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PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA VETERANS

INDIAN, MEXICAN, SPANISH-AMERICAN AND PEACE-TIME THROUGH 1969


These veterans are listed in order of date of death. If you do not know the approximate date of death of the veteran, use the find option to search for the name. You will need to scroll to the right to view the name of the cemetery.
* Denotes death while on active military duty.

NAME                    RANK    UNIT                               WAR       DEATH DATE    CEMETERY

Joseph McFadden         Captain Pawnee Scouts, Curtis Exped'n      Indian   12 Nov 1864    Columbus
Frank J. North          Major   Pawnee Scouts                      Indian   14 Mar 1885    Columbus
Fred Matthews           Lt      Co. B, Pawnee Scouts               Indian   25 Dec 1890    Columbus

Henry Van Blaricom      Pvt                                        Mex'n    21 Oct 1891    Tracy Valley, Creston
Herman Harmon           Pvt     Co. K, 12th U.S. Infantry          Mex'n    31 Mar 1893    Columbus
Leonard J. Meyers       Pvt     Co. H, 21st U.S. Infantry          Indian    3 Apr 1896    Friends, Monroe
*George A. McLaren      Pvt     3rd U.S. Volunteer Cavalry         Sp. Am.   5 Sep 1898    Humphrey

John Elliott            Sgt     Regiment of Mounted Riflemen       Mex'n    15 Jan 1900    Columbus
Henry E. Skorupa        Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  20 Oct 1900    St. Bonaventure
Peter L. Buhmann                39th U.S. Volunteer Infantry       Sp. Am.   1 Jan 1901    Creston
Frank G. Turner         Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  29 May 1901    Columbus
Johann Henry Wilke              32nd Regiment, Prov. Volunteers    Sp. Am.   9 Jul 1902    Christ Luth'n, Columbus

Sylvenus E. Cushing     Captain Pawnee Scouts                      Indian    1 Oct 1904    Columbus
Thomas Caffrey          Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  14 Feb 1906    St. Bonaventure
Perry M. Brown          Pvt     Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   7 Mar 1908    Creston
Victor E. Oline         Pvt     Co. B, 16th U.S. Cavalry           Sp. Am.  31 Aug 1908    Friends, Monroe
Charles E. Morse        Captain Co. C, Pawnee Scouts               Indian   14 Oct 1908    Columbus

John Kipp               Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  27 Jan 1912    Columbus
Charles D. Wilson       Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  24 Nov 1912    Columbus
John E. Ballou          QM Sgt  Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  13 Feb 1913    Columbus
*Robert Heiden          Sgt     Co. C, 30th Infantry               Sp. Am.   2 Jun 1913    Not recovered
Clarence H. Rollin      Sgt     Co. E, 14th U.S. Infantry          Peace    14 Aug 1915    Columbus

Gustave E. Selander     SF2     (Navy)                             Peace     1 May 1916    Looking Glass, Lindsay
George Lehman           Lt      Pawnee Scouts                      Indian   12 Jun 1918    Columbus
Otto C. Hembd           Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  18 Aug 1918    St. Bonaventure
Gustavus G. Becher      Lt      Co. D, Pawnee Scouts               Indian    8 Oct 1918    Columbus

H. Abraham Tschudy      Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   7 Apr 1920    Columbus
William H. LaRue        Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   9 Apr 1920    Columbus
Stephen H. Slothhower   Pvt     Co. F, 2nd U.S. Cavalry            Indian   18 Sep 1921    Columbus
William A. McAllister   Pvt     Co. B, 2nd Nebraska Cavalry        Indian    8 Jan 1923    Columbus
Carl F. Elias                                                      Indian   26 Apr 1924    Columbus
William Adams           1st Sgt 7th Infantry                       Sp. Am.   1 Oct 1925    St. Bonaventure

Charles W. Jens         Captain Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  20 Aug 1927    Columbus
Herman Herring          Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   5 May 1929    Columbus
Martin Conner           Sgt     9th U.S. Infantry                  Indian    4 Jun 1930    Columbus
Alfred H. Saare         Pvt     Co. F, 3rd Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  12 Jun 1931    Hope, Newman Grove
John J. Smith                   Co. A, 3rd Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  12 Aug 1934    Columbus

Luther H. North         Captain Pawnee Scouts                      Indian   18 Apr 1935    Columbus
Frank H. Thomas         Sgt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  17 Feb 1937    Columbus
Clarence Michaelson     Sgt     15th Infantry                      Peace    26 Oct 1940    St. John, Creston
Fred Gerber             Pvt     Troop F, 4th Cavalry               Peace    31 Oct 1940    Jackson, Duncan

Wood Smith                      Co. C, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  14 Jan 1942    Roselawn, Columbus
Fred Coffey             Cpl     28th U.S. Infantry                 Sp. Am.  16 Mar 1942    Columbus
Jacob H. Even           Pvt     Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  17 Apr 1942    Creston
Fred S. Lecron                  Co. A, 2nd Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  23 Jun 1944    Gibbon, Nebraska
Jacob Tschudy           Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   4 Sep 1944    Columbus

