Soldiers & Nurses of the Allied Expeditionary Force
from Jackson, Perry, and Randolph Counties, Illinois
Surnames A-C Surnames D-I Surnames J-O Surnames P-Z

 
Name Rank Residence Date Left Date Returned Birth
Service # Unit Next of Kin Ship Ship Death

 
Palermo, Joe P. Sergeant, promoted 2nd Lieutenant Willisville, Illinois 28 Jun 1918 18 Sep 1919 12 Aug 1897
741412 53rd Infantry/141st Infantry Mrs. Constance Palermo (mother) Saxon Mount Vernon 23 Jun 1946
Peters, Guy S. Sergeant DuQuoin, Illinois 20 May 1919
1383896 Company F, 130th Infantry Mr. George G. Winer (stepfather) Siboney
Pijut, Joseph J. Private 1st Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 29 Aug 1918 26 Jan 1919
1986312 Company C, 331st Infantry Mr. George Pijut (father) Grampian Caronia
Pinkerton, Walter L. Private Swanwick, Illinois 23 Aug 1918
3705071 Camp Crane August Automatic Replacement Mrs. Mattie Pinkerton (mother) Prinses Juliana
Polley, William S. Private 1st Class DuQuoin, Illinois 4 Sep 1918
2000744 Company A, 335th Infantry Mr. Thomas P. Polley (father) Saxonia
Porter, Maclin Private DuQuoin, Illinois 7 Mar 1919
3078741 Battery B, 54th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps Mrs. Dora Porter (mother) Vedic

 
Poston, Murray M. Private Willisville, Illinois 3 Aug 1919 10 Jul 1896
80th (G) Company, 6th Marines Mrs. Mary Poston (wife) George Washington 11 Mar 1950

 
Poston, Waldo H. Seaman 2nd Class, promoted to Seaman Willisville, Illinois 8 Dec 1917 2 Aug 1918 28 Mar 1899
Mrs. Belle Poston (mother) Iroqouis Aoram 8 Dec 1951
Provart, Leo P. Cook Tamaroa, Illinois 2 Sep 1918 12 Jun 1919
1976474 Company H, 333rd Infantry Mrs. Emma Provart (mother) Aquitania Imperator

 
Purcell, John T. Corporal Willisville, Illinois 6 Jul 1918 25 May 1919 8 Oct 1897
741765 HQ Company, 52nd Infantry Mrs. Margaret Keller (sister) Belgic Freedom 3 Jun 1968

 
Purcell, William Private Willisville, Illinois 22 Apr 1918 4 Feb 1919 26 Sep 1893
633296 Battery C, 60th Coast Artillery Corps Mrs. Mary Beisner (sister) Siboney Cedric 22 Sep 1969

 
Quigley, James M. Sergeant Swanwick, Illinois 3 Dec 1918
963137 263rd Aero Service Squadron Mr. Moses J. Quigley (father) Lapland

 
Quillman, Joseph H. Private Campbell Hill, Illinois 12 Nov 1918 19 Sep 1919 23 Oct 1893
2000748 Rail Head Supply Detachment #301 QM Mrs. Mary E. Quillman (mother) Rockland Santa Elisa

 
Quillman, William E. Private Campbell Hill, Illinois 14 Jun 1918 6 Aug 1919 18 Dec 1887
2097718 Company A, 39th Infantry Mrs. Mary E. Quillman (mother) Olympic Leviathan 17 Oct 1954
Rednour, Mathew J. Private Cutler, Illinois 24 Feb 1918
6431711 M. C. Mrs. Lula Firth (sister) Sheridan
Reidelberger, Luther C. Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 31 Jul 1919
4608691 HQ Company, 13th Regiment 5th Brigade, USMC Mr. Peter Reidelberger (father) Siboney
Reese, William Private Cutler, Illinois 4 Oct 1918
1570261 Company C, 150th Infantry Mr. Fred Reese (father) Demosthenes
Restoff, Frank Private Tamaroa, Illinois 24 Jun 1919
2705076 Field Remount Squadron, No 346 Mr. William Restoff (father) El Sol
Reuscher, Henry C. Private 1st Class Campbell Hill, Illinois 30 Sep 1918 11 Jul 1919 27 Nov 1897
3813832 95th Depot Service Company Mr. Henry A. Reuscher (father) Armagh Valacia 26 Nov 1960

