Lincoln County

Libby Men of World War I

ROLL OF LIBBY, MONTANA MEN

WHO SERVED

IN THE U. S. ARMY OR NAVY

  Compiled by "THE WESTERN NEWS" of Libby, with the Co-operation of "The Eureka Journal" and the "Libby Times" Published in January 1920 by WESTERN MONTANA PUBLISHING COMPANY

NOTE:--Great pains have been taken by the publishers to have these service records as complete and accurate as possible. In all cases where it was possible to do so the men themselves have been asked to furnish the desired information. The records that could not be secured in this first-hand way are followed by an asterisk (*).

ADAMSON, Gust E.

age 28; entered service March 29, 1917; Albert Adamson, brother, Chicago, Ill; served in 2nd Montana Inf., later 163rd U.S. Inf. 41st Div. Transferred to 16th Inf. 1st Div., A. E. F. Served with former at Helena, Butte, Montana, Camp Mills and France. With later at Toul front, battle of Cantigny, second battle of Argonne; disharged March 28, 1919 at Fort Russell, Wyoming; private. Wounded in right shoulder and slightly gassed at second battle of Marne. Returned to the front to take part in St Mihiel and Argonne drive. Later sent back to hospital for the same wound.

ALDWORTH, Don

entered Officer's Training Camp at Presidio, Cal., August 27, 1917; commissioned First Lieutenant; acted as instructor at Camp Lewis until May 1918, and from then until cessation of hostilities was military instructor of Maine; commissioned Captain while at university.*

ALLENDER, Howard

A. S. C. at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.; entered service Sept. 1917.*

ANDERSON, Hugo

age, 29; entered service May, 1918; Chas. M. Anderson, brother, Stephenson, Michigan; served in 159th Inf. 40th Div. Camp Kearney Cal., and France, 125th Inf. 32nd Div. in France and Germany; was in Argonne-Meuse offensive; disharged Mar. 24, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo; private.

ANDERSON, O. J. George

age 32; entered service Oct., 1917; Capt. A. A. Anderson, brother, Brooklyn, N.Y.; served in 41st Div. U. S., Eng and France, 32nd Div. France, 81st Div. France and U. S.; battles in Alsace, in Chateau-Thierry drive and the capture of Juvigny; discharged June 27, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; corporal. Served in infantry overseas a year and a hlf. Both wounded and gassed.

ANDERSON, Sheldon

private; father, Scott Anderson, Libby; entered service in October, 1918, as student at University of Washington.*

AUSTIN, Lyle F.

age 27; entered service April, 1918; Josephine Austin, wife, Whitefish, Montana; served in Infirmary No. 4 Infirmary No. 10 and Field Hospital No. 249, 13th San. Train, Camp Lewis, Wash.; discharged Jan 21, 1919 at Camp Lewis; sergeant.

  AYOTTE, Frank

private; entered service Sept, 1917; served in 348th Field Artillery, Camp Lewis Wash., England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany.*

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BEAN, Thomas

left in March, 1917, in Co. F., 163rd Inf. 41st Div.*

BEST, Sydney

Spruce Div., stationed at Vancouver.*

BENTLEY, Earl L.

age 20; Mrs. Frank Bentley, mother; entered service April 3, 1917; served in 163rd Inf., 6th Field Artillery, A. E. F. Band; discharged June 13, 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa; corporal.

BJERKE, Harold Frederik

age 32; Oscar Bjerke, brother, Libby, Montana; served at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; discharged Sept. 13, 1918 at Jefferson Barracks; private.

BLACKWELL, George M.

age 42; G. R. and E. J. Blackwell, father and mother, Libby, Montana; served in Tank Corps, Gettysburg, Pa.; discharged Nov. 13, 1918, at Gettysburg; private.

BOCKMAN, Herman

father, Herman Bockman, Libby, Montana; private; Battery F. 13th Field Artillery; entered service Sept., 1918.*

BOCKMAN, John Ferdinand

age 28; entered service May 28, 1918; served with 35th Co. 166 Depot Brigade, Camp Lewis, 10th Co. Military Police, Camp Lewis, Headquarters Co., 13th Inf. Camp Fremont, Cal., also at Camp Mills, L.I., N. Y., Co K 13th Inf., Camp Merritt, New Jersey, military police; discharged June 10, 1919, at Fort Russell; private.

