Statistics showed that as of 2001 there were over 1700 Veterans in Routt County.

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The Veterans Service Officer assists residents of the State of Colorado who served honorably in the United States Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, or any other armed service of the United States

or the surviving spouse, administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, or heir of any such veteran,

or any other person who may have proper claim,

...by the filing of claims for insurance, pensions, compensation for disability, hospitilization, vocational training, or any other benefits which such person may be or may have been entitled to receive under the laws of the United States or the State of Colorado by reason of such service.

This office provides personalized local service to Veterans and other claimants, and assists in cutting through the maze of "red tape" frequently involved in direct dealings with governmental agencies.

Men from Routt County killed and wounded World War I.*

John H. Bird, Yampa, killed in action

Willard L. Brown, Yampa, killed in action

Lloyd M. Dobson, Pagoda, killed in action

Raymond R. Gretsinger, Yampa, died

George Klumker, Toponas, died of wounds

George L. Lawson, McGregor, killed in action

Ralph M. Maybee, Hayden, died

James Everett Noyce, Steamboat Springs, died

William Channing Reed, Yampa, died

Chester B. Reise, Hayden, killed in action

Zetto D. Stoddard, Bear River, died

Guy L. Utter, Steamboat Springs, died

Raymond C. Whitmer, Clark, died

Wounded: Harry Buhl (Clark), Boyd R. Carnes (Oak Creek), Pat W. Coyle (Mt. Harris), Charles F. Keport (Clark), John Pollo Jr., (Steamboat Springs), Nicholas Pretti (Oak Creek), Gale E. Ragsdale (Oak Creek), Hugo V. Reise (Hayden), Charles E. Rice (Stemaboat Springs), Fred J. Sines (Pagoda), Roscoe Solas (Oak Creek), Fred O. Smith (Steamboat Springs), Albert G. Vinot (Steamboat Springs), Evart E. Wilson (Phippsburg), James L. Wright (Yampa)

A total of 451 men enlisted from Routt County.

*John Rolfe Burroughs also lists Leo J. Hill, from Steamboat Springs, as killed, but he does not appear on this list. See Routt County Sentinel, August 9, 1918; he probably enlisted at Detroit, Michigan.

Compiled by Catherine H. Ellis, 2009. Source: Rooster of Men and Women Who Served in the World War from Colorado, 1917-1918 Colorado Adjutant General, Colorado National Guard, 1941. (Ancestry.com, 2009)