Feature Articles - The Rainbow Warriors
Detailed below are the
names of men from Iowa who served during World War One, the so-called
'Rainbow Warriors' of the U.S. 168 Brigade.
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A year after the war was concluded, in 1919, the Reverend Wilfred E. Robb wrote a tribute to the men of Iowa who served in France, in which he offered biographical sketches of many of the men involved, along with photographs of each.
Virgil Reiter - who can be contacted at the e-mail address below - has generously offered to provide those details that are available for each of the men listed below.
Below are two sample entries from the book indicative of the material available for the men whose names are listed directly below the two entries.
Andrew
M Reymer, Private, Headquarters
Company
Died February 17, 1918. Buried at Neufchateau, Base Hospital No. 66. Son of Mrs. Anna Reymer, McKeesport, Pa.
While going for the first time to the front the troops were moved in the usual manner in box cars.
Reymer and a number of others got off the cars and ran up and down to warm themselves; in attempting to re-board the moving cars he fell under the wheels and both legs were cut off. He died the next day.
James
Edward Whalen, Private First Class,
Company E
Killed July 26, 1918, Chateau Thierry in Foret de fere. Grave No. 7-A.
Whalen enlisted in the first Iowa guard and was transferred to Company E in August 1917.
He served throughout the Lorraine campaign and the battle of Champagne. He was a good soldier and well liked by all of his comrades.
Relative's address, Mrs. Mary C. Whalen, 612 S.E. 4th St., Des Moines, Iowa.
Men Who Served with 168
Brigade, Iowa,
the Rainbow Warriors
| Ernest | Bennett |
| John | Loper |
| James | Lincoln |
| Winfred | Robb |
| Mathew | Tinley |
| Charles | Pritchard |
| Clyde | Barber |
| Harry | Wooten |
| Thomas | Arklese |
| William | Johnson |
| James | Mattingly |
| Earl | Coons |
| Ralph | Miller |
| George | Truax |
| St. Clair | Willcox |
| Herbert | Schroeder |
| Herman | Roose |
| Norbert | Wilson |
| Scott | McCormick |
| John | Wasmer |
| George | McSorley |
| Adolph | Fortsch |
| George | Bullard |
| Andrew | Reymer |
| Edward | Worth |
| Harry | Calhoun |
| Bert | Smith |
| Harlan | Parker |
| Lewis | Mayland |
| Harry | McHenry |
| William | Smith |
| Ray | Walden |
| Walter | Porsch |
| James | Wedding |
| Dean | Parish |
| Glenn | Pederson |
| Albert | Hoschler |
| Edward | Nash |
| Clifford | Worder |
| Donald | Mac Rae |
| Ira | Rogers |
| Merrill | Morrison |
| Robert | Clausen |
| Mufford | Breese |
| Isaac | Davis |
| Guy | Worley |
| Byron | Van Raden |
| Alva | Eaton |
| albert | Behmer |
| Edwin | Todd |
| Ted | Butler |
| Henry | Fall |
| Fred | Turner |
| Cecil | Conley |
| Clifford | Stevens |
| Charles | McCord |
| Daneil | Bracelin |
| Fred | Brummett |
| Harry | Anderson |
| Marvin | Dunn |
| Ronald | Loban |
| Russell | Hughes |
| LLoyd | Morrill |
| Elmer | Spears |
| LLoyd | Culp |
