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THE BURLINGTON RECORD
Thursday, July 6, 1944
submitted by Rosie Camp
©2006

Kit Carson County Boys in the Military Service of the USA

~~A
Adolf, Fred W.
Allen, Charles E.
Anderson, Byron O.
Adolf, Arthur N.
Andrewjeski, Clarence W.
Awe, Wm. R.
Anderson, Raymond K.
Anderson, Carl D.
Aurner, John B.
Alexander, Clark T.
Anderson, Shelley A.
Adolf, Ray G.
Anderson, Kenneth G.
Andrewjeski, Frank
Andrewjeski, Leon
Anderson, Eugene C.
Aupperle, Arthur A.
Atkins, Harold R.
Aumiller, Nathan J.
Atkins, Orville Lee
Andrews, Dale
Ardueser, Loren W.
Andrews, John Noel
Adkins, Lewis Bonner
Atkins, Earl Ezra
Aumiller, Eph C.
Alexander, Russell Doran

~~B
Binard, Andrew W.
Boecker, Edmund W.
Back, Lawrence L.
Beck, James L.
Brandenburg, James L.
Bergen, Richard V.
Bussinger, Roy O.
Boese, Andrew A.
Backlund, Alvin L. Jr.
Buol, Kermit J.
Bassette, Earl F.
Bauer, Theodore G.
Bretton, Leonard C.
Briggs, Kenneth L.
Bowers, Gale L.
Barber, Alvin F.
Bay, Raymond H.
Bowker, Wm. H. Jr.
Burrious, Wilbur D.
Back, Thomas A.
Banker, John O.
Becker, Cecil K.
Blancken, George W.
Bourquin, Paul T.
Burrious, Delbert E.
Baer, Walter B.
Bertrand, Donald R.
Brown, Virgil J.
Brueske, John E.
Boyles, Charles C.
Barnett, Geo. F.
Beattie, James W.
Bryner, John L.
Brown, Vaden O.
Bruner, Loren L.
Becker, Abe A.
Boese, Clarence L.
Beal, Dale
Beatty, Frank L.
Bauer, Walter R.
Burd, Willard B.
Beatty, Kenneth Clark
Burns, John B.
Beck, Leon V.
Boll, Harold L. W.
Baxter, Vernon Elmer
Bader, Goldie G.
Bramlett, John Matthew
Buol, Andrew Martin
Bunch, Charles Jesse
Bretthauer, Theodore

~~C
Carter, Ivden C.
Crum, Roy E.
Christie, Earnest N.
Clement, Harry C.
Clark, Virgil L.
Carpenter, Junior M.
Conger, Milton B.
Carter, Marion M.
Crum, Harold Ray
Cue, Elmer M.
Churchwell, John Jr.
Calloway, Johnny H.
Critchfield, George Wm.
Cecil, Allen J.
Collins, Sheridan A.
Cody, Gordon H.
Calvin, Parker L.
Calvin, Asa E.
Chalfant, John M.
Chandler, John E.
Clark, Curtis M.
Conger, Melvin E.
Copley, Lewis M.
Crist, Phillip B.
Croxen, Russell L.
Cecil, Waverly J.
Christopher, Robert S.
Conger, Everett M.
Critchfield, Max G.
Chapman, Dean A.
Coleman, Walter C.
Camp, Floyd B.
Cox, Ira R.
Cody, Willard E.
Courtright, William D.
Cranmer, William Scott
Chapman, Vernon Ray
Christopher, Clifford
Clark, Robert Lewis
Critchfield, John Junior
Carpenter, Charles Edward

~~D
Davis, Harry C.
Dvorak, Stanley B.
Dorsey, Alfred E.
Davis, David E.
Dvorak, Emil J.
Dischner, Arthur J.
Dischner, Myron L.
Deakin, Max Hodge
Drew, Henry G.
Dvorak, Vincent
Daniel, John S.
Dunn, Durward R.
Duncan, Walter T.
Dvorak, Charles S.
Dalke, Harry
DeHollander, Glenn
Dunn, Vernon J.
Davis, Cameron
Daniel, Richard E.
Dawson, Everett
Daniel, Robert Edward
Dusatko, Herman Max
Davis, Ray Samuel
Davis, Robert G.