Stephen Guy Green       Pvt     1st Nebraska Infantry              Sp. Am.  14 Mar 1945    Roselawn, Columbus
Delbert Barnes          Sgt     Army Medical Department            Peace    25 Feb 1946    Columbus
Albert L. Rollin        QM      Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   4 Jun 1947    Columbus
Adolph B. Cimfel (MD)   1st Lt  Medical Corps                      Peace     9 Jun 1947    St. Bonaventure
Henry O. Thompson       Pvt     Co. M, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  12 Feb 1948    St. Ansgar, Lindsay

Philip Krzycki          Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   5 Oct 1949    St. Bonaventure
Mark J. Burke           QMSgt   Co. H, 2nd Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  21 Oct 1949    St. Bonaventure
Henry C. Lachnit        Sgt     34th US Volunteer Infantry         Sp. Am.  26 Jan 1953    St. Francis, Humphrey
Joseph L. Wilcyncki     Pvt     18th Infantry                      Peace    14 Jun 1954    Columbus

Raymond F. Christensen  PFC     10th Engineer Combat Battalion     Peace    25 May 1955    St. Ansgar, Lindsay
James Haney             1st Sgt 1st Nebraska Infantry              Sp. Am.   9 Aug 1955    St. Bonaventure
John H. Brock           1st Sgt Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   3 Feb 1956    Columbus
Jack J. Theillen        Pvt     Co. M, 134th Infantry              Peace    28 Apr 1956    St. Bonaventure
Alonzo W. Sharp         Cook    Co. D, 15th Infantry               Sp. Am.  26 Jul 1956    Roselawn, Columbus

Charles L. Brentzel     HA2cl   (Navy)                             Peace    27 Jan 1957    Roselawn, Columbus
*Harold D. New          A/2C    U.S. Air Force                     Peace    10 Jun 1957    Roselawn, Columbus
Duane A. Hassebrook     Sp3     63rd Field Artillery               Peace    28 Oct 1957    Roselawn, Columbus
George A. Berney        Pvt     Co. L, 17th Infantry               Peace     9 Nov 1957    St. Bonaventure
Gene S. Bender          PFC     21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery       Peace    20 Dec 1957    Sacred Heart, Cornlea

Paul C. Briard          Pvt     79th Infantry Training B.          Peace    29 Jan 1958    Creston
George Newhoff          Pvt     Co. F, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  30 Dec 1958    Hope, Newman Grove
Gustaf Larson           Pvt     Co. B, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  11 Apr 1959    Looking Glass, Lindsay

*Victor A. Schoen       Lt jg   (Navy)                             Peace    25 Feb 1960    Roselawn, Columbus
Kenneth J. Nosal        SG3     USS Hooper (Navy)                  Peace    17 Sep 1960    St. Bonaventure
Michael Lassek          Pvt     Co. G, 39th Infantry               Sp. Am.  27 Sep 1960    St. Stanislaus, Duncan
Milton D. Beightol      Cpl     USMC                               Peace     2 Nov 1961    Roselawn, Columbus

James J. Mostek         Pvt     55th Infantry                      Peace    28 Jan 1962    St. Bonaventure
Charles E. Brock        Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   1 Nov 1962    Columbus
Henry Fritz             Sgt     Co. M, 2nd Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  23 Dec 1962    Roselawn, Columbus

August Wagner           Pvt     Co. K, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.  27 Jan 1963    Roselawn, Columbus
Edward S. Kolar         MM2     (Navy)                             Peace     7 Apr 1963    Columbus
Fred D. Lammers         RM1     (Navy)                             Peace    15 Nov 1963    St. Paul, Monroe
Louis Lightner          Pvt     Co. I, 1st Nebraska Infantry       Sp. Am.   5 Dec 1963    Columbus

Carl Hendericksen       Pvt     1st Nebraska Infantry              Sp. Am.  10 Mar 1964    St. Ansgar, Lindsay
George F. Startz        PFC     Co. K, 4th Infantry                Peace     7 Jun 1964    St. Michael, Tarnov
Wayne T. Borchers       PFC     94th Artillery                     Peace     1 Aug 1964    Roselawn, Columbus
Joseph Boesch           Pvt     4th Nebraska Infantry              Mex'n Bor22 Dec 1964

Leslie R. Good          MM3     (Navy)                             Peace     1 May 1965    Roselawn, Columbus
Walter C. Zybach, Jr.   Recruit Naval Trng. Center, San Diego      Peace    16 Dec 1965    St. Bonaventure
Thomas J. Dischner      Cpl     Headquarters Co., 17th Infantry    Peace    16 Dec 1965    St. Bonaventure
Walter S. Burzinski     PFC     Headquarters Co., 5th Engineers    Peace    19 Dec 1965    St. Bonaventure

*John J. Gdowski        ET1     Naval Communications, Key West     Peace     3 Mar 1966    St. Patrick, Pl. Center
Joseph F. Korth         Pvt     Co. A, 37th Infantry               Sp. Am.   1 Aug 1966    St. Francis, Humphrey
Herman T. Keefer        Pvt     Co. I, 55th Infantry               Peace    18 Nov 1966    St. Bonaventure

Donald E. Gerrard       PFC     Marine Corps Recruit Depot         Peace     6 Oct 1968    Grand Island, NE
George G. Zellers       AS      (Navy)                             Peace    13 Dec 1968    Columbus

Cornell S. Sober, Jr.   AA      VA-126 (Navy)                      Peace     1 Mar 1969    Grand Island, NE



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