Men from Hays Township, Jackson Township, and the West Side and surrounding area gave their lives for their country, and their sacrifice was honored as an investment rather than a loss. Among them were John Boock, Howard Eiffert, Emil Ewoldt, Jude Gary, Herman Goettsch, John Henrichsen, Herman Joens, Joseph Kolln, Henry Mess, Fred Passick, Louis Rowedder, Julius Vinke, William Voege, and Frank Wilken from Hays Township; Leslie Bremner, Hans Claussen, Emil Ewoldt, John Ewoldt, William Ewoldt, Fred Fitzsimmons, Vince Gallagher, Fred Gehlsen, Claus Hansen, Herman Joens, Vince Launderville, Joseph Leub, Charles Meyers, John O’Boyle, Leo O’Boyle, Fred Passick, Carl Pieper, Frank Pruter, Gustave Pruter, Louis Schuman, Albert Schroeder, George Schroeder, Otto Schroeder, Herbert Snyder, John Soenksen, Harry Strathman, William Wiese, John Voss, August Winbrandt, and Louis Rowedder from Jackson Township; and George Abbott, Gus Benning, Henry Bock, Edward Boiler, Benjamine Boldt, Bernard Bolke, Peter Bolke, John Boock, Gustave Brockman, Rudolph Brockman, Herman Doblinski, Alfred Dohse, Louis Dresselhorst, Frank Dvorak, Howard Eiffert, Virtus Evers, Paul Freese, Fred Freese, Jude Gary, Ivan Glascock, Herman Goettsch, Robert Gulick, Henry Hansman, Fred Henkenius, Frank Husky, Henry Jessen, Gustave Jessen, Herman Kolln, Joseph Kolln, Henry Kruse, Vernon Kruse, Lloyd Malloy, James Malloy, Frank Marshall, Emil Martins, Otto Massman, Roy Mentzer, Henry Mess, Otto Meyers, Carl Moeller, Earl Moeller, Roy Moeller, George Moore, George Mumm, Thomas Neville, Fred Niesz, Carl Pacholke, Otto Pacholke, Herman Pacholke, Harry Pahl, C. L. Patterson, Arthur Payne, Carl Peters, Jacob Peters, Ernest Richter, Fred Schomberg, Hans Sievers, Alva Stiner, John Tarpy, George Ury, Martin Ury, Frank Wiese, and Frank Wilken from the West Side and vicinity.