~~E
Everson, Gerhart K.
Eggink, James W.
Eastin, James W.
Ellis, Eddie E.
Esch, John O.
Eicher, Ivo W.
Eslinger, Wallace H.
Einspahr, LaVern L.
Eicher, Tharen H.
Engelke, Raymond August
Easton, Paul Alex
Ellis, John Clark
Elsey, Donald Eugene
Emery, Robert Leland

~~F
Frye, Paul
Falk, Ernest R.
Ferris, Marion L.
Fry, Edward W.
Falk, Cecil A.
Ford, James C.
Fry, Charles L.
Frankenfeld, Everett W.
Fitzgerald, Timothy M.
Fuhlendorf, Leonard D.
Fitzsimmons, Ervin M.
Fansleau, Ervin E.
Farwell, Lester C.
Ford, Merlin C.
Ford, William R.
Fager, Harold M.
Foster, Frank Vernon
Fromong, Everett Allen
Finley, Bobby Dale
Ford, Patrick Jerome

~~G
Guy, Richard
Geiken, Stanley K.
Gramm, Lawrence W.
Goodwin, Francis R.
Gorton, Fosha, Jr.
Goodwin, Wendell W.
Goodwin, Lowell W.
Goodwin, Russell R.
George, Robert E.
Gord, Leland E.
Gullick, Ralph E.
Glad, Russell A.
Green, George A.
Green, Elden
Gwyn, Geo. H.
Green, Edmund J.
Green, John J.
Gerke, Vernon H.
Gering, Paul E.
Guthrie, Keith C.
Guthrie, Robert
Goodwin, Stephen L.
Gagnon, Paul Alphonse
Goodwin, Lawrence W.
Groves, max Melvin
Goebel, Keith Ernest
Gagnon, Royal
Gagnon, Paul
Grabb, Charles
Guy, David Jerry

~~H
Hawpe, Elmer M.
Heberlein, Harvey P.
Holloway, L. Alfred
Harlan, Howard, Jr.
Hicks, Kenneth R.
Holden, Emlen V.
Hernbloom, Roland T.
Hannaford, Raymond E.
Huntzinger, Ivan
Hoffman, Leo J.
Hartsook, Irvin L.
Huntzinger, Sidney A.
Hannebaum, Wm. F.
Harris, Roy F.
Hooper, Herschel W.
Heid, Charles M.
Harrington, Harold W.
Harrison, Robert E.
Hess, Edgar H.
Hardy, Wilber D.
Homm, Clifford J.
Harrison, Guy
Hawley, Wilbur J.
Holloway, Jack V.
Havlat, Frank E.
Howell, Roy O.
Hanten, Edward A.
Holden, Clarence R.
Humrich, Ralph R. Jr.
Hartsook, Darrold A.
Humrich, Dean G.
Haviat, Henry J.
Hedding, Wayland W.
Hogate, Wm. N.
Havens, Donald E.
Helms, Ernest C.
Hogate, George W.
Hull, Clarence E.
Hampton, Doyle W.
Hardy, Morris P.
Hoskin, Henry Y.
H'Orsman, William J.
Hoffman, Wilbur P.
Haeseker, Norman A.
Hedding, Milton
Holstein, Everett E.
Haley, Harry Jr.
Hardy, Thomas Harold
Hahn, Lee Allen
Hoyda, Chester Vernon
Hughes, Bennie William
Hetzel, Robert Lee
Hull, Harvey Louis
Harrington, Delbert
Heberlein, Paul
Heberlein, Phillip
Houston, Ernest KBradley
Hoffman, Frank Conrad
Horton, George Leroy

