UPDATE  - Jan 2011 

All of the listings below are out of date.
Up to date content can be found on the new 1FamilyTree web site.

This page is in three sections. First, those who are currently serving Active duty. Second, those who gave their lives in the service of their country. This section INCLUDES foreign services, as many distant cousins in Germany, served their nation, also giving their lives in service to their country. And finally, a listing of those who served in the military at some time in their lives. I know this section will never be complete, so please let me know if you have names and photographs to add.

Also if you know of any Military Medals or ribbons that were awarded please let me know and an appropriate graphic can be added.

If you would like to request your relatives Military Records,

you can submit an online request at http://vetrecs.archives.gov

If you are a relative think you may be entitled to Veterans benefits

check out this web site at www.govbenefits.gov

On overview of many of the nations military memorials is online at the National Parks Service.

Following World War I , on July 4, 1919, the veterans of Ransom County, North Dakota were presented with the medal shown here

Four of the sons of James Summers and Ellen Glasheen, namely James C Summers, William W Summers, John A Summers and Leo Summers,

all served in the military during the war and were awarded this honor.

The parents of these veterans were born and married in the Hollandtown area, before relocating to Lisbon, North Dakota.

Mike Knudson of Bismarck, ND is currently writing a book about the North Dakota veterans of WWI, if you have any information that might be useful or interesting,

you can contact him at mikeannknudson  at  msn.com

Currently Serving

Sergeant Jeremy Yingling

US Army - 432 Civil Affairs Battalion

Jeremy is a descendant of Hubert Yingling (1820-1889) and Barbara Salchert (1834-1904) who came to the US in 1842. His paternal Great grandmother was "Mayme" Feller Yingling (1891-1990) the granddaughter of Johannes Feller, whose descendants are outlined on this website.

Jeremy recently returned from Iraq.

He was awarded a Purple Heart on January 27, 2004.

For a listing of burials of soldiers who were members of the Paul H Beaulieu Post

From an article in the Kaukauna Sun dated May 28, 1908

Follow this link to the list at the bottom of this page.

Died in Service

For a listing of persons from Outagamie County Wisconsin who died while serving in the Armed Forces, please visit the Outagamie County Veterans Memorial 

There is also a listing of those who died in World War II and additional

World War II information relative to Outagamie County and can

be found on the Outagamie County Historical Society (OCHS) Web Site

 

For a listing of persons from Osburg, Germany, both military and civilian that died in either WWI or WWII

I have listed them on a separate page here, Osburg War Casualties.

Died in Civil War

Died in World War I

Died in World War II

Click here to go to the web page of the World War II Memorial in Washington.

Died in Korea

Died in Vietnam

Died in Gulf War

Died in Iraq

Died in Other

Served in the Military

Served in the Civil War

Name	Years	Picture	Served in	War	Service Dates		Awards & Medals	Notes	Descendant
Peter Blindauer	1828-1903		Wisconsin 7th Infantry Company A	Civil	12/28/1864 to 7/5/1865
Martin Coonen			Wis Reg 50th Co. F	Civil	2/14/1864 to 6/1865			Private
Peter Johannes "John" De Bruin	1835-1912		US Army 18th regiment	Civil	10/10/1864 - 7/18/1865			Private
Nicholas Faust	1841-1913		US Calvary	Civil	?/?/1864- 6/22/1865			Private Co F 2nd Calvary
Nicholas Kieffer	1837-?		13th Inf Co G	Civil	9/7/1861- 11/19/1864
Anton Kons	1821-1877			Civil
John Bernard Leis	1830-1904			Civil
John Noie	?-?			Civil
Charles O'Connell	1847-							43rd Infantry Co D
James O'Connell	1845-1936				11/14/1864-7/19/1865			Calvary Co B
Henry Romenesko	1831-1913			Civil
Michael G. Ruppert	1847-1889		38th Regiment	Civil	12/24/1862- 0/0/0 then reenlisted 3/19/1964-7/26/1865
Charles Schimberg	?-?			Civil
Lambert Schommer	1829-1897			Civil
John Wall	1824-1908		34th Inf Co F

Served in the Spanish American War

Served in World War I

Name	Years	Picture	Served in	War	Service Dates		Awards & Medals	Notes	Descendant
George Thomas Cox	1888-1944			WWI
Henry DeWan	1897-1977			WWI
John James Harney	1892-1985		US Army	WWI
Malachi Harney	1895-1984		US Marines	WWI
Thomas Harney	1897-1989		US Navy	WWI
Theodore Lamers	1891-1985		US Army	WWI
Patrick Powers	1896-1938		US	WWI
Nicholas Ruppert	1879-1951		US Army	WWI	5/28/1920-2/27/1921			Camp Grant, IL. 6th Ord. Company, Private First Class
William Schimberg	1896-1965		US Army	WWI	6/7/1918- 11/9/1919			Pvt. Co. C 52nd Engineers
Herbert Schowalter	1894-1972			WWI
James C Summer	1891-1940		US Army	WWI	5/14/1917- 10/3/1919			Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard
John A Summers	1894-1975		US Army	WWI	8/11/1917- 4/27/1919
Leo M Summers	1896-1980		Us Army	WWI
William W Summers	1893-1960			WWI
Henry Van Asten	1892-1980		US Army	WWI
John Cornelius Vandenberg	1896-1968			WWI
Peter Vandenheuvel	1895-1975		US Army	WWI
Alban Wilpolt	1900-1970		US Army	WWI				Pvt. Co C 12 Calvalry
Albert Wilpolt			US Navy	WWI
John "Jack" Wilpolt			Canadian Army	WWI
Louis Wilpolt	1896-1941				6/5/1917 - 5/19/1919		Awarded Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star; WWI Victory Button, Silver; WWI Victory Medal with Aisne Clasp	Company H, 128th Infantry, 32nd Division, Aisne France. Sergeant.

Served in World War II

In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Green Bay Press-Gazette asked area veterans of World War II to submit information about themselves and their service. The result is a searchable archive, an ongoing project that will document those who served in the war.

Click here to link to the Green Bay Press Gazette's database.

Name	Years	Picture	Served in	War	Service Dates		Awards & Medals	Notes	Descendant
Clyde Bay	1910-2004		US Army	WWII
Floyd Bay	1912-2003		US Navy	WWII
Peter Bergman	1914-1979		US Navy	WWII
Eugene Bevers	1922-1997		US Army	WWII
John Burns	1918-1983		US Army	WWII
Leo Conrad	1912-1998		US Army	WWII
Thomas Coyle	1918-2004			WWII
Clarence DeBruin	1916-1996		US Army	WWII
John DeGroot	1915-2004		US Army	WWII
Donald Feller	1923-1999		US Army	WWII
Winslow Gilbert	1906-1974		US Army	WWII
Robert Green	1918-2002		US Army	WWII
Percy Harter	1919-2001		US Army	WWII
Raymond Heindel	1916-1988		US Army	WWII
Nicholas Huisman	1927-1998		US Army	WWII
Robert Kandler	1926-2004		US Navy	WWII
Elmer Kieffer	1914-2001		US Army	WWII
George Kronschnabel Jr.			US Navy	WWII
James Kuehn	1918-1979		US Army Air Corps	WWII
Eugene Leis	1917-2003			WWII
Leo J. Michels	1902-1985		US Navy	WWII
Emery Mollen	1921-1976		US Army	WWII
Lawrence Piette	1916-2004			WWII
William Platt	1918-1998		US Navy	WWII
Mark W. Romenesko	1921-1991		US Army	WWII
Ralph Sanders	1915-2004		US Navy	WWII
Jerome Seaver	1915-2004		US Army 101st Airborne	WWII
Herbert Schowalter	1894-1972		US Army	WWII			Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with cluster, Croix de Guerre from General Charles de Gaulle Divisional Lorraine Cross
Gordon Schuh	1924-1989		US Army	WWII
Riley Solie	1922-1993		US Marines	WWII
Edward St. Arnold	1920-1970		US Air Force	WWII
John Stilp, Sr.				WWII
Henry Tatro			US Coast Guard	WWII
Edward Unmuth	1912-1980		US Army	WWII
Wilfred VanAbel	1919-2002			WWII
Quentin Vandenberg	1918-2004			WWII
Wilmer VanderVelden	1923-2003		US Army	WWII
John VandenBroek	1924-2004		US Army	WWII
Lloyd VandenHeuvel	1924-2003		US Army	WWII
Cornelius VanderSanden	1926-1993		US Army	WWII
Robert VanDeurzen	1922-1981			WWII
Louis Verhagen Jr.	1906-1976		US Navy	WWII
Melvin Verhagen	1922-1979		US Navy	WWII
William Wachtendonk	1921-2003		US Air Force	WWII
Edward Weber	1907-1977			WWII
Rita (Verhagen) Wegand	1924-1976			WWII
Robert Wegand	1920-1971		US Army	WWII
Orville Yingling			US Army	WWII	1940-1944
Donald Yingling			US Navy	WWII	1941-1944
Norbert Yingling			US army Air Corps	WWII	1941-1944
				WWII
				WWII

Served in Korea

Name	Years	Picture	Served in	War	Service Dates		Awards & Medals	Notes	Descendant
Walter J. Leis	1927-2003		US Army	Korea
Norbert Pynenberg	1927-2004			Korea
Norbert Ruppert	1927-1976			Korea
Melvin Vandenberg	1935-2002		US Navy	Korea
Howard Zachek	1935-2004		US Navy	Korea

Served in the Vietnam

Served in the Gulf War

Served in Other

Listing of Honor Roll Soldiers were were members of "Paul H Beaulieu Post"