The Boys Next Door

Town of Byron Veterans Who Gave Their Lives in Service to Their

Country in the 20th Century

Pvt. Nels (Nils) Anderson Born July 21, 1895

Section 10

Company G

2nd Battalion 101st Infantry Regiment

51st Infantry Brigade 26th Infantry Division

Killed in Action Bois de Bellau, France

October 25, 1918

Buried at Rienzi Cemetery Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Pvt. Charles Blank Born October 3, 1890

Section 32

Company D

121st Machine Gun Battalion 64th Infantry Brigade

32nd Infantry Division Died of Disease

US Army Hospital Denver, Colorado

April 4, 1919

Buried at Byron Cemetery Byron, Wisconsin

Pvt. John E. Bohan Born August 20, 1887

Section 15

Company K 3rd Battalion

353rd Infantry Regiment 177th Infantry Brigade 89th Infantry Division

Killed in Action Bois de Barricourt, France

November 3, 1918

Buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

Romagne, France

Pvt. Gerald H. Cowles Born July 15, 1926

Section 32

USMCR

Killed in Action

Okinawa June 17, 1945

Buried at Hudson, Wisconsin

We are in search of a photograph of Gerald Cowles.

2Lt. Lester E. Dyer Born November 10, 1921

Section 24

Company E

2nd Battalion 27th Marines

5th Marine Division Killed in Action

Iwo Jima February 24, 1945

Buried at

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia

Cpl. Norman W. Ewald Born May 17, 1914

Section 36

TEC 5

7th Infantry Division Killed in Action

Luxembourg Sector December 1944-January 1945

Buried at

Avoca Cemetery Oakfield, Wisconsin

Maj. Clyde J. Kennedy Born 1910 Section 27

8th Army Air Force

Killed in Action Pamplsford, England September 3, 1944

Buried at

Calvary Cemetery Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Pvt. Lester N. Phelps Born October 13, 1890

Section 30

Company 35

143rd Spruce Squadron Aviation Service Died of Disease

Vancouver Barracks, WA December 18, 1918

Buried at Avoca Cemetery

Oakfield, Wisconsin

Pvt. Glenway W. Raulf Born April 23, 1895

Section 27

Company G

2nd Battalion 56th Infantry Regiment 13th Infantry Brigade 7th Infantry Division

Killed in Action Muerthe et Moselle, France

November 1, 1918

Buried at Byron Cemetery Byron, Wisconsin

Pvt. John Schwed, Jr. Born March 12, 1926

Section 8

Company A 1st Battalion

5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division

Missing in Action North Korea Sector December 31, 1951

Presumed dead December 31, 1953

His body has not been recovered.

Pvt. Walter H. Soles Born June 23, 1895

Section 1

Company A 1st Battalion

127th Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Brigade

32nd Infantry Division Killed in Action Cierges, France July 31, 1918

Buried at

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Fere-en-Tardenois, France

Cpl. Edward H. Sonn Born Februaary 8, 1893

Section 28

Company B 1st Battalion

128th Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Brigade

32nd Infantry Division Died of Wounds Juvigny, France August 31, 1918

Buried at Avoca Cemetery

Oakfield, Wisconsin

SGT Terry M. Steiner

Born October 1, 1949 Section 19

D Troop

2nd Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment

Helicopter Crash Phan Thiet, Lam Dong Province

South Vietnam March 11, 1970

Buried at Calvary Cemetery

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin