Cape Girardeau County's war dead

Below is a list of those people from Cape Girardeau County who made the ultimate sacrifice defending their country during war time. Names were gathered from the National Archives, the Department of Defense and local sources.

The World War I memorial outside the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson was constructed in January 1925. (Aaron Eisenhauer)

WORLD WAR I

Alt, George E.

Altenthal, Clarence.

Baker, Florence

Baker, Ivy "Cleveland"

Bridges, Harry W.

Caldwell, Ellis

Coleman, James M.

Crader, Ray T.

Crass, Charles A.

Crumb, Harry

Davidson, Wilton

Dearmont, Julien

Eggers, Ben

Enderle, Charles

Estes, Cephas

Fitzgerald, Jesse

Friedhoff, Louis

Graden, Arthur

Hovis, Henry L.

Joerns, Clark A.

Jones, Dephonia

Jones, Harry J.

Juden, Louis K.

King, Roy U.

Knight, Robert W.

Koch, Joseph F.

Lacey, George W.

Mattingly, Randall A.

Meador, Ruel C.

Medley, Ralph "Ray"

Neal, John E.

Pearson, John R.

Poe, Charles H.

Rasico, Paul E.

Reed, Charles

Smith, Fred

Snider, William

Spradling, Thomas "Frank"

Stidham, William "Henry"

Tucker, Richard

Tyler, Ezra

Underwood, Clyde S.

Walker, Birtie R. "Bird"

Wasem, Louise J.

Winter, Arthur

Wunderlich, Ben

WORLD WAR II

Abbott, Charles W.

Adams, Thomas R.

Amos, Calvin J.

Andrews, Mitchell E.

Atkins, Floyd C.

Baltz, Harold W.

Barenkamp, Edward W.

Bergmann, Otto J.

Biri, Henry F.

Birk, Richard O.

Bohnsack, Robert L. "Bob"

Borgard, Fred G.

Bowers, Burnell C.

Brant, Gerald J.

Bremer, Earl

Bruene, Alvin H

Bucy, Wldon E.

Bueltemann, Leonard W.

Burgfeld, Walter

Button, Charles

Clippard, Lloyd D.

Clore, Charles S.

Clore, William T.

Cole, John W.

Colmar, Kenneth

Copen, Clinton H.

Cox, Ruskin M.

Craft, Oran E.

Criswell, Joe

Crites, Loren

Crites, Loy L.

Cunningham, Jesse H.

Daily, Garland D.

Dalton, Charles E.

Davis, Lawrence E.

Deck, Bill R.

DeLassus, Joseph F.

Denton, Allan C.

Donnewald, Richard "Dick"

Dougan, Wallace H.

Drum, Verlin E.

Eddleman, William H.

Eisemann, Alfred

Exler, Paul T.

Farr, Nemus N.

Faurot, Robert

Fee, Ray C.

Foeste, Fred O.

Ford, Harold

Fornkohl, Raymond

Frazier, Vurtle A.

Friedrich, Raymond J.

Goebel, Albert M.

Goodwin, William M.

Googe, Freeman L.

Grebe, Lawrence W.

Grebe, Nelson L. Jr.

Greer, Gilliland "Paul"

Hanf, Roy E.

Harnes Paul F.

Harper, Wallace L.

Harris, Noble B.

Hellwege, Ira E.

Hesse, Albert A.

Hinkebein, Glennon L.

Hinman, Bobbie L.

Hobbs, Lester

Hoffman, Joe L.

Holshouser, Charles M.

Huebel, Benjamin Jr.

Huffman, Gordon W.

Hunter, Clarence W.

Hunter, William J. Jr.

Hutchison, Hosie Jr.

Ivey, Jack

Jones, Freddie E.

Kaiser, George W.

Karpass, Dr. Victor H.

Keller, Walter

Kester, Paul H.

Kiehne, H. Howard

Kieninger, Melvin B.

Klobe, John T

Koch, Douglas A.

Kuebel, Benjamin

Kuecker, Norbert R.

Lance, George A. "Bud"

Landgraf, Edmund H.

Leming, William E.

Litzelfelner, Odus C.

Loberg, Dewey

Long, Wayne W.

Lunsford, Francis G.

McBee, Edward L.

McClard, Willard B.

McClendon, William J.

McNeil, Jack E.

Middleton, Oscar W.

Mills, Elwood J.

Morrison, John R.

Murphy, Charles E.

Nance, Leon L.

Nicholas, Harry

O'Mara, William

Pankey, Rudolph

Patrick, Vernon W.

Patterson, Allen O.

Patterson, Thomas E. "T.E."

Penrod, Ray O.

Penrod, Thomas L.

Pippin, John H.

Pletcher, Leo Jr.

Pool, Virgil W.

Propst, Halbert W.

Randol, Mack W.

Redding, J.W.

Riggs, Donald K.

Roberts, Don D.

Roth, John R.

Runnels, Cletus M.

Sailors, George W.

Schaefer, Louis

Scholl, Elmer A.

Schreiner, Paul.

Seabaugh, R.T.

Seabaugh, Truman

Sewing, Dale K.

Sides, Dallman G.

Sieck, John G. "Gib"

Smith, Leon C.

Southard, Willard C.

Southern, James W.

Staley, Darrell S.

Stallings, Everett S. Jr.

Stevenson, James L.

Sullivan, Paul A.

Taylor, Claude E.

Thacker, Harold A.

Todd, Joseph M.

Tweedy, Paul E.

Vancil, Kenneth A.

Vandivort, Arthur C.

Watkins, Lyman W.

Webb, Rupert C.

Welker, Loy J.

Wessell, G. William

Whitworth, Glenn

Wilkinson, Donald H.

Wilson, Harry L.

Windsor, Robert

Wyatt, Raymond L.

KOREAN WAR

Bonney, Buddy J.

Brockmire, William

Foster, Bobby

Giroir, Jean L. Jr.

Hanna, Robert D.

Helderman, Arthur W.

Hunter, John L.

Johnston, Donald R.

Loos, Lawrence E.

Lynch, John A.

McManus, Billy E.

Monroe, Bill J.

Scholl, Harold C.

Schwach, James K. (Cash-Book )

Siemers, Clarence A.

Sparks, Ralph L.

Trantham, Archie P.

Willa, Lionel w.

Wilson, Richard G.

Woods, William E.

VIETNAM WAR

Benton, Carroll J.

Brock, Terrance L.

Burford, John S.

Busch, Elwin H.

Eakins, Marion T.

Emrick, Ervin J. Jr.

Finley, Charles R.

Gregory, Robert R.

Hogan, William J.

McCallister, Robert L.

McFall, Robert D.

Peel, Stephen B.

Pinkerton, Benjamin R.

Price, Garry O.

Schemel, Gary L.

Stepp, William D.

Taylor, Robert L. Jr.

Tharp, Earl W. Jr.

IRAQ WAR

Davis, Robert G.

Shank, Jeremy

Skelton, Bradley