lieser and Mrs. Ada Lieser. He was roommates with H. L. Trimble while he was at Iowa State College. Harold...

Wendal Harlan Macy was the son of Harlan and Lou Macy. He came to Iowa State a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment Company B. He was from Searboro, Iowa....

Private William Francis Martin was from Odebolt, Iowa and a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He was related to Mr. Ed Martin, who was formerly of the Class...

Everett Melvin Marvin was a friend of Frank McClain of Waterloo, Iowa. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He died...

John Terry Mathers, formerly of the Iowa State College Class of 1920, enlisted inot the Navy on April 21, 1917. He was sent to the Great Lake Training Station in...

Private Harold Green McGee was the son of Mr. M.G. McGee. His hometown was Council Bluff, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State in 1916 in the Two-Year Agricultural program. Harold...

Private James Herbert McKeegan was the son of John and Alvina McKeegan. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He died of...

Rae Ambrose McKinistry was born October 25, 1898 to Mr. Ambrose and Vertie McKinstry. He grew up in North English, Iowa. Rae came to Iowa State College as a member...

William Galen McMaster was the son of C. A. McMaster and related to D.C. McMaster. He studied Agronomy at Iowa State College but left the Class of 1921. He enlisted...

Private Glenn Wendell McNay was from Silver City, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State's two-year program in 1916. Glenn served with the Tank Corps, Company C, 308th Infantry. He died...

Private Leo Aphonsus McSweeney came to Iowa State College from his hometown Randalia, Iowa as a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He was related to Mrs. J. S....

Jay Russell Melick was the son of Mrs. S.M. Melick and grew up in Ames, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State's two-year agriculture program in 1918. Mrs. Melick, circa 1922,...

Elvin Menno Mennenga was the son of Mr. M. Mennenga. He grew up in Hampton, Iowa. Elvin left Iowa State College in 1918. He enlisted on June 13, 1918 and...

Private Ehrhardt Johann Michaelsen, Jr. was the son of Thomas Michaelsen. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Arion, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training...

First Lieutenant Mark Humbert Middlekauf was born in Sioux City, earned his undergraduate degree at Oregon Agricultural College and was a graduate student at ISC in Ames. He was the...

Ward Arthur Miller was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Adel, Iowa and was a member of the...

Civilian Life Marshall Philo Miller graduated from Iowa State College in 1916 with a degree in Agronomy. He was known as a conscientious student who earned the respect and confidence...

Floyd Wesley Miller was the son of Mr. W. A. Miller. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1917, but then enlisted and joined Student Army Training Corps. He died...

Corporal William Nixon Moore came to Iowa State College from his hometown Des Moines, Iowa to study Mechanical Engineering. He was part of the class of 1916, but left college....

Harry Moran would have graduated in Animal Husbandry in 1919, but instead he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa in December 1917. He served as a construction quartermaster and government timekeep....

Private Philip Adam Mueller was the son of R. H. Mueller and grew up in Hudson, Iowa. He came to Iowa State as part of the third mechanical training detachment,...

Private Gerald Edmund Mull was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Mull. He grew up in Muscatine, Iowa and came to Iowa State College as a member of...

Cale Burdett Neal was the son of O. E. Neal. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company A. He died of influenza...

Private Laurence E Neff was born August 20, 1899 and grew up in Earlham, Iowa. He was the son of Nelle E. Neff. Laurence graduated from Earlham High School in...

Private Clarence Wilhelm Nelson was the son of Mr. Peter S. Nelson. He came to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B, from his...

Lloyd O'Dell was the son of Mr. Warren O'Dell. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1919 from the two-year agricultural program. He was from Gravity, Iowa, though he may...

Second Lieutenant Emeric Andrew Nelson was the sone of Mr. A. G. Peterson and grew up in Farley, Iowa. He studed Architectural Engineering while at Iowa State College. Instead of...

Private Carl Wilber Polson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Polson. He had come to Iowa State College as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company...

Private James Joseph Powers was the son of Thomas Powers, Sr. He had come from his hometown Duncomb, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He...

The Memorial Union is grateful to Terry Reints, a descendent of Private William Albert Reints, for providing the following information. William Albert Reints was born January 23, 1897 in Stanton...

Private Ralpeh Weeks Richardson was the son of Mr. F. E. Richardson. He grew up in Manchester, Iowa. Ralph studied agriculture at Iowa State but left the Class of 1917....

Private Walter Henry Riess was the son of John Reiss. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown, North English, Iowa, as a member of the Student Army Training...

