1888 - 1953
Private, Company D, 103rd Infantry
Departure October 27, 1918 at Hoboken, New Jersey on the U.S.S. Leviathan (ID 1326)
Rank Private
Service Number 4006841
Unit Camp Gordon, Georgia, October Automatic Replacement Draft Company #16, Infantry
Departure July 14, 1919 at Saint Nazaire, France
Arrival July 23, 1919at Brooklyn, New York on the Pastores
Unit Saint Nazaire, Casual Compnay #1687 (Illinois)
Rank Private
William was the son of Hans C. Claussen and Magdalena (Buhman) Claussen, who immigrated to the Manning, IA, area from Dellstadt, Germany in 1884. He was one of four children who served in WWI, Bill, Herman, Harry and Herbert.