 
Rheinecker, George William Private Percy, Illinois 2 Oct 1918 17 Apr 1919 15 Jun 1895
1570945 Co. D, 102nd MG Batt. Mr. Charles Bergfeld (uncle) Aquitania Patricia 8 Aug 1971
Rial, George F. Private Cutler, Illinois 9 Dec 1918
(Surgical Ambulatory)
2160438 Company H, 110th Infantry Mr. F Rial (father) Zeelandia

 
Roberts, Bourbon G. Corporal Percy, Illinois 23 Sep 1918 7 Mar 1919 15 Sep 1898
591357 Battery C, 54th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps Miss Grace Roberts (sister) Mongolia Vedic 19 Dec 1969

 
Robinson, Askin A. Sergeant Campbell Hill, Illinois 6 Jul 1918 8 Sep 1919 31 Aug 1899
743319 Company D, 53rd Infantry Mr. Martin Robinson (father) Ulysses Leviathan Feb 1968
Roettjer, Henry Private 1st Class Campbell Hill, Il 15 Aug 1918 20 May 1919 8 Mar 1893
3221313 HQ Company, 351st Infantry Mr. Henry Roettjer (father) Saxon Mercury 25 Sep 1982
Rosan, James Private 1st Class Percy, Illinois 8 Sep 1919
41791 Company A, 16th Infantry Mr. George Rosan (father) Leviathan
Rosendahl, Raymond C. Corporal Percy, Illinois 14 Aug 1918 23 May 1921
Return of Body
10 Sep 1898
1033565 Company F, 64th Infantry Mrs. Margaret Rosendahl (mother) Manchuria Cambrai 20 Oct 1918
Killed in Action
Rulevish, Tad Corporal Tamaroa, Illinois 9 Feb 1918 9 Jun 1919
267499 Company 16, 4th Battalion, 1st Air Service Mechanics Mrs. Helen Rulevish (mother) 36 America
Ryterski, Max Private 1st Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 5 May 1919
3103860 Company B, 128th Infantry Mr. Mike Ryterski (father) George Washington
Sattler, John Oscar Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 23 May 1920
Return of Body
20 Jul 1894
1571178 Company K, 149th Infantry Mr. Ford Sattler Princess Matoika 18 Oct 1918
Died of Disease
 Sawyer, James E. Private 1st Class DuQuoin, Illinois 2 Jun 1919
1269270 Air Service Casual Company Mrs. Addie Sawyer (mother) Canada
Schaeffer, George H. Private Willisville, Illinois 22 Sep 1918 6 Mar 1919 8 Mar 1890
4249040 Co. B, 4th Pioneer Infantry/108th Infantry Mrs. Maud Henson (sister) Antigone Mauretania 23 Oct 1949

 
Schilling, Herbert Private Willisville, Illinois 26 Oct 1918 7 May 1919  5 Aug 1896
3895992 7th Field Artillery Mr. Louis Schilling (father) Lapland Martha Washington 30 May 1975

 
Schmidt, Wallace Private 1st Class Willisville, Illinois 5 Jul 1918 17 Sep 1919
474162 Company F, 33rd Infantry Mr. Fred Schmidt (father) Kilpatrick Northern Pacific
Schneider, Fred E. Private 1st Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 23 Jun 1919
3895994 Medical Detachment 13 Company, 5th Battalion,
20th Engineers
Mrs. Verne K. Schneider (wife) Princess Matoika
Schoch, Frank C. Private 1st Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 27 Apr 1919
162742 Company F, 12th Engineers Mr. Christ Schoch (father) Cape May

 
Schrader, Louis H.T. Private Steeleville, Illinois 14 May 1918 22 May 1919 1 Jul 1887
1976857 Company M, 129th Infantry, National Guard Mr. Henry Fritz Schrader (father) La Lorraine Leviathan
Schwartzkopf, Henry Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 13 May 1919
3705083 52nd Infantry Mrs. Lua Schwartzkopf (wife) Regina De Italia
Schwarz, William D. Private 1st Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 30 Jun 1918 15 Oct 1919
2000762 Field Remount Squadron No. 306 Mrs. Anna Schwarz (mother) Tenadores Princess Matoika
Schwebman, Willard J. Corporal Pinckneyville, Illinois 22 Jun 1919
2473266 Brest Special Casual Company 1717 Mr. Wm A. Schwebman (father) H.R. Mallory