BOCKMAN, Leo

private; father, Herman Bockman, Libby, Montana; served at Camp Mills, N.Y.; entered service May, 1918.*

BORGEN, Rudolph

entered service June 1918, in Q. M. Dept.*

BOTCHECK, Walter G.

age 20; entered service Jan. 26, 1917; Mrs. J. Botcheck, mother, Libby, Mont, served with 5th artillery, Bat. A. Camp Eustis, Va., in A. E. F.; discharged March 27, 1919, at Camp Lewis; private.

BOYES, Alexander L.

age 23; Mrs. A.L. Boyes, wife; entered service July 7th, 1918; served in 11th Co. 166 D. B., Co. K. 16th U. S. Inf.; discharged Feb 18, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.; cook first class.

Boyes, David M.

age 40; entered service Feb. 28, 1903, discharged Aptil 28, 1908; re-entered service Jan. 3 1911; served in U. S. Navy on U.S. Torpedo Boat Davis, U. S. S. West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oregon, south Dakota, Mississippi; discharged Jan. 2, 1919; chief water tender.

BOYES, Hugh A.

age 19; entered service June 24, 1918; Mrs. D. Boyes, mother, spokane, Wash.; served in 26th Co. 7th Bn. 166 D. B., Co. D. 213 Engineers, Co. A 213 Engineers; discharged March 8, 1919, at Camp Lewis, Wash.; corporal.

BRANNEN, Robert C.

entered service august 1, 1918; mother, Mrs. C. O. Brannen, Little Falls, Minn; Military Training detachment, University of Montana; discharged December 22, 1918; private.

BRIGGS, John Tipton

private; 35th Company, 9th Bn. 166th Depot Brigade; entered service in May, 1918.*

BROWN, Carl

private; served in 20th Engineers.*

BROWNLEE, Albert

private; enlisted December, 1917, 20th Engineers, and saw service with the 20th in France.

BRUSH, John

entered service august 27, 1918, went to Camp Lewis and remained there until discharged.*

BURGESS, Ralph W.

entered service Nov., 1917; Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Burgess, father and mother, Perma, Montana; served in 63rd co. 166 Depot Brigade, Camp Lewis, Co. D. 115th Engineers, Camp Kearney, Cal.; discharged July 10, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyoming; private.

BURKE, Charles

age 39; entered service Oct. 13, 1917; served in 20th Engineers, 30th co.; discharged June, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyoming; private.

BRYANT, George

private; orderly; Camp Merritt, N.J.; spent a good portion of his time in hospital, which prevented him from going to France.*

BUNDY E. L.

went to France in 41st Div. Reported severely wounded in official casualty lists, September 1918.*

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CAVANAUGH, Martin

private; 456 Aviation squad; Claptrop, Ore., entered service November 1917.*

CHRISTENSON, Knut

private; 20th engineers; entered service Oct. 1917.*

"In Memory Of" CHRISTIANSON, Conrad J.

private; left Libby for Camp Lewis in May 1918; is reported unofficially to have died of the influenza at training camp in California; had lived in Libby five years and had many friends here, none of whom have heard from him; his clothes and personal effects still here.*

CHRISTLE, Thomas Richard

age 24; entered service Oct 1917; Mrs. Anna Christie, mother, Libby, Montana; served in Co. H, 163rd-2nd Montana Inf., 3 months in Southern France, Co. B. 1st Ammunition Train 1st U. S. Regular Division 9 months in war zone in France and 9 months in Army of Occupation in Germany; in Cantigny offensive, May 1918, Montidner-Noyon defensive Apr-July 1918, Aisne Marne defensive July 1918, St. Mihiel offensive, Sept, 1918, Meuse-Argonne offensive Oct.-Nov., 1918, Army of Occupation, Nov. 1918-Aug 1919; discharged Sept. 27, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo; first class private.

CLARK, Charles

private; 20th Engineers; entered service Oct. 1917.*

COMSTOCK, Victor K.

private; 20th Engineers; entered service Ot. 1917.*

CORBIT, Harold

age 24, entered service May, 1918, Mary Brooks Corbit, wife, Libbby, Montana; served in Co. C. 324th Inf., A. E. F., wounded in left shoulder by sniper's bullet. Reported officially killed in action. Mourned for two weeks at Libby as dead. Discharged in December, 1919; private.

COWELL, Frank M.

age 24; Matie D. Cowell, mother, Libby, Montana; served in 163rd Reg. 41st Div., transferred to 127th Reg. 32nd Div., in France; on Alsace sector, Aisne-Marne offensive, Oise-Aisne Marne offensive; discharged May 21, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyoming; corporal. Gassed at Soissoins, France.

