Clay County World War I Deaths

We found the list of Clay County deaths in World War I in the Harvard Courier of Thursday, May 27, 1937 – or at least all but one of them.

The larger picture statistics were that 57,523 Nebraskans served in WWI with 1,655 deaths. Five hundred and ninety-seven enlisted from Clay County with 20 deaths.

The Nebraska deaths were:

Army enlisted men         1,469

Army officers                     44

Navy enlisted men            104

Navy officers                       3

Marine enlisted men           34

Nurses                                2

Clay County lost 18 Army enlisted men and two Navy enlisted men.

The Courier was one man short on its list – will have to look into that later.

Army deaths:

1.      Akerson, Arthur Edwin, Ong, Co. D, 163^rd Depot Brigade, died of disease

2.      Anderson, Carl R., Harvard, 38^th Co., 163^rd Depot Brigade, died of disease

3.      Bray, Earl L., Ong, Co. C, 125^th Infantry, killed in action

4.      Case, Lewis, Sutton, Co. B, 314^th Supply Train, died of disease

5.      Ficken, John Peter, Edgar, 45^th Co. 161^st Depot Brigade, died of disease

6.      Fuller, Orsen G., Harvard, 276^th Ambulance Co., 19^th Sanitary Train, died of disease

7.      Glantz, Peter, Harvard, Co. F., 335^th Infantry, died of disease

8.      Lewis, Milton O., Fairfield, Co. G, 4^th Infantry, killed in action

9.      Miller, Peter, Harvard, Co. I, 355^th Infantry, killed in action

10.  Northrop, Leslie M., Edgar, Supply Co., 352^nd Infantry, died of disease

11.  Pearson, John, Saronville, Medical Detachment, Provisional Field Hospital, Co. B, died of disease

12.  Sage, Perry W., Harvard, Medical Detachment, 8^th Cavalry, died of disease

13.  Schmer, William G., Harvard, Co. C, 350^th Infantry, died of disease

14.  Swanson, Earl N., Saronville, 164^th Depot Brigade, died of disease

15.  Urbach, Harry, Harvard, Co. A. 2^nd Battalion, Signal Corps, Died of disease

16.  Walther, William, Glenvil, Machine Gun Co., 137^th Infantry, died of disease

17.  Zimmerman, Daniel R., Sutton, Co. A, S.A.T.C., University of Nebraska, died of disease

18.  Not available

Navy deaths

1.      Fletcher, Lloyd Vernon, Edgar, Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, unknown cause of death

2.      McLey, James Nelson, Edgar, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois, unknown cause of death