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Our community does not seem to have
been particularly with wars through the
Civil War - in fact, not through the Spanish-American War. Some 20
Civil War veterans are buried in the Roanoke area and three Spanish
War veterans. Of 20 Civil War volunteers only nine returned
alive.
The Gardner family of Roanoke Township lost
four sons to the Civil War: Daniel, Levi, David and John. Others
killed in action included brothers Henry and Aaron Brubaker, as well
as Joseph and Henry Causey, sons of an early pioneer in the
township.
In this century, our participation has been
similar to that of most midwest communities - selling bonds and
stamps (and buying them), making bandages, saving metal,
participating in rationing. Roanoke men and boys have gone to
service: some have not come back.
The following are Roanoke citizens killed in
action or while in enlisted service:
Killed in Action
World War I:
Martin Steinhauer
Frederick
Ladendorf
World War II:
Lomax Wiley
Robert Martino
Robert Hennebelle
Lester Jenkins
Eugene
Nuziard
Viet Nam:
Bernard
Bucher
Killed in Line of Duty
World War II:
Howard Martin
Victor Ruble
Dr. Robert
Wilcox
Killed in Non-Combat
Ronald Ruble
John
McCauley
Memorial designed by Charles Thompson was
built by the library in the late 1940's. The parade for memorial Day
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This group of World War I
Veterans made the first pilgrimage to the Roanoke Cemetery on May
30th, 1920, to honor the fallen heros of all wars. They were not at
this time completely organized as a Legion Post, but before Memorial
Day in 1921, complete organization had been accomplished, and it
became incorporated in the minutes of an early meeting that this
pilgrimage become an annual affair.
Front row, kneeling left to
right: James McDonald, Fred Wehrman, Frank Paluska, Raymond O. Yeck,
Albert Thommen, Jacob J. Kintz, Edward Thommen, Carl A. Yeck, Joseph
Audi, Jacob E. DeWilde, P. B. (Shorty) Herbst
Back row, standing left to
right: Earl McKinnon, Dr. Vogt, E. L. (Nick) Herbst, Ted Graffleman,
Ernest Teuscher, Frank D. Sauder, John Manniga, Ben Woltzen, Albert
J. Woltzen, Frank Schultes, Leo Pruvost, Dr. R. T.
Rodaway
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