| Ernest | Stafford |
| Edward | Monahan |
| Girolamo | Viscusi |
| Frederick | Young |
| Floyd | Parkinson |
| Walter | Schafer |
| Elmer | Zuschlag |
| Howard | Mowery |
| John | Jennings |
| William | Lyon |
| Harvey | Rimel |
| Irwin | McConnelee |
| Francis | McILvaine |
| Clem | Hobbs |
| Roy | Eaton |
| Carl | Caviness |
| Frank | Brown |
| Earl | Shaw |
| Jesse | Salsbury |
| John | Bellak |
| Fred | Strong |
| Joseph | Pfab |
| Everette | Powers |
| maurice | Powers |
| LLoyd | Getteys |
| Segurd | Anderson |
| Eugene | Ford |
| Bruce | Croft |
| Carl | Beaversdorf |
| Oscar | Baker |
| Joseph | Downs |
| Everett | Davis |
| Fred | Davis |
| Clarence | Green |
| Merle | Nauman |
| Authur | McCullough |
| Edward | Fleur |
| Nicolo | Alongo |
| Jesse | Tillman |
| August | Schuster |
| Frank | Orr |
| Clement | Schuster |
| Everette | Hann |
| Claude | Baken |
| Claude | Quinn |
| Otis | Craig |
| William | Saunders |
| Clyde | Gustine |
| Ivan | Sweeny |
| Samuel | Hazard |
| Gladstone | Hewitt |
| Russell | Marshall |
| Thomas | Larson |
| Gordon | Perry |
| William | Staley |
| Carl | Lechner |
| Wayne | Huxtable |
| Ray | Craun |
| John | Price |
| Hio | Walterman |
| William | Lindsay |
| Harry | Chambers |
| Michael | Houchin |
| Earl | King |
| Joseph | Cahill |
| Leslie | Morrow |
| Alonzo | Baldwin |
| Hubert | Blayney |
| Merton | Hair |
| George | O'Laughlin |
| Miles | McBeth |
| Hedley | Cooper |
| Halliday | Smith |
| Max | Hubbell |
| Ed | Veasey |
| Harry | Kendall |
| Authur | Biesenthal |
| Clarence | Bebee |
| Harvey | Cook |
| Louis | Weiss |
| August | Van Oyen |
| Robert | Reed |
| Snedden | Winter |
| Patrick | Walsh |
| Ernest | Foote |
| Ario | Pickrel |
| John | Meyer |
| Joe | Kemble |
| Vernon | Johnson |
| Herbert | Hitchcock |
| Wm. | Schupp |
| Archie | Redden |
| Arthur | Bimbo |
| William | Short |
| Phillip | Plaster |
| John | Short |
| Arthur | Peach |
| Joseph | Semik |
| Allen | Peterson |
| Vernon | Rodgers |
| Eugene | Thomas |
| Raymond | Smith |
| Wallace | Luddington |
| Rollyn | Leonard |
| Albert | Karkella |
| Fred | Wurst |
| Louis | O'Dell |
| Albert | Killiam |
| Tremble | Curry |
| Russ | Richardson |
| Charles | Rots |
| Leon | Beatty |
| Howard | Graham |
| Ernest | Wilcox |
| George | Weatherill |
| LLoyd | Head |
| Louis | Koebrick |
| Henry | Dailey |
| Paul | Noel |
| Charles | Krumrey |
| Marshall | Shannon |
| George | Scott |
| John | Harrington |
| William | Nolan |
| Russell | Rickermann |
| Fred | Dunn |
| Joe | Thuman |
| Carl | Cook |
| Leonard | Fuller |
| Glen | Smith |
| Clarence | Wenlock |
| Walter | Lewin |
| Milton | Fulghum |
| Alex | Rasmusson |
| Arnold | Wright |
| David | Davis |
| Carl | McGlothlen |
| Lester | Purcell |
| James | Scott |
| William | Ackles |
| Ralph | Davis |
| Albert | Ewin |
| John | Glines |
| Joseph | Zendzian |
| Ernest | Stafford |
| Charley | Kidder |
| Charles | Harris |
| Henry | Christensen |
| Guy | Rison |
| Luis | Gonzales |
| Lorin | Hollister |
| Ernest | Van De Mark |
