Our view: Remembering McHenry County soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice

On Memorial Day, we publish this list of McHenry County residents who died in service to our nation during wartime – as far back as the Civil War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – to recognize their valor and courage in the defense of the United States and the ideals that we hold dear.

CIVIL WAR: G.S. Ainsworth, J.J. Alderman, C. Anderson, A. Ayers, S. Bacon, R.D. Bailey, N. Baldwin, S. Baldwin, A. Barnes, C.C. Barnes, E. H. Barnes, R. Barnes, W. Bassett, J. Bettke, D. Beck, M.G. Bell, E. Bellows, G.C. Benson, E. Bent, J. Best, C. Bigsby, H. Bills, G. Blackman, C.M. Bronson, D.S. Broughton, J.B. Brown, M.S. Brown, S. Brown, T.J. Brown, W. Brown, A.S. Bunker, F.H. Burnside, D.K. Burr, J.E. Burr, L.E. Burr Jr., D.S. Butler, T. Calkins, C.W. Carpenter, C. Chilson, W. A. Churchhill, C.C. Clark, S.B. Clark, W. Clary, J.C. Clemens, J.J. Colgrove, L. Collins, J. Conroe, E.J. Cook, R. Cook, J.H. Cooper, L.R. Conquillette, J. Cornes Jr., A. Cornue, J. Cottle, F. Cramp, O.S. Crabtree, A.D. Crocker, C.P. Cromwell, J. Crosby, W.H. Cummins, G. Curtis, J. Cutforth, W.E. Daniels, L. Dano, J.G. Degroat, W. Dellcocks, J. B. Delemater, A. Dilly, E. Dishrow, C.F. Dodd, L.E. Dodge, J. Duggan, J.C. Eaton, N. Elsworth, J.R. Ercanback, T.E. Farnham, E. Farnsworth, T. Feely, J.W. Felt, T. Fenner, E. Fielding, E. Fink, W.M. Fish, W.A. Fitch, E. Fitts, J. Fitzer, L.F. Fitzer, T. Fitzsimmons, J. Flemming, A. Fletcher, A.H. Ford, V.M. Ford, C.W. Foster, C. Fox, W. Fox, C.H. Francisco, H. Freeman, G.W. French, C. Fuller, J. Fergeson, L.E. Gale, C. Galteman, A. Gamble, J.M. Garrett, E.W. Gates, F. Geherke, M.T. Gibbs, G. Gill, T. Gill, C. Gattermain, M.W. Gould, J. Grady, D.W. Green, J. Griffen, T.L. Griffing, P.J. Haggerty, H.S. Hanchett, W. Handcock, P. Handle, S.A. Handy, T. Hardy, D. Harnish, L. Happ, M. Harris, M. Hayes, S.R. Heath, W. Heath, N. Helm, H. Hess, H.E. Hicks, E.W. Higley, H. Hildebrant, J.A. Hodge, R.M. Hooker, A. Hooper, C. Hotchkiss, D. Housell, D. Howe, M. Howe, D. Howland, F. Hubbard, A. Huff, C. Hughes, J.M. Hunt, H.C. Hutington, D.F. Huntley, W. Hutchkins, J. Hutson, H. Jackman, S.H. Jackson, G.G. Jackson, T. H. Jackson, W. Jacobs, W.H. Jones, J. Justin, J.G. Kelly, P. Kelly, J. Kennedy, H.I. Kert, R. Keys, W. Kimball, A. King, G. H. Kingsbury, A. Knapp, H. Labrec, W. Labrec, D.D. Lake, W. Lalong, E.B. Lamb, W. Lawson, J.M. Lee, C. Leber, B. Lewis, C. Loomis, E. Lyons, M. Mackey, H. Maddick, C. Madgett, J.B. Manzer, A. Marshall, W. Marshall, C. Maratin, N. Martin, M. McCollum, T. McLean, H.C. Mead, T.R. Mead Jr., H. Metiz, W.R. Miller, J. Monear, H. Montgomery, H.C. Morley, P.H. Morris, C. J. Morse, W. Mudgett, S. Mullis, J.N. Murphy, C. Myrrick, C.W. Nash, B. Newman, G.W. Nichols, J.W. Oakes, W.R. Oakley, L. Olcott, A. Olson, M.P. O'Niel, C.E. Owles, S.M. Paddock, A.A. Page, C.H. Paine, J. Paine, W. Parker, G.W. Parson, M. Pease, F. Pecar, I.M. Pierce, W. Pierce, O.B. Perkins, M. Perry, B.B. Pettibone, J. Phillips, O. Pickett, G.W. Pittit, O.E. Pomeroy, E. Porter, J.W. Powers, C. Preston, R. Prouse, N.E. Randall, C. Rapp, C. Reardon, T. Rees, G. Reiman, J.S. Reynolds, T. Rhodes, L.A. Rice, W.D. Robb, W. Roberts, E. Robinson, J. Rogers, C.D. Rorer, J.J. Rothermel, C. Rourke, J. Rowley, D.W. Ryan, T. Ryan, L. Sandburn, C.R. Sanford, H. Scott, P. Shaul, W. Shull, M. Shepard, H. Sherman, S. Sherwook, J. Shoemaker, F. Shores, T. Shufeldt, T. Skillicorn, M. Skinner, E.B. Slater, G.W. Smith, I.A. Smith, J.F. Smith, J.W. Smith, L.A. Smith, M.A. Smith, R.G. Smith, W.C. Smith, J. Spicer, S. Spicer, J.E. Sponable, B.F. Springer, A.A. Stafford, H. Stowell, P. Styles, J. Sullivan, C. Sutton, A.C. Swan, R. Sweeney, D. Sweet, E. Sweet, J. Tabor, R. Tailer, F.A. Thomas, N. Thomas, S.E. Thomas, C.P. Thompson, J. Tibbetts, J. Timony, G. Titcomb, W.H. Tooker, A.W. Torrence, T. Towelle, E. Town, J. Tuttle, J.H. Van Camp, H. Vandeusen, S.G. Van Horn, A. Van Woert, J.W. Vassey, S.H. Walkeman, F.M. Wallace, W. Wallace, E. Wallen, J.H. Ward, S. Ward, D. Warwick, C. Waterman, L. Waterman, E. Way, H. Wayne, E.P. Weaver, F. Webber, E. Welch, E. Wells, T. Welsh. J. Wernbam, I. Wescott, A. Weltlaufer, J.H. Wheerler, L. Whitman, N.S. Wicker, D.L. Wilcox, H. Wilcox, T.J. Wilcox, A.C. Willard, G. Wilson, E. Wood and J. Yerkers.