~~I
Ingram, Thaine L
Insco, Hugh
Inman, James Cleo
Inman, Paul

~~J
Jones, Aluarez A.
Johnson, Dwight E.
Jorgensen, Wm.
Jones, Ray H.
Johnson, Alvin C.
Johnson, Melvin E.
Jensen, Roy O.
Johnson, Herby L.
Jones, Clarence L.
Jacober, Dave
Johnson, Kenneth R.
Johnston, Marion
Jones, Dearl D.
Jenson, Marion R.
Jones, Elmer
Jacober, John C.
Johnson, Sterling
Jensen, Vernie Thomas
Jensen, Floyd Oliver
Johnson, Walter Allen

~~K
Kordes, Delbert
Kniss, Benjamin P.
Kreoger, Carl R.
Kniss, John G.
King, Leo E.
Kordes, Joe J.
Knochel, Carl G.
Kreoger, Julian
Krog, Ralph N.
Kukuk, Robert R.
Klooz, Raymond L.
Kueker, Arthur F.
Kendall, Arthur F.
Karspeck, Harold N.
Kitten, Vincent J.
Karspeck, John kR.
Klooz, Lawrence
King, Virgil R.

~~K
King, Virgil R.
Kreft, Clem
Kindred, Duane B.
Kindred, Duane B.
Klassen, Ervin E.
Kemp, Leonard S.
Kalb, Kenneth G.
Knochel, Edmund H.
Klooz, Earl C.
Kirkendall, Willard N.
Kibel, Lawrence E.
Knodel, Raymond F.
Kalus, Louis T.
Kennedy, Thomas E. Jr.
Kountz, James Robert
Kempf, Jerry Leroy
Knodel, Arthur Ruben
Knapp, Ray Emerson
Krueger, Oscar Richard
Klassen, Dietrich Abe
Klassen, Paul Cornelius

~~L
Lewallen, Chester V.
Loutzenhiser, Rex G.
Loutzenhiser, Millard W.
Lehman, Ernest F.
Loyd, Virgil R.
Litty, Bernard F.
Litty, Lawrence W.
Lipford, Carl W.
Lavington, Leon E. Jr.
Langendoerfer, Robert C.
Leoffler, Jacob F.
Low, Donald G.
Loyd, Eugene
Liming, Marvin
Long, Oliver Gerald
Lindholm, Darold Dean
Lucas, Ernst William
Lindley, Kenneth Eugene
Lorimor, Milton Samuel
Lambert, Loren William

~~M
Mersin, William H.
Miller, Bernard L.
Meyer, Clord
McCormick, Cecil H.
McDonald, Rufus
Morris, Harry K
Moffitt, Fred H.
McLean, Chester E.
Mueller, August A.
McCrary, Roy H.
Mills, Clarence A.
Morris, Gerald D.
Murphy, Joseph E.
McArthur, Junior G.
Morgan, Doyle M.
Meis, Joe F.
Menke, Gilbert
Mahoney, Joseph J.
McNeill, George H.
Morton, Marion Clinton
Marton, Raymond Samuel
Meis, Raymond
Morgan, Lee
Moore, Loyd R. Jr.
Menke, Leonard J.
Martin, Virgil W.
Myers, Marvin J.
Martin, Lowell A.
Murphy, Thomas C.
Moss, Donald B.
McKinley, William W. Jr.
Murphy, Loyd H.
Murphy, James D.
McDill, John J.
McFarland, Ralph B.
McFarland, Ross C.
Martin, Richard E.
Millsap, Gerald
Montgomery, Frederick R.
Mangus, Dale Newton
Mellott, Jack Raymond
Morris, Lloyd Kenneth
Mills, Floyd Eugene

~~N
Nye, Wm. J.
Niles, Arthur L.
Newland, Lester C.
Nowak, Gilbert
Norton, Frank E.