 
Short, Raymond E. Private Percy, Illinois 3 Sep 1918 16 Apr 1919 2 Oct 1894
1996217 Company F, 362nd Infantry Mr. James W. Short (father) Benalia Lanncaster 6 Oct 1953
Sketoe, George M. Private Willisville, Illinois 24 Dec 1918
1570940 137th Field Artillery Mrs. Fronia C. Sketoe (mother) La France
Smetana, John Private DuQuoin, Illinois 2 Jun 1919
1755589 Company K, 142nd Infantry Mrs. Barbara Smetana (mother) Graf Waldersee

 
Smith, Frank L. Corporal DuQuoin, Illinois 6 Mar 1918 4 Aug 1919
712999 248th Aero Squadron, Air Service Corps Mr. Charles B. Smith (father) 510 Virginian
Smith, Wilmer L. Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 10 May 1919
1755592 Battery F, 309th Field Artillery Mrs. Jennie Smith (mother) Infanta Isabel

 
Snider, Daniel Cook Willisville, Illinois 24 Aug 1918 28 Dec 1918 21 Feb 1896
2097587 Company F, 345th Infantry Mr. Vince Snider (father) Adriatic Finland 18 Sep 1961

 
Spoto, Tony A. Private 1st Class Willisville, Illinois 26 Jul 1918 11 May 1919 15 Feb 1898
23000194 Company D, 110th Infantry Mr. Joe Spoto (father) Taormina Edgar F. Luckenbach 6 Jul 1981
Stalker, Don C. Private Tamaroa, Illinois 19 Apr 1919
Walking Patients
175501 Brest Detachment #166 Mrs. Iva Stalker (wife) Von Steuben
Stanton, Frank Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 1 Sep 1918 20 Mar 1919
3705085 Company D, 27th Engineers Mrs. Eliza Stanton (mother) Nevasa Dakoten

 
Steele, Harry L. Corporal Percy, Illinois 3 Aug 1918 16 Jun 1919 13 Jul 1893
450715 Company H, 56th Engineers Sylvia Warren (sister) Leviathan Georgia 30 Jan 1958
Stevens, Harry I. 1st Lieutenant Tamaroa, Illinois 17 Aug 1918
Ambulance Company  No 352, 313th Sanitary Train Mrs. Frances W. Stevens (wife) Vedic
Stevenson, Clinton B. Private Cutler, Illinois 19 Jan 1919
Sick & Wounded
42980 Infantry Mrs. T. Stevenson (mother) Comfort
Sturdivant, Clyde Corporal Tamaroa, Illinois 28 Apr 1919
Sick & Wounded
2943087 Company G, 147th Infantry Mrs. Fanny Sturdivant (mother) Nansemond
Taft, Roger D. Private Willisville, Illinois 15 Sep 1918 15 Mar 1894
1571186 Company E, 113th Engineers Mrs. Nellie Taft (wife) Finland 1 Oct 1918
Died of  Disease

 
Tallo, John Michael Private Willisville, Illinois 9 Jun 1917 31 May 1919 20 Aug 1896
105410 Company B, 164th Infantry Mr. Joe Tallo (father) Saratoga Rotterdam 1967

 
Taylor, Noble Bugler Percy, Illinois 6 Oct 1918 18 May 1919 31 Aug 1895
1570925 Co. D, 327th Infantry Mrs. Ella Taylor (wife) City of Exeter Walter A. Luckenbach 13 Jun 1953
Taylor, William H. Private Cutler, Illinois 12 Nov 1918 12 Sep 1919
2000732 Rail Head Supply Detachment Mr. Alf Taylor (father) Rockland Santa Elisa
Thimmig, Rudolph L. Private First Class Pinckneyville, Illinois 3 Sep 1919
3490493 HQ Company, 18th Infantry Mr. Charles Barney Thimmig (father) Mobile

 
Thompson, Alex Private Campbell Hill, Illinois 28 Oct 1918 7 May 1919 18 Oct 1886
3704044 Battery C, Field Artillery, 82nd Division Mr. John H. Thompson (brother) Kursk Martha Washington 22 Oct 1924

 
Throop, Duke H. Corporal Percy, Illinois 29 Oct 1917 1 Sep 1919 12 Oct 1896
104826 Company A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion Mr. George Throop (father) Mount Vernon Von Steuben 7 Mar 1961