COTTRELL, George

private; left Libby with Co. F. Montana National Guard.*

CRAVEN, Lloyd S.

private; entered service in May, 1918; was in 166th Depot Brigade at Camp Lewis, Wash., and saw service with the A. E. F.*

CROTTEAU, James

private; Co. K., 31st Int., A. E. F., Siberia.*

CROTTEAU, Vernon L.

age 25; Anna Crotteau, wife, Libby, Montana; attached to 18th Co., G. S. I., special duty, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; discharged Dec. 12, 1918, at Jefferson Barracks; private.

CUSTER, James

age 26; served in Troop M, 4th Cavalry, Honolulu, H. T., and on the Mexican Border; discharged July 7, 1919, at McAllen, Texas; first sergeant.

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DAVIS, Bert B.

entered service September 3, 1918, being sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa.*

DeCAMP, J. C.

corporal; 20th Engineers

DeLAPP, Forrest

age 45; Olive Maude DeLapp, wife, Libby, Montana; served in 472 Engineers at amp Humphries, Va., transferred to 29th Engineers, sailed for France, Sept. 31st, 1918 and was sent to Langres, worked at base printing plant as photographer, until after armistice; made drum major 29th Engineers band, April 2, 1919; discharge July, 15, 1919 at amp Lee, Va; private first class. Personally made five enlargements of maps for General Foch Nov. 9th, these maps figuring in the signing of armistice, Nov. 11th.

DICKEY, Grover

private; left for Camp Dodge, Iowa, in May, 1918.*

DOLAN, William

private; father, Patrick Dolan, Libby; service in Military Training school at St. Charles, Helena.*

DUTHIE, John M.

age 37; entered service Dec. 28, 1917; Pearl K. Duthie, wife, Santa Monica, Cal.; served in 601st Engineers, in U. S. and France; discharged at Camp Lewis, Wash, Aug l, 1919; captain

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ECK, Robert

age 23; entered service Sept., 1917; Louis Eck, brother, Portland, Oregon; served in Battery E, 348th F. A., 91st Div. in Claremont, France; in Meuse-Argonne offensive from Nov. 4 to 11, 1918; discharged Apr. 20, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; first class private.

ELLIS, Rutherford C.

age 19; Andrew Ellis and Mrs. A. Ellis, father and mother, Libby, Montana; served in Student Army Training Corp, Co. A, Missoula, Montana; discharged Dec. 18, 1918, at Missoula, Montana; private.

"In Memory Of" ERDMAN, Harper L.

22 years old. Killed in action at Sector Haumont, October 31st, 1918. He, with other Libby boys, was in the 163rd Infantry and volunteered for transfer the first time the chance came so they could get to the front. Erdman was transferred to Company E, 104th Infantry. Details regarding his death are meager but his Captain wrote to his mother in part as follows; "Sergeant Erdman was killed instantly by an enemy shell on the night of October 31st, 1918, near Bois De Armont Meuse, during the Argonne Offensive. The company was in the midst of a 'relief,' and was under heavy fire. The same shell that killed the Sergeant also wounded his Lieutenant. . . . .He was a very brave and able soldier, with an excellent reputation and record. I wish I could tell you more." Sergeant Erdman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Erdman, live in Libby.

ERDMAN, Wilson

private; father, William Erdman, Libby; Military Training School, University of Montana.*

EVANS, Robert J.

left Libby in Co. F., 163rd Inf., March, 1917, and after reaching France was transferred to 42nd Div. Battles Chateau-Thierry and Argonne Woods. Corporal.*

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FAIRBANKS, Vernon

age 26; entered service Oct. 1917; Mrs. S. K. Pettitt, mother, Hillyard, Wash.; served in Co. H 163rd Inf., 41st Div. and Co. H. 127th Inf. 32nd Div., over six months active service on different fronts, Alsace-Loraine, Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Soissons and Meuse-Argonne, was in battles on all these fronts, was gassed Aug. 4, near Fismes front, in hospital at Limonges six weeks, after being released was in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and in Army of Occupation five and a half months; discharged May 21, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; corporal.

FARRER, Virgil

age 20, Mr. and Mrs. F.D. Farrer, parents, Libby, Mont.; served in Tank Corps at Raleigh, N. C.; discharged Nov. 22, 1918, at Raleigh, N. C., private.*

FARRIS, John Marcus

age 25; entered service April, 1918; Alice McCone Farris, wife, Billings, Montana; served as Supply Sergeant 19th Co. 166 Depot Brigade, Camp Lewis, Wash., Caded I. C. O. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark., 2nd Lieut. Inf. I. C. O. T. S., Camp Grant, Ill.; discharged Dec. 5, 1918, at Camp Grant, Ill.; Second Lieutenant U. S. A. Served in Butte riot duty, 1914; Mexican border, 1916.

