World War I

McKEAN COUNTY
WORLD WAR I
137 Gold Stars

Killed in Action: 53
Died of Wounds: 20
Died of Illness: 47
Missing in Action: 3
Died Non-Battle: 3
Unknown Cause: 11

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	Sergeant Edwin C. Adams Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 15 July 1918, in France Buried: Mapleview Cemetery, Cohocton, NY
	Second Lieutenant John Leon Allen Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 30 May 1918, Camp Sherman, OH Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Corporal Donovan Milton Anderson Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: 109 Brook Street, Bradford Missing in action on 9 August 1918 Age: 20 Enlisted in June 1916, serving in the Border Campaign in Mexico. Tablets of the Missing at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Machinists Mate Lowell L. Andrus Camp Great Lakes, U.S. Navy Hometown: Rixford Died of illness on 30 September 1918 Age: 26 Buried: Maplelawn Cemetery, Bolivar, NY
	Private Don Lyman Archibald 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 6 November 1918, France Buried: Plot A, Row 23, Grave 23 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private Walter Lavern Baker Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Died of wounds on 28 September 1918 Battle of the Argonne, France Buried: Plot D, Row 30, Grave 18. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Corporal Clea Robert Bargerstock 6th Battalion, Company D, 20th Engineers Hometown: Kane (also Marienville) Drowned at sea on February 5, 1918 near Island of Islay, Scotland Bargerstock was aboard the TSS Tuscania when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The ship sunk with a loss of 489 American soldiers. He was a member of the second selective service contingent of Warren County, leaving for the service on September 19, 1917.
	Private William Bateman Hometown: Bradford Died of illness at the Embarkation Hospital, Hoboken, NJ
	Private Gerald Bates Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 9 August 1918
	Private Fred Herman Bloomster Battery C, 314th Field Artillery Hometown: Kasson, Sergeant Township Wounded by gas in France Died of illness on 21 March 1919 at Camp Merritt, NJ. Age: 25 Buried: Kasson Cemetery
	Private Clarence F. Boyd Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 15 July 1918
	Private Arthur Brace Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness at Bradford Hospital Age: 20 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Frank D. Bryce Camp Lee, VA Hometown: Norwich Died of illness on 25 December 1918 Buried: Kittaning, PA
	Private Ralph L. Burdick Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Hometown: Colegrove Killed in action on 4 November 1918 Age: 24 Buried: Plot D, Row 46, Grave 18 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private Myron Daniel Burns Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hometown: Eldred Died of wounds on 23 July 1918 Age: 18 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Eldred
	Sergeant Frank G. Burt, Jr. Company D, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 30 July 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Plot B, Row 6, Grave 1 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private Charles R. Burtch Company D, 8th Battalion, 20th Engineers Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 14 March 1918 in France Age: 27 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	William Byrd Hometown: Kane Died: November 16, 1918
	Seaman 2/c Earl J. Campbell USS Nebraska Hometown: Kane Died of Illness: September 22, 1918
	Private James Francis John Carlson Company C, U.S. Marine Corps, attached to 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 5 October 1918 in France Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Sergeant John Franklin Carr Company D, 19th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division Hometown: Hazel Hurst Died of illness on 16 December 1918 at Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX Age: 23 Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Alexandria City, VA
	Private Orlo S. Chaffee Company I, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Gassed and died of wounds on 22 August 1918 Age: 19
	Private Walter Earl Cheeseman Company C, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 2 February 1919 in Coblenz, Germany, during occupation Age: 24 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	First Sergeant William Robert Cleveland 51st Company, 5th Marines, U.S. Marine Corps Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 11 June 1918 fighting at Belleau Wood Age: 25 Buried: Section H, Site 275, Philadelphia National Cemetery His parents were sent a citation of bravery from the French government and the Croix de Guerre medal for extraordinary heroism in looking after his section during heavy German bombardment during an attack, keeping them together and cheering them on at all times.
	Private Arthur Edward Cooney Company G, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 2 November 1918 Age: 31 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Charles Edward Courtwright 16th Battalion, Manitoba Infantry Regiment, Canadian Army Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 28 April 1917 Age: 28 Buried: VIII. C. 33, Orchard Dump Cemetery Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
	Corporal William Wallace Crawford, Jr. Company N, 4th Battalion, 116th Engineers Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 14 January 1919 in France Age: 23 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Private Michael John Daly, Jr. Company D, 2nd Battery, Field Artillery Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 11 October 1918 at Edgewood Arsenal, MD Age: 31 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
	Sergeant Horace Alvin Decker Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford (also Johnsonburg) Died of wounds on 4 October 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Wardvale Methodist Cemetery, Johnsonburg, PA
	Private George Peterson Dewey Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds received during a German air raid near St. Gillis, France on 7 September 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Alfonso Dipasquale Company I, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Betula Killed in action on 8 October 1918 Buried: Plot A, Row 17, Grave 2 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Seaman 2/c John B. Donovan Hometown: Kane Died of Illness: 24 January 1918 at Norfolk, VA Age: 19
	Private Roy Albert Douglass Company D, Machine Gun Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division Hometown: East Smethport Died of illness on 27 November 1918 in France Age: 22
	Sergeant First Class Arthur Jacob Duggan Chemical Warfare Service Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 5 March 1919 in France Age: 28 Buried: Plot B, Row 9, Grave 8 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
	Private William Redrick Dunn U.S. Marine Corps Hometown: Barden Brook, Eldred Drowned at sea near Haiti on 21 May 1917 Buried: St. Mary’s Cemetery, Sartwell
	Private Lawrence H. Durnell Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane (also Marienville) Killed in Action: 1918 Buried: North Forest & St. Ann's Cemetery, Jenks Twp
	Private Francis Guy Dwyer 2nd Company, 505th Regiment, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 4 February 1915 in France Age: 20 First McKean County soldier killed in World War I Buried: III. D. 4., Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3., Idaho, Belgium
	Corporal Floyd H. English Company E, 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division Hometown: near Kinzua Killed in action on 29 September 1918 in Argonne Forest Age: 33 Buried: Plot B, Row 21, Grave 13 Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France Memorial Stone: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford, PA
	Corporal Edwin E. Ferguson Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: Sept 27, 1918 at Argonne Forest Age: 19 Buried: Zion (Sigel Rd) Cemetery, Howe, PA
	Theodore A. Ferguson Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Died: 1918 Age: 23 Buried: Zion (Sigel Rd) Cemetery, Howe, PA

