Veterans of
Rozel, Pawnee County, Kansas
Transcribed and submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Civil War Veterans
Blackwell, David	Co. D., 122nd Illinois	1850 Census, Macoupin Co., Illinois	Rozel, Ks.
Camp, Dexter M.	Illinois Volunteers		Ben Wade, Ks.
Forman, Henry	No data available

Post Civil War Servicemen
Girton, Luther H.	Co. B 2, Penn. Artillery	Mustered in Dec. 21, 1883, at age 40, Pensioned to the east July 25, 1884 after seven years	Ben Wade, Ks.
Marlatt, J.W.	Mustered in July 2, 1894		Buried in Garfield Cemetery
Musselman, William. H.	Sgt., Co. F, 1st Missouri Cavalry	Mustered in Dec. 15, 1883, age 38	Died March 22, 1895 Harmony, Ks.
Webster, Ovid Polk	Sgt., Co. H, 45th Penn.
Selig, Ludwig	Co. B 45th Wisconsin		Buried Burdett Cemetery
Smith, James E.			Rush Center, G.A.R.
Wax, Merida C.	Cp. Co. A 8th Regiment Oklahoma Cavalry		Born in 1840, Died in 1945, Buried in Rozel Cemetery

Spanish American War Veterans
Currie, Samuel E.		Born in 1877, Died in 1951
Webster, Henry	No data available

Taken from the 1919 Wheat Edition of the Tiller and Toiler: In World War I the first soldiers to leave Pawnee County were the volunteers that formed the Old Com­pany F.  Those volunteers or draftees from Rozel were:

World War I
Besore, Jay M.	Hospital Unit 107, Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa.
Bressel, Joseph	Camp Funston, Co. B, 314 Engineers, 89th Div.
Bruntzel, Julius Eliert	Camp Funston, Co. C, 69th Inf. 10th Div.
Brack, Daniel	Co. C., 69th Inf., Camp Funston
Balman, Albert	Co. C, 3rd Regiment, Naval Reserve, A.E.F.
Cone, Walter Henry	Sgt., Telegraph Dept. Kansas University, Ks.
Compton, Glenn Ellis	S.A.T.C., Fairmount College. Wichita
Carr, Everett Michael	Navy, U.S.S. Mecaca
Drake, Lyle Eldon	Camp Funston, Co. F Engineer, M.T.C.R.U.E., 304 St. Sam Houston, Tx.
Detzen, Henry M.	Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Co. E. 34th Inf. A.E.F.
Dale, Frank Ernest	Camp Funston, Pawnee Co. Draft
Drake, Raymond	S.A.T.C., Fort Hays, Ks.
Elmore, Frank	Co. 28, 12th Inf. Reg., Camp Paul Jones, Great Lakes
Foss, Marion	Camp Funston, 31st Co., 164th Depot Brigade
Foss, Oliver	Camp Funston, Co. C, 69th Inf
Fox, George Warren	Camp Funston, Pawnee Co. Draft
Frazee, Durward B.	Co. B, 314 Field Station E A.E.F.
Gum, Charles	Bugler, 466 Engineers, P Train., Mo. 505240, A.E.F.
Gum, Horace L.	Camp Doniphan, K.N.G., Co. F 117th Ammunition Train
Howell, Ross Penrose	K.S.A.C., 96th Up Co., Camp John Wise, San Antonio, Tx.
Johnson, Daniel	Navy, Ship Supply Co., Hampden Roads, Va.
Kitch, Dwight Moody	Aero Squad., 139th Normandale, Tx.
Kitch, Forrest Willam	S.A.T.C., Fort Hays, Ks.
LaBounty, Ralph	Headquarters Co., 59th F Art., A.E.F.
Meier, Fred William	Musician, Navy, U.S.S Mt. Vernon
Means, Troy	Camp Funston, Co. D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, 88th Div., A.E.F.
Meier, John Henry	Camp Funston, Animal Transport, Dept. 305, A.E.F.
Olsen, Nansen F.	Marines, Co. 459, Batt. E, Paris Island, S.C.
Parr, Rufus	Sec. 2, C.U.S. Naval Aviation Field, Forest Reserve, A.E.F.
Pfenninger, Wilbur Regnal	S.A.T.C., Hays, Ks.
Renfro, Samuel E.	32nd Co., 164th Depot Brigade. 3rd Reg., Camp Funston
Selig, Louis Henry	514th Ambulance Section A.E.F.
Scott, Maynard	S.A.T.C., Kansas University
Selig, Charles	Battery F, 18th Field Artifiery. A.E.F.
Smith, Glee Sidney	Camp Funston, Headquarters Co., 350th Inf. Signal Platoon A.E.F.
Shaw, William W.	Camp Funston, Battery A, 28th Field Art., 10th Div.
Smith, Charles Christopher	Camp Funston, Pawnee Co. Draft
Smith, Fayne	U.S. Navy Air Station, Pa France, A.E.F.
Uhland, Verne Leon	Camp Funston, Navy. Receiving Squad., Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.
Uhland, Harry	U.S. Navy, Air Station. B France, Overseas service
Wilson, Hugh M.	Co. B, 2nd Reg. Engineers, A.E.F.
Winkler, Edwin	Corporal, Co. M, 69th Inf., Camp Funston