"In Memory Of" FEDORCHUK, Private Fred G.

age 21, entered the service from Libby, Montana; nearest relative, Peter Fedorchuk, father, living at Hillyard, Washington. Private Fedorchuck served in Co. F. 163rd Inf. 41st Division, on guard duty around Butte and other places in Montana and when in France was tranferred to Co. D, 16th infantry. He saw service in the battles at Chateau-Thierry, Oise, Bombon, Marne, Soissons, Sedan-Mezierro, Meuse-Argonne. He was gassed in the Oise battle, wounded in the ankle at Soissons and killed on Hill 272, Argonne battle, Oct 9, 1918.

Another Libby man who was in Fedorchuk's division states the circumstances of his death as follows; The division was engaged in the capture of this hill, which was an elevation about 200 feet high, and was defended by Prussian Guards. Fedorchuk was in a squad of seven men which charged a machine gun. Only one of the seven reached the gun and captured it, leaving its operator dead. Fedorchuk was one of the six brave lads who fell in the charge. He received three bullet wounds in the head, and died instantly.

FERGUSON, Bert

enlisted June, 1918, in Marines, and was sent to a coast Marine camp.*

FIERRO, Jose

entered service March, 1917, served in 2nd Mont. Inf. Mexican Border and later in Butte, Mont., and France. Wounded in second battle of the Marine on July 18, was sent to hospital in France for 3 months. Permantly lost the use of left arm and invalided home; corporal.*

FRANSON, John A.

age 30; entered service Aug. 24, 1918; served in 12th Co. 166 D.B. Co. L. 75th Inf.; discharged Feb. 6, 1919 at Camp Lewis, Wash.; private.

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GLATZMAIER, George

enlisted in Navy.*

GOMPF, Cecil C.

age 23; entered service Feb. 1914; Mrs. Louise Gompf, wife, Libby, Montana; served in Co. F, 2nd Mont., state duty, Co. F, 2nd Mont. Butte riot duty and Mexican border, Co. F 163rd Inf in A. E. F. and 4th Corps Replacement Bn., Co. B, 18 Inf, 1 Div., Co. D 26th Inf, 2nd Div. Guard Co. 4th Corps, Co. A 337th Inf. 85th Div.; on Argonne, Metz and Toul fronts; discharged April 26, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; first sergeant.

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HAGGERTY, Fred J.

private; Aviation Camp, Waco. Texas.*

HALVORSON, Andrew

private; Battery F. 348th Field Artillery; entered service Sept 1917. Saw service in England, France, Belgium and Germany.*

HANNEBERRY, John

private; 20th Engineers Entered service Oct. 1917.*

HARBEY, George

private; 20th Engineers.*

HEAD, Guy L.

age 22, entered service March, 1917; F. D. Head, father, Libby, Montana; served in 163rd Inf. and 356th Inf. in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germny; in Meuse-Argonne offensive; discharged June 10, 1919 at Fort Russell, Wyoming; sergeant.

HEISE, Charles A..

age 25, entered service March, 1917, George Heise, brother, Libby, Montana; served in 163rd Inf. at Butte, Montana until Oct. 16, 1917, at Camp Mills, L. I., from Nov. to Dec., Camp Merritt, N.J., until Dec. 14th 1917, sailed Dec. 15, 1917, landed in Liverpool, England, Dec. 24, 1917, LaCoutrine, France, St. Aignon, France, 104th Inf. 26th Div.; in Toul sector, Alsace-Loraine front Belleau Woods sector, Chateau-Thierry front, battle of Chateau-Thierry; discharged May 7, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; sergeant. Taken prisoner at Epieds, Chateau-Thierry, July 22, 1918, returned from Rastatt, Germany, Dec. 6, 1918, through Switzerland, back to Vichy, France, Dec. 8, 1918.

HEISE, George W.

age 23; entered service April 18, 1914. Mrs. Elizabeth Trager, Libby, Mont; served in 163d Inf., Butte, Montana., in 1914-1917, with 163d Inf. on Mexican border, 1915, with 163d Inf in France, and 164th Inf. at a training school as instructor; was in Paris, Chattillian, Sea Seine, Baine and number of other French towns; discharged April 2, 1919, Ft Russell, Wyoming; sergeant.

HITCHCOCK, Clarence L.

age 23; B. Hitchcock, father, Spirit Lake, Idaho; served in 15th Co. 20th Engineers; overseas 15 months, 9 months on the front; St. Mihiel, Sept. 1918, six months at Haute, Marne, three months at Roul, two months at Shonias, Voges, four months at Mantes; discharged June 11, 1919, at Camp Lewis; private.

