Military History of Kaukauna

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WW I Military review in Kaukauna

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Burial sites of Kaukauna's Civil War Veterans (Kaukauna Times - May 24, 1913
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Local man interviews War hero - Sargeant Woodfill (Kaukauna Times - Apr 3, 1924)
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Sergeant August Rink about German Steamships (Kaukauna Times Dec 3, 1914)
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Sargeant August Rink (Kaukauna Times - May 10,1923)
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First soldier Wounded from Kaukauna - C. Chamberlain (Kaukauna Times June 7, 1918)
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Jacob Konkapot was a Stockbridge Indian that participated in the American Revolutionary War and moved to Kaukauna in 1822 This link includes a picture of the historical marker.
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This image is from the book "Kaukauna Glimpses of it's History" Available at the online store or for viewing at the Kaukauna Public Library Hendrick Aupaumut a Stockbridge Indian born in 1757 Participated in the American Revolutionary war and moved to Kaukauna in 1829 This image is from the book "Kaukauna Glimpses of it's History" Available at the online store or for viewing at the Kaukauna Public Library      
Letters home from WW I
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Steve Batikis
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Joseph Derus, Henry Biese
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Ella Brewster, Ethan Brewster, Rena Brewster, Dolly Brewster
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Joseph M. Driessen, William Driessen
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George Green, Carl Howard, David, Spencer, Phillips, Ralph, George
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Patterson, Frank Kern, Peter Sanderfoot, Joe De Bruin, Ernest Sosnoski, Herman Sosnoski,
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Walton B. Cooper,
       
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Floyd Hawkins,
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Gustave E. Jacobson, Charles Jacobsen,
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Norman Luckow, Albert Luckow
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John O. Maher, George Butler,
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Professor L. G. Schussman, Lietenant Lee F. Pickett,
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Aaron Ruether
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Elof Ringlund, Charles Ringlund, Esther Ringlund,
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William P. Taugher
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Henry West
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Louis Wilpolt, Jack Wilpolt, Albert Wilpolt
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Nichols, Copps
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Arthur Kromer, George Kromer, Sandford Kittel, Edward Kittel, Edward Kittel, Leo Kittel, Jack Harrington, Emmet Hayes, Peter Faust, Ethan Brewster, Anton Reith
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Alfred Wagnitz, Spencer Hawkins, Otto Ludke
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Lee Whitman, Walton Cooper, Joseph Goosen, Phillip Reuter, Peter Reuter, Norman Reuter, Charles Scheer, Julius Zerth, Gerhard Reuter, Henry Reuter, Helen Reuter, Agnes Reuter
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Jack Wilpolt, Richard Wilpolt
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Charles Bauer, Martha Marquardt
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Michael Sprangers, John Sprangers, Brooks Towsley, McPherson, Joe Haid, Hans Garlich, Adolph Blair, David Blair, Guy R. Charlesworth, Walter Harold Haas, Herbert Haas, Lou Gantter, Leslie Dietz, Louis L. Gantter, George Frank, Anton Frank, Mike Kline, Albert Fred Warner, Gristoff, Franklin Smith, Robert R. Bucholtz, Victor, A. Bazelandt, John Mathison, Frank Doxtator, Vincent Stascak, Louis J. Porter, Yoanes Lafadites, Cornelius Keese, Thomas Andriefski, Joe Kastre
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Edwin Cooke, Isabella Fox, Steve Batiskas, Ida McGlone Gibson
   

Kaukauna Times and Kaukauna Sun:

Individuals involved in World War 1 - 1917

Further searches of mentions in the Kaukauna papers can be accessed from the home page

Kaukauna Times Merged with Kaukauna Sun, Among War Boys, Martin DeCoster, Fred Aul, Alfred E. Wagnitz, Peter Van Linn, William Lucas, A. Plotz, Harold J. charboneaux, Sam Casey, Michael Brewster, Raymond H. Fink, Ed. L. Vandenberg, George W. Gongaware, Edward G. Hartzheim, Steve Mangold, Hans Garlich, James Whitman, Louis E. Wilpolt, Peter Verbeten, Martin Vandenbroek, Henry Liese, Arthur J. Gatz. Robt, Regenfuss, Frank Schafer, John Watruba, John Zink, Michael Spranger, William Dreger, Edward Filen, Floyd Hawkings, Foster Miller, Herbert Specht, Albert Wyro, Lawrence Casey, Steve Batikis, Otto Dreger, Louis N. Floo, Joseph Haid, Clifford Mereness, John Nushart, Walter Specht, Victor Baekelandt, Clifford Brandt, James rown, Albert H. Sievert, Art. W. Hass, Henry Kamp, Herman O. Dreger, Oscar Parker, Oscar Kappell, Leo Brouillard, Paul La Londe, Elseorth Castle, Ed. Derrick, William Thompson, Glen Towsley, Lloyd Smith, John Heiting, Jr., John Schermitzler, Walter Haas, Ben Hamilton, Geo. C. Wunrow, Walton Cooper, Jos. E. Jacobson, Harry Wheaton, Edward Wyro., Bernard Vanden Broek, Albert Neissing, William Warneke, Bernard Hurst, George C. Egan, Wm. J. Delcorps, George A. Giesbers, Arthur Koehne, Adolph Blair, John Vandenbroek, Edward Schafadore, Edward Penergast, Hugo H. Hinnenthal, William P. Gillen, Elmer J. Hayes, Norbert J. Rennicke, Nicholas Essler, Albert Klammer, Edward Ytes, James Kavanaugh, Roy Caddigan, Emil Gatz, Ben J. Bell, Dan B. Reardon, William Freeman, Earl Hooyman, George N. Bodde, Walter Schneider, Frank J. Randerson, Fred M. Bartsch, Anthony F. Kroll, John O. Maher, Arthur E. Kromer, Fred A. Kuntz, Henry L. Kerscher, Jos. W. Borcherdt, Harvey Wereley, Army camps Kaukauna Times

