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OCONTO COUNTY MILITARY SERVICE PAGE
 

PROFILES
Histories of The Ancestors Who Served

Individual pages dedicated to those who served during wartime and peace.

Photographs, Personal Stories, Memoirs of Stories Told and News Articles

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World War I
(1914 – 1918)
(U.S. Allied 1917 - 1918)

Verner G. Branlund

August Hurtig

Floyd Wren

Frank, Joseph & Peter Fonferek

Albert Hein












































World War II
(1939 - 1945)
(U.S. Allied 1941 - 1945)

George B. Jameson

Lynn Elliot Dunlap

Albert Anthony Zitske Jr.

Donald Modrow

Lyle L. Frost

Delbert L. Bartz

Richard R. Sandberg

David Gibson

McAllan Family Siblings

Leslie C. McAllan

Gene E. Sucharda

E.J. & Robert Shellman

Victor E. Bast

Glenn D. Garvey

Kenneth C. Thompson

David Lee Bartelt

Rev. Raymond L. Greene

Marceline M. Emond

George W. Baird Jr.

David F. Gibson

Blair Belongia

Lester Bucholz

Alan Kingston

Wayne Hammond

Walter P. Lartz

William and Peter Pytleski

Robert C. Heroux

George J. Bednarik

Oliver S. Wondrash

Frank J. Gutoski

Donald Darrow

Frederick Mork

Brothers Al, Reuben, Melvin and Eugene Schmidt

Bernard E. McKeever

Marvin Peterson

Francis Charles Smedley

Charles Pendl

Elmer Westphal

John Quandt

Ralph McClain

Harold Stuewer

William M Hanson

Titus Collins

In addition here is a WWII site:

Service Personnel From Oconto County, Wisconsin



U. S. Civil War
(1861 - 1865)

Edward Scofield


Spanish - American War
(1898)

Please click on image for a full view

Lorenz Borgwardt
age 18



3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Battalion awaits orders to charge the Spanish

On August 12, the 3rd Wisconsin moved into position to aid in the assault at the next point of opposition on its march - Aibonito. As the forces were forming for this assault the following morning, word arrived of that an armistice had been declared and the fighting had ended.

The 3rd Wisconsin returned home on September 18th, 1898. The Spanish American War ended on December 10, 1898 with the Treaty of Paris.

STATISTICS:

Total Strength of regiment -------1353
Killed in Action------------------2
Died of disease-------------------41
Wounded in Action---------------2

ENGAGEMENTS

Coamo, Puerto Rico-----------------Aug. 9, 1898
Arbonith Pass, Puerto Rico----------Aug. 12, 1898
Korean War
(1950 - 1953)

Lyle Arrick

Vincent Libassi

Joseph James Fonferek

Valentine T Warrichaiet

Peter Tucherer

Gerald Brouillard


John “Jack”Christenson

Titus Collins


Louis (Corky) Flynn

Milo J Flynn

Leroy J Hanson

Martin Hiscke

Leonard C Heise Sr

Gus Jaeger

Howard Kegel

Richard Klawitter

William Larsen

Gerald J Lonzo

Louis Lonzo

Hubert Robenhorst

Melvin Sovinski

Earl School

Lee Schuettpelz

Henry Stage

Benjamin A Wilson

Vernan Zaddack


Peacetime
Service

Martin Erb

Jim Stankevitz

Gary Zenz

Ray Heimerl

Robert Urban




War of 1812
(1812 - 1814)

(Veterans who moved to Oconto County, which was established 1851)



Philippine - American War
(1899 - 1902)







Vietnam War
(1959 - 1975)


Ronald Adams
Don Arveson
Walter Babicky
Russel Bahrke
Russel Brock
Sheldon Brauer
Laverne Burrack
Loren Burrack
Dan Christensen

David Cross

Gail G Davis

Joel Davis

Tom Dieck

Dale Diessner

Randy Druckrey

Michael Flynn

Steve Elbe

Bill Erb

Clair Erb

Guy Erb Jr

William Fonferek

Harvey Gardebrecht

Gerald L. Gerndt

Richard Gerndt
Paul Hiscke

Paul W Hanson
Richard Hanson

Gerald "Jerry" Heins
Neil "Jim" Herning
Ray Hubatch
Dave Jagodzinski
Val Johnson
Raymond "Buzz" Kandler
Heinz Kiesling
Alan Kegel

Bernard Klinkhammer
Norman Kufner
William "Bill" Krueger
Steve Mitchell
Tim Mitchell
Jack Nauke
Peter Otradovec
Frances Otradovec
Leroy Otto
Jeff Otto
Rick Pendl
Walter "Wally" Remic
Glenn "Ike" Schaal
Alvin Schuettpelz
Douglas Schuettpelz
Daniel Schuettpelz
Randy Schuettpelz
Dale Sleeter
Mike Struble
Dennis Tachick
Jay Tousey
Joe Trevor
Robert Wagner
Kerry Yakel






Persian Gulf War
(1990 - 1991)







War in Afghanistan
(2001 - 2021)





Iraq War
(2003 - 2011) 








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