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Detailed below are the names of men from Iowa who served during World War One, the so-called 'Rainbow Warriors' of the U.S. 168 Brigade.

A year after the war was concluded, in 1919, the Reverend Wilfred E. Robb wrote a tribute to the men of Iowa who served in France, in which he offered biographical sketches of many of the men involved, along with photographs of each. Virgil Reiter - who can be contacted at the e-mail address below - has generously offered to provide those details that are available for each of the men listed below.

Below are two sample entries from the book indicative of the material available for the men whose names are listed directly below the two entries.

Died February 17, 1918. Buried at Neufchateau, Base Hospital No. 66. Son of Mrs. Anna Reymer, McKeesport, Pa.

While going for the first time to the front the troops were moved in the usual manner in box cars.

Reymer and a number of others got off the cars and ran up and down to warm themselves; in attempting to re-board the moving cars he fell under the wheels and both legs were cut off. He died the next day.

Whalen enlisted in the first Iowa guard and was transferred to Company E in August 1917.

He served throughout the Lorraine campaign and the battle of Champagne. He was a good soldier and well liked by all of his comrades.

Ernest	Bennett
John	Loper
James	Lincoln
Winfred	Robb
Mathew	Tinley
Charles	Pritchard
Clyde	Barber
Harry	Wooten
Thomas	Arklese
William	Johnson
James	Mattingly
Earl	Coons
Ralph	Miller
George	Truax
St. Clair	Willcox
Herbert	Schroeder
Herman	Roose
Norbert	Wilson
Scott	McCormick
John	Wasmer
George	McSorley
Adolph	Fortsch
George	Bullard
Andrew	Reymer
Edward	Worth
Harry	Calhoun
Bert	Smith
Harlan	Parker
Lewis	Mayland
Harry	McHenry
William	Smith
Ray	Walden
Walter	Porsch
James	Wedding
Dean	Parish
Glenn	Pederson
Albert	Hoschler
Edward	Nash
Clifford	Worder
Donald	Mac Rae
Ira	Rogers
Merrill	Morrison
Robert	Clausen
Mufford	Breese
Isaac	Davis
Guy	Worley
Byron	Van Raden
Alva	Eaton
albert	Behmer
Edwin	Todd
Ted	Butler
Henry	Fall
Fred	Turner
Cecil	Conley
Clifford	Stevens
Charles	McCord
Daneil	Bracelin
Fred	Brummett
Harry	Anderson
Marvin	Dunn
Ronald	Loban
Russell	Hughes
LLoyd	Morrill
Elmer	Spears
LLoyd	Culp
Ernest	Stafford
Edward	Monahan
Girolamo	Viscusi
Frederick	Young
Floyd	Parkinson
Walter	Schafer
Elmer	Zuschlag
Howard	Mowery
John	Jennings
William	Lyon
Harvey	Rimel
Irwin	McConnelee
Francis	McILvaine
Clem	Hobbs
Roy	Eaton
Carl	Caviness
Frank	Brown
Earl	Shaw
Jesse	Salsbury
John	Bellak
Fred	Strong
Joseph	Pfab
Everette	Powers
maurice	Powers
LLoyd	Getteys
Segurd	Anderson
Eugene	Ford
Bruce	Croft
Carl	Beaversdorf
Oscar	Baker
Joseph	Downs
Everett	Davis
Fred	Davis
Clarence	Green
Merle	Nauman
Authur	McCullough
Edward	Fleur
Nicolo	Alongo
Jesse	Tillman
August	Schuster
Frank	Orr
Clement	Schuster
Everette	Hann
Claude	Baken
Claude	Quinn
Otis	Craig
William	Saunders
Clyde	Gustine
Ivan	Sweeny
Samuel	Hazard
Gladstone	Hewitt
Russell	Marshall
Thomas	Larson
Gordon	Perry
William	Staley
Carl	Lechner
Wayne	Huxtable
Ray	Craun
John	Price
Hio	Walterman
William	Lindsay
Harry	Chambers
Michael	Houchin
Earl	King
Joseph	Cahill
Leslie	Morrow
Alonzo	Baldwin
Hubert	Blayney
Merton	Hair
George	O'Laughlin
Miles	McBeth
Hedley	Cooper
Halliday	Smith
Max	Hubbell
Ed	Veasey
Harry	Kendall
Authur	Biesenthal
Clarence	Bebee
Harvey	Cook
Louis	Weiss
August	Van Oyen
Robert	Reed
Snedden	Winter
Patrick	Walsh
Ernest	Foote
Ario	Pickrel
John	Meyer
Joe	Kemble
Vernon	Johnson
Herbert	Hitchcock
Wm.	Schupp
Archie	Redden
Arthur	Bimbo
William	Short
Phillip	Plaster
John	Short
Arthur	Peach
Joseph	Semik
Allen	Peterson
Vernon	Rodgers
Eugene	Thomas
Raymond	Smith
Wallace	Luddington
Rollyn	Leonard
Albert	Karkella
Fred	Wurst
Louis	O'Dell
Albert	Killiam
Tremble	Curry
Russ	Richardson
Charles	Rots
Leon	Beatty
Howard	Graham
Ernest	Wilcox
George	Weatherill
LLoyd	Head
Louis	Koebrick
Henry	Dailey
Paul	Noel
Charles	Krumrey
Marshall	Shannon
George	Scott
John	Harrington
William	Nolan
Russell	Rickermann
Fred	Dunn
Joe	Thuman
Carl	Cook
Leonard	Fuller
Glen	Smith
Clarence	Wenlock
Walter	Lewin
Milton	Fulghum
Alex	Rasmusson
Arnold	Wright
David	Davis
Carl	McGlothlen
Lester	Purcell
James	Scott
William	Ackles
Ralph	Davis
Albert	Ewin
John	Glines
Joseph	Zendzian
Ernest	Stafford
Charley	Kidder
Charles	Harris
Henry	Christensen
Guy	Rison
Luis	Gonzales
Lorin	Hollister
Ernest	Van De Mark
Henry	Thompson
Henry	Toepfer
William	Taylor
James	Reed
Irven	Parker
Ben	Brown
Guy	Moe
James	Quinn
Edward	Whalen
Edward	Beers
Joseph