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Back to Veteran's Main Page Muskegon County World War I Casualties Taken from Soldiers of the Great War by W. M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe and A.C. Doyle. Soldiers Record Publishing Association, Washington, D.C., 1920 Submitted by Sharon Miller Killed in Action Pvt. Elwin G. Homer, Muskegon Pvt. Harvey S. Teeter, Muskegon Pvt. Peter P. VanderLaan, Casnovia Sgt. George E. Aiken, Muskegon Sgt. William Liniger, Muskegon Cpl. James W. Sherman, Ravenna Cpl. Earl E. Roberts, Muskegon Died of Wounds Mechanic Sherman, Ephriam Moore, Ravenna Sgt. William E. Andrews, Muskegon Pvt. Leo J. Conklin, Ravenna Cpl. Gilbert Klinker, Muskegon Pvt. Herbert A. Cooley, Fruitport Cpl. Elmer Lindbach, Muskegon Pvt. Peter Dornbush, Muskegon Mechanic Philip Roscoe Yaney, Muskegon Pvt. Algot Johnson, Whitehall Pvt. Bernard Gutnecht, Ravenna Pvt. George C. Johnson, Muskegon Pvt. Albin L. Kalm, Whitehall Pvt. Wladyslow Szoda, Muskegon Pvt. Eskay D. Town, Casnovia Pvt. Charles J. Tufts, Muskegon Pvt. Ray E. Webster, Muskegon Heights |Pvt. Norman H. Lamb, Sullivan Pvt. Harold E. Stevenson, Muskegon Pvt. Wm. H. Petelski, Holton Pvt. August B. Peterson, Whitehall Pvt. Henry H. Yonker, Muskegon Died of Disease Cpl. John Jager, Muskegon Pvt. Aura H. Belk, Muskegon John William Berkel, Muskegon Pvt. Peter Brontsema, Muskegon Pvt. Clarence J. Jarvis, Muskegon Died of Accidents Pvt. Peter H. Poort, Muskegon Pvt. Gustave Seastrand, Muskegon Note: John William Berkel, Muskegon: We received this information from a descendant of Mr. Berkel. Thank you very much for your information! He lived in Muskegon, Mi. and volunteered and went into the cavalry and was sent to Bard, NM. He developed TB. The government requested a member of the family travel out there and help to care for him. A sister Hazel went out there to assist in his care. It was decided that he could not recover and was sent home to die. He passed away August 11, 1920. After John arrived home a younger sister Dorothy contracted TB from him and died in 1922. His sister Hazel contracted TB from Dorothy and died in 1925.
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