Barron County, Wisconsin Men Who Gave Their Live For Liberty In WWIIA portion of the information below was obtained from the Barron County Shield and provided by Mrs. Chip Friday of Clayton, Wisconsin. The Barron County Sheild information was officially published beginning Memorial Day, 1945. Since WWII, updating of the list continued until September, 1945. Additional names of men who were Killed in Action (KIA) during WWII, since the publication stopped, were added by the writer. Additional names were added from the Service Record, World War II, Clear Lake and Vicinity book sponsored by the Wiley Davis Post No. 108, American Legion, printed some time after WWII.
Unofficially 93 men from Barron County gave their lives in WWII. There are others not known to this writer. Look over the list and please e-mail any additions to Doug Cahow
U. S. Census in 1940 for Barron County Population was about 34,000 people. Using that number of people and counting the WWII casualties which numbered about 100 men KIAs for Barron County, the ratio of casualties is 1 KIA for every 340 people counted in Barron County for WWII. This writer doesn’t have comparable figures for other Wisconsin Counties…but it may be safely said, “Barron County Veterans did their duty!”
The approximate number of veterans KIA from each community are:
Almena (6), Angus (1), Arland (1), Barron (8), Barronette (3), Birchwood (1), Brill (1), Cameron (4), Canton (2), Chetek (6), Clayton (4), Clear Lake (2), Comstock (3), Cumberland (7), Dallas (2), Haugen (2), Mikana (1), Prairie Farm (4), Reeve (8), Rice Lake (28), & Turtle Lake (5).
The following is a list of the names, date of death, and where the veteran was killed. Some names may have more than one town ascribed to their home because often the post office address given was not near the home or settlement of the Veteran.
| Last Name | First Name | Rank | Address | Date of Death | Cause of Death |
| Amundson | Maurice R. | Capt. | Cameron | July 27, 1944. | KIA -Guam |
| Avery | Walter W. | T-Sgt. | Cumberland. | July 29, 1944 | Unknown-Italy |
| Bailkey | Harold M. | G.M 3-c. | Rice Lake | Feb. 20, 1943. | KIA with the sinking of the USS Oswego. |
| Bakke | Martin J. | Cpl. | Rice lake. | August 9, 1944. | KIA-Somewhere in France |
| Baland | Helmer O. | Lt. | Rice Lake | February 6, 1945 | KIA while fighting in Western Germany. |
| Bents | Paul W. | Comstock | Late in 1944 | Was wounded and died soon after. | |
| Berg | Alvin M. | Pvt. | Cumberland | April 27, 1945 | KIA in the Philippines. |
| Berglund | Ernest L. | Comstock | December 23, 1943 | Died of an airplane crash at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. | |
| Blanchard | Harry | Cpl. | Chetek | July 28, 1944 | Died of illness on in Florida. |
| Bossany | Steven | Tech. 5 | Chetek | June 16, 1944. | KIA on Biak Island in the Pacific. |
| Bowers | Percy | Tech 4 | Chetek | August 6th, 1944. | KIA somewhere in France. |
| Braml | John J | Pfc. | Almena | October 6th, 1944 | KIA somewhere in The Netherlands. |
| Brendemihl | Kenneth A. | Cpl. | Rice Lake | March 4, 1945 | Accidentally killed while on duty in the Corozal Zone of British Honduras. |
| Broadbent | Robert George | SN1 | Barron | December 19, 1943 | An accident in the South Pacific. (An only child.) |
| Broker | Earl | Pfc. | Almena | October 15, 1943 | KIA somewhere in Italy on. |
| Cahow | Robert T. | PFC | Reeve/Clear Lake | Reported MIA December 13, 1944 | KIA Huertgen Forest, Germany. Body recovered May 27, 2001. |
| Cook | Clifford | Pfc. | Rice Lake | December 29, 1943 | KIA somewhere in New Guinea. |
| Davis | Thomas C. | Flt. Officer | Rice Lake | March 25, 1945 | KIA while fighting the Nazis in Germany. |
| Denham | Harold | Cpl. | Cumberland | March 23, 1945 | KIA somewhere in Western Germany. |
| DeNucci | Leonard N. | 1st Lt. | Cumberland | January 18, 1945 | KIA while fighting along the Belgium-German Border. |
| Dodge | Raymond E | Unknown | Clear Lake | June 25, 1943 | KIA mission over Germany. |
| Effertz | Lawrence J | T-4 | Cumberland | September 21, 1944 | Died of injuries from an accident somewhere in France. |
| Fall | Elecksey | Pfc. | Reeve/Clayton | July 25th, 1944 | KIA near the Normandy peninsula in France. |