~~O
Olson, Harry A.
Oliver, Garold P.
Olson, Melford B.
O'Halloran, Donald C.
Overlease, Charles E.
Overmiller, Bernard W.
Olson, John
Ostapoft, Frank F.
Oliver, Walter Wayne

~~P
Plopper, Arval R.
Perry, Earl C.
Pangborn, Wm. E.
Proctor, Geo. H.
Pautler, Oswald J.
Pankratz, Arthur W.
Polzin, Louie G. G.
Polzin, Theo. E.
Park, Ernest J.
Pautler, Joseph A. J.
Pavel, Everett F.
Pruitt, Karl E.
Parrott, Gordon G.
Pugh, Louis J.
Potter, Raymond C.
Powers, Marion E.
Penny, John C.
Penny, Gene W.
Pickerill, Wm. W.
Pruitt, Lee
Pruitt, Ernest
Pearce, Harold R.
Pettijohn, Alvin A.
Porlenier, Loren R.
Pugh, John
Phillips, Harold E.
Pilling, John L.
Pickerill, Howard F.
Pugh, Lawrence
Pickerill, Gayle Dean
Parmer, Donald E.
Proctor, Glenn E.
Pugh, Ernest James
Peters, Howard George
Pearce, Willard Arthur

~~R
Rehor, Everett R.
Ragan, Homer E.
Ressell, James L.
Romberg, Donald F.
Richards, Harry L.
Rouse, Howard E.
Ross, Robert L.
Rice, Robert L.
Rowley, Delbert T.
Reynolds, Walter D.
Radebaugh, Charles J.
Rehor, Eugene A.
Rowe, Alva M.
Roberson, Doyle T.
Rose, Otis O.
Raines, Harold E.
Radebaugh, Daniel J.
Robinson, M. E.
Rowland, Orvia C.
Rouse, Stanley R.
Ricks, Ray Jay
Rehor, Raymond
Rasmussen, Ralph Edmund
Reynolds, Alvie William

~~S
Stoumbaugh, Ruel Everett
Swogger, Floud Avery
Simon, Joseph Patrick
Smith, Kenneth Myron
Smelker, Dean Marion
Scruby, Glen Edward
Siebr, Carl M.
Starrs, Frank P.
Shepherd, Merton E.
Sponsel, Victor J.
Stahlecker, Jake W.
Seelhoff, Walter H.
Schweitzberger, Arthur D.
Stoffel, William
Sellman, Howard W.
Smith, Wilbert E.
Smit, Harry
Smith, Kenneth A.
Schlichenmayer, Elmer
Sall, Melvin A.
Short, Harley H.
Simmonds, Norris R.
Stevens, Ralph
Schlichenmayer, Chris F.
Sears, Dale I.
Stoffel, Leo J.
Sponsel, Gilbert B.
Sharp, Herbert
Schlosser, Bert J.
Stanton, Arthur
Shipman, Thurman J.
Shepherd, Warner M.
Siehr, Leon M.
Stager, Albert L.
Summers, Arthur L.
Senti, Gene C.
Stone, Bruce Wm.
Schiferl, Ray Wm.
Stubbs, Glenn G.
Sheridan, Maurice W.
Short, Leigh L.
Smith, Patrick V.
Stewart, Ray P.
Straub, John C.
Strode, Jay J.
Stoumbough, Berton L.
Stalgren, Roy R.
Schreiner, Ruben H.
Short, Paul H.
Scott, Max N.
Sweet, Maurice L.
Sydebotham, Stanley
Smith, Ray W.
Smith, Arthur
Smith, Emmet
Standish, Rolland
Swem, Alvin B.
Schaal, Emil H.
Stubbs, Madison M.
Stone, Glen E.
Short, Birney E.
Smith, Terrence L.
Samuell, Billy B.
Simon, George A.
Smith, Sterling W.
Shamburg, Robert F.
Stewart, Howard
Schwartz, Harold
Sullivan, Paul
Sellman, Theodore Otto
Schiferl, Paul Peter
Schlosser, Clarence Jr.
Short, Harold Lee
Scheidegger, Bob D.
Schlichenmayer, Leonard R.
Strode, Stephen Stanley
Seti, Barnett Lee, Jr.
Smith, Donald Clarence
Smith, Edmund Leroy
Stewart, John Oliver
Short, Hiram V.
Short, Harold L.
Stewart, Joseph See
Schlosser, George Raymond

