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emil g. anderson arthur r. beals don cameron bell george w. boggs mark e. brown marion vern brown forrest h. carter alexander charlton gjerluf l. christensen Robert Christian carl g. dahlgren elmer danielson alfred w. danielson arthur e. edwall axel leonard edwall robert h. eiker howard k. ericson carl c. fahnstrom herbert f. flack fred lloyd galbert roy a. gibbs fred I. gray lloyd s. gustafson louis r. p. hansen gilbert headley leslie r. huber raymond h. hurlbutt george maurice kermeen glen h. kermeem john a. kinvig william e. leaf walter j. larson otto reuben lindahl harry mabes howard g. magnuson don killip manley robert s. miller walter l. mortenson john e. mugrace theodore benton patton axel a. peterson george r. peterson louis ralph peterson glenn william reed harry riesebieter patrick roser carl fredrick schwab john c. sheahan amil e. shostrom edwin l. stephenson archie glee stotts virdi warren thomas george a. todd cleveland warden dale n. west charles r. williams curtis w. wood
Four of our veterans perished during the "Great War." They are memorialized on a stone which may be viewed in Veteran's Park.
Wilbur L. Hagberg...
It was on November 20, 1918, when the telegram from the Adjutant General's office in Washington arrived at the Galva home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hagberg, 925 West Division St., more than two months after his death at the age of 29. Wilbur Lawrence Hagberg was the only Galva-Bishop Hill area soldier to be killed in action during World War I. The local American Legion post was named in his memory and later his name was joined by that of Dale Hamlin, the first Galva serviceman to die in World War II. On each Memorial day a brief memorial service is conducted at the grave of Wilbur Hagberg in Bishop Hill cemetery. Wilbur Hagberg's death came only four and one-half months after he entered service April 30, 1918, when he went to Camp Dodge, Iowa, with a Henry County draft contingent from Cambridge. Wilbur had been a partner of Bert Cole in a garage on Market Street here, but sold his interest to Fred Morley before entering service. He was stationed at Camp dodge three weeks and then was at Camp Travis, Texas, three weeks. After only six weeks of training he received his overseas orders and landed at LeHavre, France, July 5. In France, he was assigned to the 90th Division, Co. F of the 357th Regiment. By mid-October, there were fears among members of his family and his friends that Wilbur might have been killed in action. There was an ominous message in a letter received October 21 by Miss Nettie Englund, of Altona, a friend of Wilbur, written a month earlier by Earl Fitzpatrick, a member of Co. L, 357th:
The items sent included Wilbur's identification and a photo of Miss Englund which had been in his possession. An inquiry sent to Red Cross headquarters in Washington resulted in this reply:
His last letter, written September 6, eight says before his death, was received September 23. Later, a letter was received by his brother Ralph from Sgt. George C. Stewart, who said Cpl. Walter West, of Woodward, Oklahoma, was only two or three feet from Wilbur when he was hit.
A memorial service was conducted May 4, 1919, at the First Methodist Church by the Rev. Bartle. The body was returned to the United States in 1921, with a final service June 26, and burial in Bishop Hill cemetery. --George Swank, Galvaland Magazine, October 1963
Raymond H. Hurlbutt
F. Chester Peterson
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WWI
General John "Black Jack" Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, World War I. Pershing ordered Galvans into battle at Belleau Woods, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne.
Galvan Wilbur L. Hagburg was mortally wounded at St. Mihiel. We are eternally grateful for his sacrifice. |
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