WORLD WAR I: Phil J. Anderson, Carl H. Bartlet, Charles Bartumis, Harold Beebe, Maurice Blake, Ernest W. Blank, Fred Boyle, Horace Bratzman, Burdett A. Briggs, David Brown, Harry L. Carlson, Carl J. Dittman, Arthur Dollman, Eugene Drill, Arthur Dunker, John Farrell, Harry G. Fulton, Paul Gehrke, Charles Geske, A.C. Graupner, Eugene P. Griebel, Clark Hall, Frank Helwig, W.J. Henshaw, Paul C. Hoffman, Ray A. Howard, John Janowski, Richard Japp, Ernst Kalbow, Edward Kileen, August Klaman, Charles Knutson, Walter Lind, Robert Lind, Robert Martin, Claude McComb, Henry F. Miller, William J. Metzen, Joseph Meyers, Jack Mitchell, Albert Moritz, Walter W. Pederson, Victor E. Peterson, William C. Peterson, Roy H. Randel, Bert Randau, Alexander P.C. Rassmussen, George F. Ratzlaff, Henry Schmitt, George Schreiner, Arthur J. Shultz, Herman Steinke, Henry Stevenson, Gus Swason, Edward Toyan, Peter Umathum, William Ward, Ralph P. Wells and Frank Wien.