| Henry | Thompson |
| Henry | Toepfer |
| William | Taylor |
| James | Reed |
| Irven | Parker |
| Ben | Brown |
| Guy | Moe |
| James | Quinn |
| Edward | Whalen |
| Edward | Beers |
| Joseph | Norris |
| Nathaniel | McBride |
| James | Kooistra |
| Helof | Holm |
| Eivend | Hamre |
| Raymond | Beick |
| Delmer | Webb |
| Basil | Blevins |
| Basil | Cowell |
| James | Gallagher |
| James | Nicodemus |
| Thomas | George |
| Clarence | Parcel |
| Miles | Ragland |
| Riley | See |
| William | Sutton |
| Carl | Barr |
| Alton | Bellomy |
| Earl | Mayers |
| Charles | Bunyan |
| Jim | Baggs |
| Guy | Bosley |
| Sullivan | Flynn |
| Cecil | Cummings |
| Clifford | Johnson |
| Elmer | Hoffman |
| Ben | Gelder |
| John | Kania |
| tony | Valles |
| Quincy | Mills |
| Charles | Marks |
| Oscar | peterson |
| Harry | Marson |
| Harry | Arnold |
| Solomon | Rubel |
| Ralph | Grammer |
| LeRoy | Dailey |
| Carl | Hillgardner |
| Claude | Rankin |
| James | Vaughn |
| Charles | Peterson |
| Ernest | Merkle |
| Allen | Hanft |
| Merle | McCunn |
| Charles | Hudson |
| Lawrence | Gridley |
| Clarence | Elliott |
| Joseph | O'Boyle |
| Floyd | Jackson |
| John | Graham |
| Leo | Kenyon |
| Howard | Elliot |
| John | Francis |
| Kenneth | Moore |
| Howard | South |
| robert | Snelson |
| mathew | Spautz |
| William | Shoemaker |
| Clarence | Foster |
| Carcia | Gilmore |
| Irwin | Sears |
| Robert | Gress |
| William | Hamilton |
| Oliver | Holmes |
| Eilert | Auen |
| Thomas | Evans |
| Melvin | Crandall |
| Methias | Higgs |
| William | Pieper |
| Carroll | Smith |
| Edward | Kops |
| Edward | Haarer |
| Emil | Johnson |
| Arthur | Kirchoff |
| Pierce | Flowers |
| Author | Thompson |
| Tom | Leonard |
| Dewey | McAvoy |
| William | Lochrie |
| Floyd | Wallace |
| James | Smith |
| Fred | Hayes |
| John | Jarvis |
| Harry | Hart |
| Sol | Morris |
| Glenn | Morrow |
| Wilfred | Bauder |
| Owen | Barrett |
| Donald | Blakeley |
| Raymond | Fuller |
| Howard | Martin |
| Perry | Newton |
| Clayton | Urry |
| Morris | Dunn |
| Lawrence | Cooper |
| William | Bailey |
| Harry | Clemens |
| Edward | Claffey |
| Henry | Chriscinske |
| John | Flannigan |
| Leonard | Anderson |
| Ira | Holman |
| Orville | Mean |
| Christopher | Timothy |
| Vinton | Bradshaw |
| Martin | Triplow |
| Willard | Hazzard |
| Harry | Hammons |
| Louis | Wenieke |
| George | Duffield |
| William | Miller |
| Paul | Radford |
| Edward | Ripple |
| Henry | Grasshoff |
| Maurice | Stephenson |
| Marion | Campbell |
| Frank | Norris |
| Henry | Beatty |
| Paul | Coffin |
| Clyde | Cushman |
| John | Euteneur |
| William | Pierce |
| Carl | Jarvis |
| John | Tudor |
| William | Wieder |
| LeRoy | Creaton |
| David | Jesperson |
| Anthony | Walsh |
| Harold | Shaffer |
| Leonidus | Munday |
| John | Van Veen |
| Leslie | Haxton |
| Heath | Noble |
| Orville | Winter |
| George | Baker |
| Frank | Carson |
| Floyd | Mathis |
| William | Beasley |
| Emmett | Collins |
| Melvin | Baird |
| Chas. | Hartshorn |