HUNTER, L. Tevis Jr.

age 21; L.T. Hunter, father, Libby, Montana; served in Tank Corps, Raleigh, N. C.; discharged Nov 22, 1918, at Raleigh; private.

HURST, Lester

private; entered service in March, 1917; served in Co. F. 163rd Inf.; on arrival in France was transferred to 16th Inf. First Div., and served in all the battles the division was in.*

"In Memory Of" HUSON, Robert David

son of Mrs. Blanche Huson of Libby, Montana, entered the service September 26, 1918l from Libby, Montana, going to the Student Army Training Corps, at Bozeman, Montana. He died of pneumonia at the Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman on Feb 3, 1919. Rank at death was private.

HUTTON, Harold

private; father C. W. Hutton; served with the A. E. F. in 128th Headquarters troop, 3rd Army Corps.*

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JACOBSON, Hans

private entered service March 1918.*

JAQUETH, Erford E.

age 23; entered service Sept. 23, 1917; Marie F. Jaqueth, wife, Libby, Montana; served in 348th F. A. Bat. E. 163 F. A. Brigade, Camp Lewis, Wash., Clermont Feriand, Argonne Woods, Treves, Germany, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Coblenz, Germany; in Meuse-Argonne offensive; discharged April 20, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; wagoner. In army of Occupation, 6 months in 7th army corps.

JAQUETH, Fred D.

age 20, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jaqueth father and mother, Kalispell, Montana served in S. A. T. C. University of Washington; discharged Dec 13, 1918, at Seattle, Wash.; private

JOHNSON, Lester A.

age 24 entered service March, 1917, Carl A. Johnson, father, Wenatchee, Wash; served in 163rd U. S. Inf. 41st Div., 6 months at Fort Harrison, 3 months at Billings, 3 months at Ennis, all of Montana, and 15 months in France; discharged March 4, 1919, at Fort Logan, Colo.; sergenant. Was on convoy duty and training troops while in France.

JONES, George

seaman; Naval Training School.*

JONES, Guy H.

age 33; A. G. Jones, father, Tranen, Alberts, Canada; served in Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, Officer's Training Camp, Camp Mills, U. S. A. T. Pocahontas, U. S. A. T. Buford; still in the service; first lieutenant.

JOHNSTON, Horace C.

age 21; entered service Oct 6, 1917; Mrs Effie Johnston, mother, Hillyard, Wash; served in 116th Field Signal Bat. 41 Div., sailed for France Nov. 26, 1917, transferred to Co. C. 2nd Field Bat. Signal Corps 1st Div; in Toul sector, Cantigny battle, St. Mihiel and Argonne drives; discharged July 23, 1919, from Ft. Douglas, Utah, hospital; first class private, Gassed June 18, 1918 at Cantigny. Sent back to St. Mihiel from hospital. In hospital again in October of same year. With Army of Occupation from Jan. to March, 1919. Invalided back to U. S.

"In Memory Of" JOUGHIN, Neil

22 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs H. A. Joughin of Libby, entered the service as a student in the Military, Training school at Missoula, August 14, 1918. He died in the military hospital there Monday morning, October 14, 1918, after an attack of influenza and pneumonia that started five days before. Private Joughin, was born August 13, 1896, at Harrisville, Michigan, and came to Montana with his parents when he was ten years old. The family lived for a time at Missoula, and came to Libby in March 1912. Neil was graduated with high honors from the Libby High School May 29, 1914. He was associated with his father in the meat and packing business when he left to enter the service. Besides his mother and father, he was survived by a sister, Miss Louise Joughin.

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KEMP, Arthur Avery

age 17; entered service March, 1917; W. H. Kemp, father, Libby, Montana; was chief bugler in 163rd Inf; discharged at Fort Russell, Wyoning, May 1919, Was in hospital eleven months in New Jersey for complication of diseases.

KLENCK, Kenneth F.

age 20; entered service, Oct. 9, 1917; Mr and Mrs. L. G. Klenck, mother, Libby, Montana; served in 11th Co. 20th Engineers, Washington, D. C., Mimizan, Les Bains, Dax, LaRochelle, France; discharged June 7, 1919, at Fort Russell, Wyo.; private.

KUKLINSKI, John C.

age 37; Mrs. John Dawson, sister, Prosser, Wash.; served in Tank Corps, Camp Colt, Penn., Camp Dix, N. J. ; discharged Feb. 24, 1919, Fort Logan, Colo.; private.

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