~~T
Todd, John W.
Thomason, Harold W.
Taylor, Arthur W.
Tanner, Leslie K.
Travis, Samuel T.
Tarpenning, Leonard C.
Tryon, Hyle F.
Thompson, Donald E.
Taylor, Vance
Thyne, William P.
Thomason, Galen A.
Taylor, Lee A.
Todd, Delbert J.
Toland, Max K.
Tieman, Larry W.
Thompson, Glenn P.
Theiseen, Albert
Taylor, Lawrence E.
Tyrrell, Hubert W.
Thomas, Richard
Thomason, Francis J.

~~V
Vawter, James R.
Vallin, Donald H.
Vogt, Louis C.
Vassios, George W.
Velasquez, Salvador

~~W
Waechter, Herbert M.
Wanczyk, Charley
Wright, Joseph E.
Wanczyk, Stanley
Weaver, Glen H.
Webster, Wilson B.
Wilson, Clair
Walters, Frank J.
Windell, Milo V.
Weber, Faris F.
Wolf, Frank H.
Warner, Marion E.
Wilson, Bentley L.
Welsh, William J.
Weingardt, Joseph J.
Weaver, Dannie L.
Wilcox, Dewey E.
Williams, Lowell L.
Woelber, Alfred C.
With, Charles W.
Wolf, Art E.
Watson, Arthur G.
Wilson, Cecil E.
Williams, Bob H.
Wheeler, Jacob M.
Webster, Wayne M.
Winslow, Clarence Leroy
Weisshaar, Harold Melvin
Weber, George Wayne
Wickham, Theodore R.
Wolgamott, John Virgil

~~Y
Youtsey, Wilbur H.
Youtsey, Gay A.
Youtsey, Ralph E.
Yersin, Wm.
Yarnell, Harold

~~Z
Ziegler, Reuben Harold

    

THE BURLINGTON RECORD
Thursday, December 20, 1945
submitted by Rosie Camp

News Of Our Boys
Pfc. George W. Critchfield, US MCR, husband of Mrs. Viola P. Critchfield of Burlington, is on his way home. Pfc. Critchfield is one of 1,500 high-point navy and Marine veterans whom the "Magic Carpet" is bringing back to the States aboard the U. S. S.
Texas.
Passengers will go directly to the separation centers nearest their homes to complete the formalities of obtaining their discharges before returning to civilian life.
Pfc. Clord Meyer, son of Conrad Meyer of Bethune, has been discharged and is now home with his family.
Wilburn E. Brown, F. 1/c, left New York Monday of this week for Shoemaker, Calif., where he will receive his discharge, according to word received by Mrs. Brown. Bill has been in service nearly two years, and underwent intensive submarine schooling at the
navy's various training centers.
Word of the death of Ernest William Lucas, Jr., comes as a shock to
Burlington and Stratton friends. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lucas of Stratton, a coxswain in the navy. He met death Dec. 7 by drowning while in the service of his country, according to a telegram received by his parents last week. The last they had heard
from him he was at Pearl Harbor, and burial details had not yet been forwarded to them.
Carl Anderson, who until last week was a sergeant, is greeting his many Burlington friends, having received a discharge after nearly four year's service. He was in India, serving in the same part of that country as another Burlington man, Ed Hanten. Carl is the
son of F. S. Anderson, former resident of South of Stratton, now living at Delta.
Pvt. Dewey Wilcox is at Guam, and he writes Mrs. Wilcox that he hopes to be home in February or March. His work is that of an electrician.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russell are happy to have their daughter, Seaman 1/c Mary Ann Russell, of the WAVES home on a 21-day holiday leave. She arrived Thursday from her station at Banana River, Fla.
Pvt. Donald Scheierman arrived home Monday from camp Campbell, Ky., where he has been training. He will spend a holiday furlough with his wife and other relatives here. His wife is on vacation from her duties at the T. H. Thomas law offices.
 