| Howard | Turnbull |
| Paul | Dixon |
| Alva | Burgess |
| Victor | Frist |
| Leo | Keck |
| Donald | Porter |
| William | Swan |
| Eugene | Harbrecht |
| Eddy | Hurlbert |
| Laverne | Gitzy |
| Myer | Berkoff |
| John | Mee |
| Omar | Shearer |
| Charles | Grube |
| Henry | Hopp |
| John | Kelly |
| Clarence | Shurtz |
| Clell | Hiatt |
| Bernard | Gudell |
| Edward | Haut |
| Frank | O'Brien |
| Arthur | Marks |
| Thomas | Way |
| Joseph | Gourley |
| Frank | Keech |
| Charles | Burks |
| Charles | Cunningham |
| Leslie | Darling |
| Albert | Lien |
| William | Maloney |
| LLoyd | Waechter |
| William | Olson |
| Ned | Rogers |
| John | Peterka |
| Charles | Laront |
| Joseph | Eichelsdorfer |
| George | Lannen |
| Carl | Dyvad |
| George | Stock |
| Charles | Nye |
| Herbert | Remondet |
| Orville | Woodin |
| Denzel | Wagner |
| Chas. | Miller |
| Douglas | Green |
| Carlyle | Prichard |
| Hilmer | Sielaff |
| Harold | Ross |
| Reiley | Miller |
| Wesley | Coverdale |
| John | Livingston |
| Robert | White |
| Fred | Cox |
| Izador | Chopp |
| Richard | Cook |
| Forest | Ufford |
| John | Farmer |
| Frank | Blaul |
| Carl | Gillen |
| Elmer | Bruce |
| Emory | Irwin |
| Harley | Young |
| Chauncy | Barr |
| Clifford | Litz |
| Sanford | Severson |
| Donald | Sparr |
| Ira | Moorehouse |
| John | Ellis |
| Alva | Gripp |
| Brodie | Cownie |
| Rennie | Henry |
| Leo | Atwater |
| Laurance | Jobe |
| Ernest | Giese |
| Walter | Meyer |
| Ben | Adkins |
| karl | Wheeler |
| Frank | Champion |
| John | Currie |
| John | Cox |
| William | Doty |
| Leo | McHugh |
| Estill | Powers |
| Herman | Nelson |
| Norman | Sonneman |
| William | Coon |
| Abel | Clark |
| Paul | Denlinger |
| Elmer | Doocy |
| Everett | McManus |
| Raymond | Loos |
| Leslie | Huddleston |
| Joe | Gibson |
| John | Easton |
| Michael | Erschens |
| Glen | Morgan |
| Mahlon | Wallace |
| Carl | Anderson |
| Frank | Wilkins |
| Edward | Wells |
| Bryant | Badger |
| Max | Hiemer |
| John | Kerberg |
| Dimitrios | Stratikopulos |
| Martin | DeWolf |
| Lawrence | Gilbert |
| William | Groat |
| Charles | Smith |
| Dave | Walen |
| John | Edwards |
| Frank | Maloch |
| George | Hardinger |
| Frank | Nallis |
| Noel | Harrison |
| John | Kalinec |
| George | Stewart |
| William | Bath |
| Clifford | Dimmitt |
| Charles | Bordeau |
| Paul | Adams |
| William | Heidenreich |
| Cleon | Jones |
| Robert | Casebolt |
| Don | Killen |
| Albert | Wallraf |
| Bob | Thribby |
| John | Marshall |
| John | Collins |
| Gilbert | Woods |
| William | Doyle |
| James | Dispain |
| Samuel | Swift |
| John | Glisson |
| Bryan | Robinson |
| Noah | Whisemount |
| Willis | Woodward |
| Francisco | LeMos |
| Alfred | Wolcott |
| Byron | Anderson |
| William | Boyce |
| John | Bloodworth |
| Vernon | Salor |
| Ira | Statterfield |
| Charles | Barnes |
| Ernest | Johnson |
| Virden | Leonard |
| L. | Lewis |
| Kenneth | Mueller |
| Nicholas | Belifore |
| Oakley | Cobb |
| Gerald | Bowen |
| Ignac | Moczygemba |