 
Vancil, Willis E. Corporal Willisville, Illinois 6 Jul 1918 12 Jun 1919 23 Feb 1894
739085 Company A, 51st Infantry Mr. Dan Vancil (father) Ceramic Leviathan 21 May 1969
Valentine, George Corporal Pinckneyville, Illinois 19 May 1918 14 Apr 1919
1469506 Company C, 110th Field Signal Battalion Mrs. Caroline Valentine (mother) Briton Antigone
Vogel, Louis L. Private Swanwick, Illinois 12 Dec 1918
1571192 Battery E,  138th Field Artillery Mr. Paul Vogel (brother) Mongolia
Wall, Lester E. Sergeant Tamaroa, Illinois 12 Jun 1918 17 May 1919
2475414 Company B, 124th Machine Gun Battalion Mr. Albert H. Wall (grandfather) Carmania Mt. Vernon
Waller, Elbert Civilian AEC Tamaroa, Illinois 13 Jul 1919
Casual Civilian Mrs. Maggie Waller (wife) Imperator

 
Ward, Henry M. Sergeant Willisville, Illinois 1 Sep 1918 25 Apr 1919 25 Aug 1895
1976039 Co. M, 306th Infantry Mr. Aaron Ward (brother) Baltic Mount Vernon

 
Ward, Perry C. Corporal Willisville, Illinois 31 Jul 1918 17 Jun 1894
1857876 Company I, 321st Infantry Mr. Jess Ward (father) City of Glasgow 1918

 
Waters, Arthur E. Private Percy, Illinois 24 Apr 1918 4 Apr 1919 25 Aug 1890
736337 Co. H, 11th Infantry Mr. John B. Stiens (sister) Leviathan Frederick 11 May 1957

 
Waters, Joseph B. Private First Class Percy, Illinois 24 Apr 1918 2 Feb 1887
736402 Company I, 11th Infantry Clenie Steins (sister) Leviathan
Watson, George Cook DuQuoin, Illinois 25 Aug 1918 18 Jun 1919
1033098 Company B, 64th Infantry Mr. John Watson (father) France America
Weaver, Linus F. Private Tamaroa, Illinois 2 Oct 1918 18 Jul 1919
1571196 HQ Company, 149th Infantry Mrs. Mattie R. Weaver (mother) Aquitania Kaseirin Auguste Victoria
Wesseln, Charles Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 16 May 1918
1975762 Company K, 129th Infantry Mr. Frank Wesseln (brother) Agamemnon
Wiebusch, Alfred L. 1st Lieutenant Steeleville, Illinois 12 Nov 1918 24 Mar 1919 Feb 1882
Ambulance Co. #146, 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Div. Mrs. Anna K. Wiebusch (wife) Er Pacifica Montana 25 Jun 1935
Williams, Ralph Leonard QM Mechanic Willisville, Illinois 8 Feb 1918 21 Jul 1919 2 Apr 1894
268760 Graves Registration Unit #304, QM Corps Mrs. Amanda McDonald (mother) Finland Antigone 5 Nov 1929
Wilson, Clarence W. Fcp Pinckneyville, Illinois 18 Jul 1918
718741 Battery C, 61st Artillery Mrs. Ruth Wilson (wife) Wilhelmina
Wilson, Shirley O. Sergeant Percy, Illinois 3 May 1918 22 May 1919 11 Mar 1890
1451006 Machine Gun Company, 138th Infantry L. J. Smith (sister) Missanable Duca D'Aosta 25 Apr 1983
Wine, Walter  Private 1st Class Percy, Illinois 14 May 1918 22 May 1919 31 Aug 1891
1976812 Company L, 129th Infantry, US National Guard Mr. Fred Wine (brother) La Lorraine Leviathan 30 Apr 1964
Wittbracht, Lee A. Private Steeleville, Illinois 3 Aug 1919 18 Sep 1896
4617675 Company L, 5th Marines Mrs. Nellie Wittbracht (mother) George Washington 4 Jun 1948
Witte, John Private Willisville, Illinois 29 May 1918 10 May 1919 19 Sep 1893
1755595 Battery F, 309th Field Artillery Mr. Fred Witte (father) Cardiganshire Infanta Isabel 9 Oct 1985
Zitt, Herman J. Private Pinckneyville, Illinois 10 May 1918
1976617 Supply Company, 129th Infantry August Reiniger (brother-in-law) Covington
   

Researched and compiled by Joel S. Russell