Marshall County World War I Honor Roll

Calvin Lee Croson

CROSON, CALVIN LEE, Marshalltown, son Mr. and Mrs. Charles Croson, Kirksville, Mo.;
aged 26, farmer; selective, May 24, 1918, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; died in France

Floyd C. Groover

GROOVER, FLOYD C., Marshalltown, son Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Groover; aged 22;
selective, Sept. 6, 1918, Camp Dodge; Co. 56, 14th Bn., 163d Depot Brig.;
died Camp Dodge, Oct. 13, 1918.

Harry Powers

POWERS, HARRY ELMER, Liscomb, son Mrs. Elizabeth Powers; aged 25,
selective, July 24, 1918, Camp Pike, Ark.; transferred to Camp Merritt, N.J.;
overseas Oct., 1918, died of disease, in France, Nov. 3, 1918.

Erwin Pursel

PURSEL, ERWIN O., Marshalltown, son J. W. Pursel; aged 29, furnace finisher;
waived deferred classification to go with draft contingent of Sept. 6, 1918, Camp Dodge;
transferred to Camp Sheby, Miss.; died at Camp Shelby, Oct. 12, 1918.

Harry Harter

HARTER, HARRY C., Marshalltown, son Charles C. Harter; aged 16;
recruited, Marshalltown, April 14, 1917; stationed ar Ft. Logan, Colo.,
and El Paso, Tex.; Pvt., Co. M, 23d Inf.; overseas September, 1917;
reported missing in action in France, June 6, 1918; listed,
in April, 1919, as killed in action on June 6, 1918.

Clyde Thomas

THOMAS, CLYDE L., Marshalltown, son Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Thomas; enlisted,
Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 6, 1917; stationed Camp Lewis, Wash.;
overseas Dec. 1917; Cpl.; killed in action in France, Sept. 30, 1918.

Bert De Lawyer

DE LAWYER, BERT DELL, Union, son Mr. and Mrs George De Lawyer; aged 24,
farmer; selective, Sept. 19, 1917, Camp Dodge; transferred to Camp Cody, N.M.,
then to Camp Merritt, N.J.; overseas July, 1918; Pvt. Co. A, 101st
Inf.; killed in action, Oct. 28, 1918.

Earl Wall

WALL, LIEUT. EARL S., Albion, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Wall,
Marshalltown; aged 24; enlisted, Chicago, Aug. 1917; stationed Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.;
overseas early summer of 1918; Lieut., Co. K, 132d Inf.;
wounded in action in arm and hip; died of wounds, Oct. 24, 1918;
posthumously cited for exceptional bravery in action in leading his men
against strong machine gun nests in the Boise Maulamont, Oct. 8, 1918.

Frederick Ekstrom

EKSTROM, FREDERICK G., Marshalltown, aged 23, farm hand; selective,
June 24, 1918, Camp Dodge; overseas August 1918, Co. F,
Med. Det., 350th Inf.; killed in action in France, Oct. 12, 1918

Edward Johnson

JOHNSON, EDWARD RAYMOND, Green Mountain, som Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson;
aged 24, farmer; selective, Sept. 19, 1917, Camp Dodge; transferred to Camp Cody, N.M.,
then to Camp Merritt, N.J.; overseas, June, 1918; Pvt. Co. A, 102d Inf., A.E.F.;
died of wounds received in action, in France, Sept.l 26, 1918.