Corporal Fay F. Fessenden

310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division
Hometown: Port Allegany
Killed in action on 22 September 1918 in France

Buried: Plot C, Row 7, Grave 1
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France

	Hospital Apprentice 2/c William H. Fitzsimmons Company B, Camp Perry, U.S. Navy Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 22 September 1918 at Great Lakes, IL Age: 26 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane
	Sergeant Major Edmond P. Freeman Machine Gun Company, 329th Regiment, 83 Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 30 September 1918 at Camp Merritt, NJ Age: 26 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private First Class Claire Burdette Gallup 80th Military Police Company Hometown: Colegrove Died of illness on 22 December 1918 Age: 24 Buried: Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township
	Private William H. Gardner 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 28 June 1918 in France Buried: Plot A, Row 3, Grave 50 Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
	Private John Ralph Gifford 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Hometown: Crosby Killed in action on 10 November 1918 in France Age: 30 Buried: Plot B, Row 30, Grave 13 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France Marker also at Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township
	Private Ralph K. Gould Battery D, 323rd Field Artillery Hometown: Wetmore Township Died of illness on 2 January 1919 Kane WWI Memorial
	Private Greg E. Green Company A, 302nd Machine Gun Battalion, 91st Infantry Division Hometown: Port Allegany Killed in action on 31 October 1918 in France Age: 31 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	Private Lloyd L. Guyer Company 30, 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix, NJ Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 4 October 1918 Age: 28 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Harmon Dunn Hall 5th Company, 1st Regiment, French Foreign Legion Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 15 June 1915 Age: 24 Enlisted in the Foreign Legion at Laon, France in October 1914.
	Corporal Harold Oscar Hallberg Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 25 July 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Plot A, Row 16, Grave 38 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private Lee Alfred Hanks Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Wetmore Township Killed in action on 7 October 1918 in the Argonne Age: 20
	Glenn Homer Henderson Company C, 213th Regiment, Engineer Recruitment Battalion Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 25 October 1918 at Camp Forest, GA Age: 21 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany
	Private Henry Lawrence Herzog Company D, 111th Engineers, 36th Infantry Division Hometown: Farmers Valley Died of illness on 14 December 1917 Age: 27 Buried: Smith Cemetery, Farmers Valley
	Private John William Hill Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 9 September 1918
	Private Charles W. Hoadley Company I, 108th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 25 August 1918 Age: 25 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Captain Oscar William Hogstedt Company D, 132nd Infantry, Sour Lake, TX Hometown: Colegrove Accidentally shot in the neck while on guard duty and died on 7 November 1917. Age: 35 Buried: Colegrove Cemetery, Norwich Township

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