THE BURLINGTON CALL
Thursday, April 8, 1943
submitted by Rosie Camp

FROM OUR MEN IN THE SERVICE
Lt. Lawrence K. Klooz, son of Mrs. Flora Klooz is now ready for active duty with the world's largest air fleet.  He has completed 18 weeks of intensive training at the army airforces largest navigation school at Hondo, Texas Lawrence Litty writes from Detroit, Mich., "Enclosed is $1.50 for the Call. Am going to a technical specialists school and like it fine.  Detroit is a swell town for soldiers."
Word from Harold Raines, seaman second class, states that he is back at Oceanside after an ocean trip.  His wife is in Los Angeles.
Alvin Barber, who has been home on furlough, left Tuesday for his camp in New York.
Clifford Homm arrives Sunday from southern California where he is stationed.   He has a ten day furlough.  Clifford is doing work in the army hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. (Bill) Stanton were here last weekend.  They came Thursday and left Friday evening. He is in the naval medical corps, stationed at Mare Island and was on furlough.  They visited friends here and relatives at Denver and Akron.
Bud Boyles has been transferred from New Orleans to San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Simmonds received word last week that their son Norris Simmonds Phm. 2c, is well and safe.  He left San Diego in February and this is the first word they have had from him since then.
E. L. Poland came in Friday from a fort in Virginia for a visit at the J. P. Ritzdorf home.


THE BURLINGTON RECORD
Thursday, December 11, 1941
submitted by Rosie Camp

LOCAL MEN ON DUTY IN PACIFIC
Believe All Are Uninjured So Far
Burlington and Kit Carson county are well represented in the Pacific
theatre of war. The following information concerning sailors and marines from this county is based upon the last word heard from these men. This is not official, and it must be remembered that navy regulations are especially fluid in times of emergency.
John O. Esch, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Esch, has been on duty in the South China sea, west of the Philippine Islands.
Cecil E. Wilson, son of Mrs. Rolla Wilson, has been stationed at
Cavite, near Manila. He is a warrant officer and has been in the service 15 years.
Verlin Kingsbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kingsbury, is on duty
somewhere in the Pacific. Word has not been received from him for the past three months.
Max Blair, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. King, is thought to be at
Wake Island. Max left this summer for the island to work with a construction crew.
Leo Hoffman, son of Frank Hoffman, is believed to be stationed at Pearl Harbor. Mr. Hoffman also has a nephew in the service, and he has been stationed on the U. S. S. Oklahoma.
Jack Wise and Jim Clark of Kirk and one of the Bertrand boys of
Stratton are on duty somewhere in the Pacific.
Mrs. Thomas Butler, a daughter of Cleveland Heid of Flagler, is at
Honolulu where her husband is stationed. A son was born to the couple nine hours before the Jap attack began.
Dale and Kenneth Dillon are both in the navy. Dale is on duty with the U. S. S. Tennessee, and the last word heard from him came from Honolulu. Kenneth is stationed with the Atlantic fleet. They are brothers of Jackie Dillon.


THE STRATTON PRESS
1942
submitted by Rosie Camp

SEVERAL MORE LOCAL BOYS IN THE ARMY
The following men passed their final physical examination and were inducted into the Army of the United State on July 29, 1942: Raymond Henry Bey, Burlington; Frank Pearl Storrs, Flagler, and William S. Easton, transferee from Del Norte, Colo. These men returned home Wednesday evening on a fourteen day furlough.
Raymond A. Menke, of northwest of Stratton, arrived at the Reception Center, Fort Logan, Colo., on July 31. Raymond is the third son that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Menke havenow in service. Two sons are stationed in the Philippine Islands, being there at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Harold Thomason and Alfred Holloway have enlisted and will leave for duty
July 17th.
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