| Lyle | Rickard |
| Claude | Swisher |
| Edmund | Lamey |
| Dempsey | Haynes |
| Theodore | Loetz |
| Walter | Nieswiadomy |
| Charlie | Polton |
| Marvin | Arnold |
| Alfred | Abegg |
| C. | Johnson |
| Charles | Lint |
| George | Wilkenson |
| harold | Benge |
| John | Pittman |
| Lynn | Crawford |
| Thomas | Maynard |
| Albert | Walton |
| Harold | Miner |
| Earl | Conaway |
| J. | Scrivnor |
| Robert | Locke |
| Leo | McFadden |
| Francis | Webster |
| Floyd | Newton |
| John | Martin |
| John | Lawler |
| Willie | Kington |
| Michael | Gibbons |
| Tramble | Dye |
| Glen | Gray |
| Earl | Lisle |
| Lee | Green |
| Joseph | Wall |
| Edward | Voss |
| Leland | Scott |
| Peter | Savoy |
| William | Bell |
| Enerott | Creasey |
| James | Galligher |
| Randolph | Lamb |
| Lester | Sharp |
| Frank | Parrish |
| William | Nunnally |
| H. | Lewis |
| Alex | Haggquist |
| William | Hime |
| Ira | Kieth |
| Mateo | Martinez |
| John | Bates |
| max | Schiwetz |
| John | Gramley |
| Nels | Thompson |
| Lawrence | Sattler |
| William | May |
| Donald | Marsh |
| Harold | Pouch |
| Nathan | Harvey |
| Peter | Hansen |
| Oscar | Nelson |
| Robert | Gillett |
| William | Shawalt |
| A. | Stolleis |
| Joe | Pinso |
| Carl | Peterson |
| AAron | Owens |
| Bert | Nicley |
| Domingo | Mesa |
| George | Herbel |
| John | Burke |
| William | Baker |
| William | Austin |
| John | Farraday |
| Sidney | Baker |
| LeRoy | Craig |
| Walter | Butcher |
| Philip | Burroughs |
| Earl | Nelson |
| Lester | Angel |
| Louis | Dilla |
| Henry | Gillespie |
| Earl | Dixon |
| Joseph | Kohuth |
| Gilbert | Nordman |
| Edward | Hawley |
| Kay | Tusing |
| Martini | Signoretta |
| John | Madison |
| Stanis | Chapas |
| Leo | McNamara |
| Charles | Espy |
| Ernestr | Morrow |
| Arthur | Brandt |
| Herman | Fell |
| Teddy | Ziddnos |
| Clifford | Wilson |
| Ralph | Kline |
| Govan | Quinn |
| Wayland | Gardner |
| Merwyn | Smith |
| Charles | Garey |
| Robert | Phillip |
| Charles | Wamsley |
| Ralph | Grover |
| Clarence | Busick |
| Hugh | Kerns |
| Evald | Rodin |
| John | Wiley |
| Harold | Peterson |
| Earl | Herbert |
| Alvin | Hench |
| Thomas | Burkes |
| William | Payne |
| Sterling | Moore |
| Elmer | Nord |
| Olivo | Torson |
| Daniel | Motter |
| Robert | Higgins |
| Harold | McGee |
| Champ | Jones |
| Hollis | Page |
| Norman | Oliver |
| Earl | Dunham |
| Loren | Davis |
| George | Jones |
| George | Vaughn |
| Fred | Irvin |
| Glenn | Rhodes |
| William | McMurray |
| Thomas | Langan |
| Peter | Gartner |
| James | Whalen |
| Carl | Cook |
| August | Nelson |
| Thomas | Reese |
| Harold | Glover |
| George | Hawkins |
| Patrick | Shuckrow |
| Louie | Turner |
| Frank | Blocklinger |
| Raymond | Burke |
| F. | Hitchins |
| Martin | Djonne |
| Clark | Thatcher |
| Oscar | Althar |
| Claude | Stanley |
| Henry | Bunch |
For information on any of the above names or on the story of the Rainbow Warriors contact Virgil Reiter at PCREITER@aol.com.
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