| Farris | Marvin L. | Pfc. | Barron | December 14, 1943 | KIA somewhere on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific. |
| Fleet | John W. | Pfc. | Barron | July 20th, 1944 | KIA near the Normandy Peninsula in France. |
| Frasier | Donald E. | S-Sgt. | Rice Lake | March 22, 1944 | Killed in an airplane crash on in the South Pacific. |
| Frasier | Harold L. | Cpl. | Rice Lake | April 3, 1945 | Lost his life in Assam, India. |
| Friday | Ralph | Sgt. | Clayton/Barron | June 16, 1944 | KIA on Biak Island in the South Pacific. |
| Ganske Jr. | Charles | Pvt. | Unknown | June 16, 1943 | Died in a Japanese POW Camp. |
| Garner | Paul C. | Capt. | Dallas | October 30, 1943. | Died of an unknown illness at Battle Creek Michigan |
| Gregersen | Norman | T Sgt | Unknown | December 20, 1944 | Plane crash near Bari, Italy. |
| Hanson | DeWayne C. | S-Sgt. | Turtle Lake | January 20, 1944 | KIA in Western Germany. |
| Hardy | William | Sgt. | Turtle Lake | July 4th, 1944 | KIA on somewhere in Italy. |
| Helland | George F. | S-Sgt | Barron | July 30th, 1944 | KIA somewhere in England. |
| Heller | Basil J. | Pvt. | Turtle Lake | October 30, 1944 | KIA somewhere in eastern The Netherlands. |
| Heller | Vincent H. | S-Sgt. | Turtle Lake | May 29th, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Austria. |
| Herman | Frederick E. | Pvt. | Rice Lake | February 3, 1945 | KIA while fighting along the Western Border of Germany. |
| Hirt | Gerald A. | Cpl. | Barron | November 20th, 1943 | KIA on Tarawa Island in the South Pacific |
| Hogan | Edward E. | Pfc. | Rice Lake | November 2nd, 1944 | KIA in The Netherlands. |
| Hyllestad | Harvey E. | Pfc. | Rice Lake | August 1st, 1944 | KIA near the Normandy Peninsula in France. |
| Irish | Guy C. | Cpl. | Barron | February 20, 1945 | KIA on Iwo Jima, Pacific Ocean. |
| Johnson | Allen E. | Pfc. | Rice Lake | September 8th, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Northern France. |
| Johnson | Helmer C. | T-Sgt. | Chetek | February 19, 1945 | KIA while fighting in Western Germany. |
| Johnson | Louis M. | SN1 | Clear Lake | October 27, 1944 | KIA in South Pacific |
| Johnson | Walter E. | Pfc. | Canton | October 20th, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Western Germany. |
| Kahl | Lorne G. | Sgt. | Prairie Farm | July 28th, 1944 | KIA somewhere near the Normandy Peninsula in France. |
| Katherine | Fred | Pfc | Prairie Farm | September 15, 1944 | KIA in Northern France. |
| Kelly | Donald | S-Sgt. | Rice Lake | November 14, 1944 | Died of an illness in Belgium. |
| Kinn | Eldon H. | Sgt. | Brill | February 28, 1943 | Died in a bomber air plane crash in Florida. |
| Klawitter | Henry A | S-Sgt | Deer Park | August 17, 1944 | KIA near Fromentel, France. |
| Knudson | Chester L. | T-5 | Reeve/Prairie Farm | February 26, 1945 | KIA while engaged in combat in Western Germany. |
| Knutson | Harold S. | Pvt. | Rice Lake | September, 1942 | KIA in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific. |
| Knutson | Lester | Lt. | Mikana | February 14, 1945 | KIA on while fighting in France. |
| Konop | Robert M | Sgt. | Haugen | January 12, 1943 | Died of wounds received on New Guinea. |
| Kringle | Glenn J. | T-5 | Birchwood | February 2, 1945 | KIA while fighting along the Belgium-German Border. |
| Kringle | Robert P. | 2nd Lt | Angus | November 26, 1943 | Died of an illness at Temple, Texas. |
| Kuchera | Charles H | Sgt | Rice Lake | May 15, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Italy. |
| Lair | Kenneth E. | Pfc. | Barronette | July 8, 1944 | KIA on the Island of Saipan. |
| Larson | Donald L. | Pfc. | Reeve/Clayton | July 11, 1944 | KIA on the island of Saipan. |
| Larson | Lawrence H. | Cpl. | Cameron | December 27, 1944 | Died of wounds on as a result of wounds received in Belgium. |
| Lee | Arnold G. | Cpl. | Rice Lake | November 7, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Western Germany. |
| Lindberg | Hjlamer O. | Pfc. | Turtle Lake | January 20, 1945 | KIA while fighting in Western Germany. |
| Ludke | Arnold A. | Pvt. | Almena | October 22, 1944 | KIA on Leyte Island of the Philippines. |