12/12/1917

List of Selectives in Third Contingent National army draft, army volunteers, Fred B. Bartsch, Anthony F. Kroll, Arthur E. Kromer, Frederick A. Kuntz, Henry L. Kerscher, John C. Maher, Joseph Borchert, Earle Hooymann, George N. Bodde, Walter Schneider, Frank J. Randerson, Harry M. Krull, Neils H. Clausen, Daniel R. Clark, Bernard Learman, Herbert Prochnow, Frank J. Rohloff, William R. Runge, Fred Balthazar, Emmet L. Collar, Frank H. Manser, Emil Ubelengruek, Raymond Larson, Frank H. Manser, Frederick A. Kunz Kaukauna Sun

10/4/1917

Draft Board Accepts 76 for Army Draft Board, Anthony F. Kroll, Robert E. Roberts, Fred S. Krieger, Arthur M. Kromer, John C. Maher, Harvey Wereley, Joseph W. Borcherdt, Archie F. Creviere, Henry F. Bartsch, John Kraus,Joseph A. Artz, John L. collins, John Schubring, Jr., Frederick A.Kuntz, Clem Elworth, Arthur M. Koehne, Arnold Stueber,Herbert E. Hasley, Elmer B. Anderson, Joseph Kailhofer, Jr., Edmund D. Klarer, Goerge N. Schuh, Norbert G. Rennicke, Walter P. Schermitzler, Joseph P. Brandt, Frank J. Randerson, Joseph De Bruin, Albert B. Onkels, John E. Garvey, Arthur A. Krueger, Peter T. Pennings, Frank O. Busse, George Weyenberg, Emil Krueger, Gary Tuttle, Harry Kappall, William Van corschot, Jacob J. Koppens, Henry Gritten Kaukauna Sun

8/23/1917

Men of Kaukauna and Vicinity Who Were Drawn in First Draft C. J. Kalista, H. J. Look, H. M. Fellow, B. J. Bell, H. Vande Learchot, Frank DeGroot, Sherman W. Baird, Arthur Wittman, S, Kambivhis, Ivan Reardon, Jr., Richard H. Peters, O. H. Draeger, H. De Bruin, C. A. Groth, S. J. Batchis, John P. Tanty, Alois Hopfensperger, Clype Spice, A. C. Van Bonnel, W. Freeman, J. E. Jacobson, A. F. Crevier, L. A. Benkirt, A. C. Kleinhaus, H. W#. Patterson, John P. Farvey, Al.B. Onkels, E. Schreiner, T. J. Van Vreede, J. Borchert, J. O. Maher, W. Cech, J. H. Gokey, H. Paulus, H. A. Fensky, J. H. Muthig, F. M. Lambie, H. R. Wereley, A. E. Kromer, Martin Wismans, W. A. Conkey, Peter Timmer, F. DeGroot, Anton J. Vanden Heuvel, Geo. G. Hermson, Clarence W. Merkel, Comey Denney, Geo. A. Jansen, John H. Stein, Reinhardt Hoffman, Walter H. Langlois, A. Van Remortel, J. Cornelius, J. De Bruin, A. M. Vandderlinder, Herbert H. Specht, Anton Hill, F. S. Krieger, W. Lenz, Ben F. Wendt, M. Van Eyck, P. Kataasariotis, O. L. Parker, Wm. J. Breier, Mike Buchinger, George W. Smith, Len Van Thiel, Peter J. Foley, John J. Brozen, Paul H. Hanig, E.. Jonsen, R. E. Roberts, G. H. Scholz, H. Longaing, W. Van Orchot, Adolph L. Blair, Henry L. Kerscher, Reinhardt Schultz, Killian Zink, Henry M. Dercks, Parcy R. Wiese, Paul G. Bauer, Frank O. Busse, Albert C. Johnson, P. D. Pennings, Wilbert Kempen, Brown County, F. M. Charlesworth, Jr., August M. Meulemans, Harold W. Smith, Hugh Finnerty, Mathias Meulemans, Robert Finnegan, Sam Lyoins, Fred Bellin, Edgar Cox Kaukauna Sun

7/26/1917

List of South Side Men Who Registered Kaukauna military, Otto F. Fischer, Arthur Kromer, Joseph Hoffmann, George Dogot, Joseph Kailhofer, Jr., Levi Welch, Arthur Kappell, William A. Voie, Joseph W. Borchardt, William J. Femal, Fred Pahl, Robert Feldschmidt, Theodore Nytes, Albert Warner, Archibald F. Creviere, Charles Spranger, Clems Wagner, Owen Managan, Daniel Hennessy, Orlando R. Smith, George Schmitt, Elliot E. Zekind, Orval L. Diemel, Nicholas Esler, Howard Patterson, William Boerner, Fred Schlader, Peter E. Van Dyke, Urban Behler, Winfred Griffith, Frank Pleshek, Reinhardt Reindl, Peter Ulman, George Siefert, Arthur Saubert, Rifchard O'Connell, Major Kuehn, Paul Stanski, Matthew Burns, John Roche, Nicholas Schomisch, Thomas Riguette, William Gatz, Andrew Schermitzler, Gus. L. Lindauer, Joseph Dessel, Clyde Spice, Arthur Mahn, Gold Ernest Lindauer, Henry Heinz, William P. Geiger, Emil Giordoho, Rudolph Herman Mohr, Clemence Kalupa