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Placer County World War
I Casualties
Submitted by K. Marynik
Submitter’s note: There is no official governmental listing of Placer
County soldiers lost to World War I.
The following list was
compiled using obituaries, other newspaper articles, and a partial list
in a 1924 Placer County history book.
| NAME |
HOMETOWN |
RANK |
BRANCH |
DOD |
DETAILS |
PLACE |
OBIT |
|
BAIRD,
Fred D.
|
Newcastle
|
Corporal
|
US Army
|
7-18-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
|
|
BARNES,
Louis
|
Forest Hill
|
|
US Army
|
|
accident
|
|
|
|
BELLOWS,
William Edward Jr.
|
Dutch Flat
|
Private
|
US Army
|
7-20-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
BEVILACQUA, Anthony Joseph
|
Colfax
|
Private
|
US Army
|
6-24-1918
|
disease
|
|
|
|
BEYER,
Robert Houghton
|
Auburn
|
|
US Army
|
9-23-1918
|
pneumonia
|
Camp Lewis, WA
|
Obit |
|
BILDERBACK, Houston Lee
|
Lincoln
|
|
US Army
|
11-6-1918
|
pneumonia & influenza
|
Fort Wordon, WA
|
Obit |
|
BOBO,
Raymond
|
Auburn
|
Fireman
|
US Navy
|
1-28-1918
|
pneumonia
|
Vallejo, CA
|
Obit |
|
BOWMAN,
Irwin Lester
|
Forest Hill
|
Corporal
|
US Army
|
10-25-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
|
|
BRADWAY,
Clayton Worthington
|
Roseville
|
Private
|
US Army
|
12-25-1918
|
pneumonia
|
France
|
Obit |
|
BUTLER,
Winfield Alyn
|
Roseville
|
|
US Army
|
9-5-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
BYXBE,
Fred Leon
|
Lincoln or Roseville
|
Private
|
US Army
|
1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
|
|
COLVIN,
Carl Lee
|
Auburn
|
Corporal
|
US Army
|
8-3-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
CORTOPASSI,
Abdenago “Tony”
|
Auburn
|
|
US Army
|
10-8-1918
|
Shot
|
Auburn, CA
|
Obit |
|
CUMMINGS,
James Douglas
|
Roseville
|
Lieutenant
|
Canadian
Army
|
4-28-1917
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
DEL DEBBIO,
Guiseppe
|
Auburn
|
Private
|
US Army
|
9-26-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
DORAN,
Vernon D.
|
Roseville
|
discharged
|
US Army
|
8-18-1918
|
tuberculosis
|
Roseville, CA
|
Obit |
|
FOWLER,
James E.
|
Lincoln
|
|
US Army
|
8-5-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
GRACE,
Mark D.
|
Loomis
|
Corporal
|
US Army
|
11-16-1918
|
plane crash
|
Honolulu, HI
|
Obit |
|
GUSTIS,
Tom Peter
|
Newcastle
|
|
|
|
disease
|
|
|
|
HARRY,
Richard
|
Roseville
|
Seaman
|
US Navy
|
7-?-1919
|
disease
|
|
Obit |
|
HEALEY,
Mark
|
Auburn
|
Private
|
Canadian Army
|
10-24-1917
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
HERBERT,
James O.
|
Auburn
|
|
US Army
|
|
|
|
Obit |
|
HOXIE,
Henry
|
Donner
|
Private
|
Canadian Army
|
1-?-1919
|
pneumonia
|
France
|
Obit |
|
LAMBERT,
Roy E.
|
Roseville
|
Private
|
US Army
|
7-5-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
LANGAN,
Gurdon S.
|
Roseville
|
Sergeant
|
US Army
|
8-24-1919
|
KIA
|
France
|
|
|
LARSEN,
Edward Andrew
|
Loomis
|
Apprentice Seaman
|
US Navy
|
1-9-1918
|
pneumonia
|
San Diego, CA
|
|
|
LINNELL,
Arthur Eugene
|
Roseville
|
|
US Army
|
10-21-1918
|
influenza
|
Fort McDowell, CA
|
Obit |
|
McAULAY,
Frederick
|
Penryn
|
Line Officer
|
British Police
|
6-?-1917
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
McKEON,
Warren Alexander
|
Forest Hill
|
Private
|
US Army
|
7-18-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
RICKETTS,
Lawrence Vernon
|
Roseville
|
Fireman
|
US Navy
|
1-?-1919
|
disease
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Obit |
|
SPURGEON, Lucius Benjamin
|
Lincoln
|
|
|
10-?-1918
|
pneumonia
|
Spokane, WA
|
Obit |
|
TOWNSEND,
Richard Whitington
|
Auburn
|
Private
|
US Army
|
9-27-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
TRUE,
California
|
Roseville
|
Corporal
|
US Army
|
3-?-1918
|
brain abscess
|
France
|
Obit |
|
TURNER,
W. R.
|
Gold Run
|
|
British Army
|
12-?-1917
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
WALLNER,
Hugo Frank
|
Roseville
|
|
US Army
|
10-1-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
WATERS,
Edward J.
|
Roseville
|
|
US Army Aviation
|
11-16-1918
|
illness
|
Mather Field, CA
|
Obit |
|
WATSON,
George W.
|
Clipper Gap
|
Private
|
US Army
|
10-10-1918
|
KIA
|
France
|
Obit |
|
WATSON,
Robert Howie
|
Tahoe City
|
|
|
5-1-1918
|
pneumonia
|
Tampico, NM
|
Obit |
|
WILHELM,
Clarence
|
Auburn
|
|
US Army
|
1-21-1918
|
pneumonia
|
France
|
Obit |
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