| Luell | Thomas L | Lt. | Rice Lake | October 7, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Western Germany. |
| Markuson | Clifford O | 1st Lt | Clear Lake | March 25, 1945 | Air crash on 34th Mission near Cambridge, England. |
| Marsh | Lester | Sgt. | Cameron | December 12, 1943 | KIA somewhere on the Island of New Guinea. |
| Martin | Philip A. | Pfc. | Comstock | October 8, 1944 | Died of wounds somewhere in Italy. |
| Moore | Everette C. | Pfc. | Cameron | October 3, 1944 | KIA somewhere in France. |
| Nelson | Arden | S Sgt. | Reeve/Clear Lake | April 7, 1945 | KIA along the French-German border. |
| Norberg | Bennie | T-4 | Prairie Farm | January 15, 1945 | KIA in Belgium near the Siegfreid Line of Western Germany. |
| Norelius | Vernon A. | Sgt. | Rice Lake | April 3, 1945 | KIA on somewhere in Germany. |
| Oney | George A. | Sgt. | Reeve/Clear Lake | July 10, 1944 | Was mortally wounded near Normandy France and died 7 days later in England. Sgt Oney had previously been wounded in North Africa in 1943. |
| Parks | Henry F. | YM1 | Rice Lake | September 26, 1944 | Was killed when his ship sank near Salerno, Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Parks | Philip D. | Pvt. | Dallas | February 7, 1944 | Died of wounds somewhere in Italy. |
| Pittman | Robert | SN | Reeve/Clear Lake | February 18, 1943 | Killed in Austrailia. Buried in U.S. Cemetery, Rockwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Austraila. Reintered June 16, 1948, Ft. Snelling, National Cemetery, MN. |
| Rachleda | Edward J | RM3 | Canton | December 12, 1944 | Killed in action somewhere in China. |
| Rhodes | Eugene E. | Pfc. | Barron | August 6, 1944 | KIA while engaged in hostile action somewhere on the island of New Guinea. |
| Roux | Orville A. | Pfc. | Rice Lake | May 29, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Italy. |
| Saunter | Raymond H. | Pfc. | Almena | September 16, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Western Germany. |
| Schermer | Vernon E. | 2nd Lt | Rice Lake | December 15, 1944 | Cause of death and where he died are unknown. |
| Schneider | Daniel A. | Ensign | Rice Lake | November 13, 1944 | KIA on somewhere in the Bay of Biscay-Atlantic Ocean. |
| Scott | Joseph N. | SN | Clear Lake | Circa 1942 | Pacific Theatre |
| Selvig | Herman E. | Sgt. | Barron | February 13, 1943 | KIA in the South Pacific Ocean. |
| Sinclair | Everette T. | Unknown | Rice Lake | 1944 (month unknown) | KIA somewhere in Italy. |
| Skinner | Marshall C. | Pvt. | Cumberland | July 22, 1944 | Died of wounds from action in Europe. |
| Snobl | Joseph | Pfc. | Rice Lake | February 8, 1945 | KIA on Luzon Island of the Philippines. |
| Solberg | Roy G. | Pfc. | Clayton | May 28, 1944 | KIA while fighting in Italy. |
| Speetzen | Gerald A. | Cadet | Rice Lake | September 8, 1944 | Died as a result of an airplane crash in Tucson, Arizona. |
| Swensen | Paul E. | Pfc. | Chetek | April 1, 1945 | KIA somewhere in Germany. |
| Unknown | Raymond R. | Haugen | December 10, 1944 | Died in an airplane crash on near Pratt, Kansas. | |
| Vilz | John | S 1-c | Arland | February 2, 1944 | Was killed in an airplane crash in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| Waldal | Fritz M. | Cpl. | Chetek | December 17, 1944 | Died in an airplane crash near Fort Worth, Texas. |
| Wallace | Lloyd M. | Pvt. | Barronette | August 3, 1944 | KIA in North Western France. |
| Webb | William L. | Lt. | Barronette | March 9, 1944 | KIA or died of wounds somewhere in England. |
| Weber | Ernest J. | Sgt. | Rice Lake | November 25, 1944 | KIA while fighting in the battle of Leyte, Philippines |
| Whitley | Howard H. | 1st Lt | Rice Lake | December 5, 1944 | Died of wounds while fighting in the battle of Leyte, Phillippines. |
| Zappa | George J. | Pfc | Cumberland | August 7, 1944 | KIA somewhere in Northwestern France. |
| Zielke | Samuel G. | GM2 | Almena | April 12, 1944 | Died of wounds or drowning from a sinking ship in the Tyrrhenian (Mediterranean) Sea. |
| Zitzelberg | Maurice F. | S-Sgt | Almena | May 12, 1943 | KIA in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. |
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