Category: 163rd Depot Brigade, United States Army, World War I

Categories: United States Army Brigades, World War I

This category groups profiles of those who served in the 163rd Depot Brigade during WWI.

In June 1917, the 163rd Depot Brigade was formed at Camp Dodge. The brigade was the base unit for the 88th Division, which processed new draftees and provided basic training.

Later it appears the brigade despatched soldiers to multiple divisions, as two African American soldiers were sent to the 163rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dodge, before being posted to a front-line Pioneer Infantry Battalion in 92nd Division, the "Buffalo Soldiers Division".

The 163 Bgde was still at Dodge in April 1918.

Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa.

The role of depot brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.

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A

Tharald Aaberg 19 Jun 1895 Pope County, Minnesota, USA - 02 Nov 1937

Henry Amundson 09 Oct 1896 Woodside Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States - 20 Apr 1953

Abner Anderson 10 Aug 1886 Iowa, United States - 30 Nov 1947

Earl Anderson abt 10 Feb 1893 Iowa, United States - 06 Jun 1970

B

Wayne Beckwith 27 Sep 1892 Renwick, Humboldt, Iowa, United States - 01 Feb 1949

Jacob (Bretthauer) Brethower abt 1893 Saratov, Volga, Russia - 20 Jun 1955

C

Victor Curran 09 May 1889 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States - 16 Nov 1970

D

David Davis 15 Oct 1891 Floris, Davis, Iowa, United States - 05 May 1968

McKinley Day 13 Aug 1896 Iowa, United States - 21 Apr 1963

Molest Duchan 06 Dec 1894 Patterson, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States - 02 May 1940

G

Porter Gordon 24 Nov 1890 Windsor, Missouri, United States - 11 Oct 1918

G cont.

Earl Gratz 02 Sep 1895 Wisconsin - 07 Feb 1976

John Groomer 26 Apr 1892 Oklahoma, United States - 18 Sep 1957

H

James Hanson 10 Apr 1896 Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States - 06 Jan 1974

Roy Harrell 04 Jan 1890 Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States - 11 Apr 1931

George Hayes 1890 Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 1963

J

Odin Johnson 11 Oct 1895 Granite Falls Township, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States - 19 Apr 1988

L

Joseph Langenfeld 08 Sep 1888 Arkansas - 09 Jan 1956

Austin Langseth 31 Mar 1895 Hillsboro, Traill, North Dakota, United States - 04 Jun 1961

M

Samuel McDaniel abt 12 Dec 1894 Monroe, Jasper, Iowa, United States - 28 Sep 1948

Elmer Mikesell 17 Apr 1896 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - 06 Mar 1963

M cont.

James Musel 04 Sep 1894 Chelsea, Tama, Iowa, United States - abt 19 Sep 1958

P

Jesse Perry 02 Apr 1896 Dogwood, Webster Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States - 26 Jun 1931

Troy Presler 1890s - 1960s

Q

Oscar Qualm 19 Feb 1894 Bonesteel, Gregory, South Dakota, United States - abt 08 Mar 1966

R

Floyd Lewark Ralston 02 May 1894 Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA - 07 May 1939

Otto Rothley 02 May 1896 Murray, Cass, Nebraska, United States - 09 Feb 1970

W

Oscar Wahl 30 Aug 1894 Chester Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States - 16 Jul 1948

Virgil Walker 31 Oct 1888 Benton Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States - 18 Dec 1978

George Weber 15 Oct 1893 Hector, Renville, Minnesota, United States - 12 Jan 1972

Y

Oscar Young 14 May 1893 Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States - 22 Aug 1972

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