WORLD WAR II: Robert E. Abbott, John W. Adams, William Arneson, James Bailey, Bernard Baker, James B. Baker, Paul Baker, Robert Barker, Robert Bartel, Clifford Beavis, Charles E. Behan Jr., George Behler, Richard Benson, Ernest Beran, Elmer Bernhardt, Matthew Berwanger, Elmer Bigelow, Edward Bloedorn, Marvin Botsford, Melvin A. Boyer, Robert L. Brady, Carl A. Bremer, Herbert Edson Bridges, Walter Brown Jr., Raymond Bunde, Charles Burton, William R. Byron, Bob Carlson, Elmer Carlson, Ray L. Chapman, Eugene W. Clark, John H. Clarks, Paul E. Colby, Paul Colby, Stanley Cooper, Willard Cornelius, James R. Cox, Lawrence Paul Currey, Eric Dassow, Paul S. Day, Ladddie Dolicek, Daniel D. Ducey, John Robert Duff, Clarence A. Ehrke, Richard Ekstrom, Warren E. Eldred, William Engle, Norman R. Erickson, Herbert Fernholtz, Hugh Ferris, Vernon E. Fish, Lyle Fleener, Arthur Franke, Albert F. Freund, Thomas Gardner, Haskell Garrett, Melvin Goldstone, Ralph W. Goodyear, Edward Green, Clarence F. Guhrke, Lynn Gumprecht, Raymond Harris, William H. Haley, Henry Heiman, Nicholas Heelein, George Hochn, Edward Hockrath, Francis A. Hoffman, Raymond L. Jacobson, James Huling, Robert A. Jamison, Robert Jamison, Melvin H. John, Norman Johnson, Clarence J. Justen, Harold C. Karsten, Arthur Kelder, Raymond Kennedy, Harold R. Kinreed, Walter L. Klatt, Edward T.O. Klein, Arthur Knutson, Clarence Knutson, Robert Kuenzi, George W. Lake, John E. Lazansky, Walter Lefew, Eugene Leterman, William Levernier, Harold N. Lindell, James Lindeman, James E. Lindemann, Robert C. Lindgren, Andrew L. Lohneis, Thomas Lounsbury, Archie Lund, Harry P. Martini, Robert Marvin, Donald McAndrews, Burton McBroom, John D. McCabe, Bert McCannon, Ellsworth McCub, Arthur McVickers, James T. Merwin, William J. Meyer, Earnest Miller, Leo M. Miller, Victor Ray Molthen, Ray Murphy, Williaim Musser, Frank Nagel Jr., Jospeh Nelles, Laverne Nelson, Roy Nelson, R.J. Niemiec, Frederick W. Nothnagel, Byron R. Olcott, Hoard J. O'Malley, Lawson Ostrander, Stanley Pakulla, Gerald Peachy, William A. Pearson, Charles F. Pederson, R.C. Perdelwitz, Elmer M. Peters, Robert F. Peters, Walter J. Porten, Hugh Price, Thomas Rarsontis, Kenneth Reich, Thad Reid, Gene Reynolds, Edwin Riley, Evertt M. Roberts, Laverne Roberts, Edward Sailors, John R. Sedivec, Robert T. Sedivec, Gordon B. Schlottman, Laverne Schroeder, Frederick Schroeder, Charles Schulz, Rudolph W. Schutt, Manuel Smith, Clayton B. Starritt, Ben Steadman, Edward Steckelberg, Alfred C. Steinke, Charles W. Swan, Robert Sweeney, Dick Te Paaske, Vinton F. Thompson, Walter E. Todd, Arlyn R. Turner, Robert T. Usborne, Robert Vanderstracten, John Van Hartz, Loius Vavrina, Bruce Wagner, Bertil E.F. Waller, Bert Waller, Eugene M. Weideman, Morris F. Weltzien, Alfred E. Wesson, Raymond E. White, Charles Whiting, Robert Whiting And Clifford C. York Korean War
Frank Aston, Wiliam F. Britt, John E. Burney, Theodore J. Busch, Charles E. Case, Melvin R. Green, Gerald Justen, Melvin H. Jones, Charles D. Kilroy, Eugene H. Kling, William J. Luedtke Charles Martin, Wilbur G. Nelson and William J. Sandstrom.

KOREAN WAR: Frank Aston, Wiliam F. Britt, John E. Burney, Theodore J. Busch, Charles E. Case, Melvin R. Green, Gerald Justen, Melvin H. Jones, Charles D. Kilroy, Eugene H. Kling, William J. Luedtke Charles Martin, Wilbur G. Nelson and William J. Sandstrom.

VIETNAM WAR: James Ambrose III, Robert Bates, Lester Becker, Richard Behrens, William Borchart, Harry Braun Jr., Samuel Chambers III, Glenn Davis, Donald Dermont Jr., Larry Ehler, Sidney Elyea, Carter Freund, Ernesto Gallardo, Gordon Gaylord, Steven Gerlach, James Graff, John Granath Jr., Robert Gray, Walter Grove Jr., James Hacek, John Harden, Buddy Henderlight, Toby Jaeckels, Dennis Jahn, Terry Kenney, Gary Kieselburg, Daniel May, Randall Maggio, Lawrence Myers, Edward O'Brien, Gary Price, Richard Rowell, Ronald Westphal, Lawrence Wissell and Michael Young.

IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS: Christopher Antonik, Collier Barcus, Jonathan Collins, Keith Nurnberg, Nathan R. McHone, Jason McLeod and Lukasz Saczek.

Source: McHenry County Historical Society