Private Russell Walter Rippey was the son of Mrs. F. J. Rippey. He grew up in Ira, Iowa. He was formerly of the class of 1918 in the two-year agricultural...

Second Lieutenant Richard Harrison Sistine was born in 1896 and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from the two-year progrma at Iowa State College in 1916. He became...

Private First Class Homer Griffin Roland was the son of Mr. M.O. Roland and friend of Mr. G.K. Swift of Harlan, Iowa. He was formerly of the Iowa State college...

Marshall Lincoln Ruchte was from Dubuque, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. Anne Ruchte. Marshall left Iowa State College before his expected graduation of 1917. He enlisted in June,...

Second Lieutenant Henry Horace Russel grew up in Washington, Iowa. He was the son of Mr. H.W. Russell. "He spelled Russel, with one "L" only," - H.W. Russell, in a...

Private Peter John Sand was the son of Mr. John Sand. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Dubuque, Iowa as a member of the Mechnical Training Detachment,...

Private Lester Clifford was from Ottumwa, Iowa. He was the son of Walter Schoech. Lester came to Iowa State College as part of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. He...

First Lieutenant Charles Henry Schmacher was born October 13, 1888 and was the husband of Ruth Schumacher. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State...

Corporal Fred Alfred Sell was the son of Mrs. Rosa Sell. He came to Iowa State from Chelsea, Iowa. He was formerly of the Class of 1918, but enlisted April...

Lowell Louis Sheldon was the son of Mr. Frank S. Sheldon. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown of Eldora, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training...

Private Earl Joseph Slattery died of influenza on January 21, 1918. He had come from his hometown Fort Dodge, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. He was...

Ensign Anthony Francis Soukup grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was the brotherof Anna Soukup. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1917 with the Bachelor of Science degree...

Private Tracy Lewis Sparks was the son of Mr. Jerry Sparks. He came to Iowa State as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company B. His hometown was Kellogg,...

Private John Henry Stinogel was the youngest son of Henry and Mary Stinogel. He was born September 8, 1900 and grew up in Lohrville, Iowa. He was a member of...

John Daniel Swineyvwas the son of Mrs. Marie Swiney. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Davenport, Iowa. He graduated with a degree in Agronomy in 1917. John...

Private Ralph William Tawzer was from Sloan, Iowa. He enlisted on December 6, 1917 on his birthday and was a member of the 676th Aero Supply Squadron at Camp Dick,...

First Lieutenant Ilo Ivan Taylor received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State in 1917. He was from Storm Lake, Iowa - the son of Mrs....

Private First Class Fred Dent Turner was from Atlantic, Iowa. He was the son of Mrs. R.R. Turner. Fred was formerly of the Class of 1920 at Iowa State College....

Maurice Wakefield was the son of Dr. F. L. Wakefield. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Heyworth, Iowa as part of the Student Army Training Corps. He...

Floyd Wambeam was the son of Mrs. J.H. Wambeam.His hometown was Miami, Oklahoma. He graduated in Science in 1915 and enlisted at Camp Funston in Kansas on October 8, 1917....

Ralph Adelbert Warrington came to Iowa State College from his hometown Austin, Minnsota (though record indicate that St. Ansgar, Iowa, may have been his hometown). He was the son of...

Private Frank M. Waugh was the son of Mrs. Maude Waugh. He came to Iowa State College from his hometown Pocahontas, Iowa as a member of the Mechanical Training Detachment....

Joe Horton White came to Iowa State from Des Moines, Iowa to study Animal Husbandry. He was the husband of Mabel Eaton White. Joe might have graduated with the Class...

Corporal Hewitt Larrabee Williams came to Iowa State College from Postville, Iowa. He graduated in 1912 in Animal Husbandry. He enlisted into the Army on May 26, 1918 and was...

Private John B Wilmes came to Iowa State College from LaMotte, Iowa with the Mechanical Training Detachment, Company A. He was somehow related to Mrs. Catherine Wilmes (mother?) He died...

Hortense Elizabeth Wind is the only woman listed in the Gold Star Hall. She was the daughter of Mary H. Wind and related to Vera B. Wind. She came to...

Private Percy Eugne Wood was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Wood of Fonda, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1915 with an Animal Husbandry degree. Percy...

John Hubert Woodward was born on April 9, 1892 in the wide-open spaces of southwest Iowa to John and Sarah Woodward. The Woodwards lived in Hamburg, Iowa, in Fremont County,...

Private Pearl W. Yates was born in Mendota, Missouri and grew up in Albia, Iowa. He was the son of Nellie Yates. He came to Iowa State College in the...