Veterans Of World War II *Denotes Killed in Action
Arnold, Eugene	Arnold, Orb	Arnold, Ralph	Balinan, John
Balman, Melvin	Balman, Robert	Blackburn, Keith*	Blackburn, Joe
Blackburn, Wayne	Blackwell, Fred	Blackwell, George	Blattner, Joe
Blattner, LeRoy*	Brack, Harold	Brack, Leonard*	Brack, Orville
Brack, Raymond	Bradford, Ora, Jr.	Bruntzel, Eldred	Bruntzel, Nolan
Becker, Marvin*	Becker, Wesley*	Burch, Lawrence	Burch, Robert
Christian, Edward	Colgiazier, Gail	Daniels, Vernon	Davis, Leonard
Deighton, Robert	Duncan, James	Dye, LeRoy	Edmisten, Ralph
Edmisten, Richard	Elmore, Elvin	Elmore, Jack	Finger, Marvin
Fox, Emmett	Fox, Glee*	Fox, Kendall	Franz, Dewey
Good, Chester	Guell, Vernon	Gum, Charles	Gum, Herschael
Gum, Robert	Haberman, Henry	Jennings, Ivan	Jennings, Edgar
Johnson, Don	Latas, Dale	Latas, Eugene	Litzenberger, LaVerne
Patterson, Kenneth	Pfenninger, Harold	Rosner, Harold	Riederer, Robert
Schraeder, Vernon	Schraeder, Wilbur	Seba, Arlyn	Smith, Arlyn
Smith, Glee, Jr.	Smith, Raymond	Snodgrass, Lawrence	Snodgrass, Paul
Spreier, Victor	Stiebe, Alfons	Stiebe, Arthur	Struthers, Lawrence
Thurman, James	Tiday, Donald	Umberger, Dean	Wagner, Charles
Wagner, John	Wagner, Robert	Waggoner, Ira*	Webb, Loren
Wells, Harry	Winkler, Louis	Young, Charles

Women in Service
Thursa Fox	WAC

Supreme Sacrifice   Pvt. Keith Curtis Blackburn, youngest son of Preston and Hazel Blackburn, born near Larned, Pawnee Co., Kansas, Oct. 16, 1921; killed in action Dec. 12, 1944, in Germany, age 23 years, 1 month and 26 days.  He went into the service for his country Aug. 5, 1942; went overseas Aug. 3, 1944.  He was with General Patton's 3rd Army 95th division Infantry.   Keith was always willing to do his duty, both in school and in the armed service of his country, never complaining, always writing the best letters and everything was all o.k.

Keith C. Blackburn Entered Service: Aug. 5, 1942 Branch of Service: U. S. Army, 37th Infantry, 95th Division Serial Number: 37213230 Rank: Private Killed in Action: Dec. 12, 1944 in Germany Buried: at Limey near Nancy, France, later moved to Larned Cemetery at Larned, Kansas Parents: Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Blackburn

Wesley, Harvey and Marvin Becker, in Honolulu, Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Marvin (class of 1939) and Wesley (class of 1940) and Harvey were in the Navy together.  Harvey stayed in the city with his wife, the others returned to their ship, the Arizona, which was sunk Dec. 2 (7th).

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