[Revised: March 29, 2009]
Compiled by Robert Buecher, 5400 Pernod Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63139-1537
E-mail: rgb7847@aol.com
The following information was summarized from the special "Service Edition" of the Millstadt Enterprise, Millstadt, Illinois, which was published on September 27, 1945. Additional information about each veteran will be found in the original newspaper that has NOT been abstracted here. Microfilm copies of this newspaper will be found at the Belleville Public Library, 121 East Washington, Belleville, IL 62220 and at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly the Illinois State Historical Library), 112 North Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701.
Other web links about the history
of Millstadt will be found on the web site below:
http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/u/e/Robert-G-Buecher/
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Veteran's Name & Service Summary |
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Additional names will be added later. |
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ALBERTER,
Edward "Eps" (Pvt.); son of
Fred ALBERTER....in the Army since Nov. 12, 1942, and went overseas in Sept.
1943....with the infantry in the Philippines....wounded April 16,
1945..... [Section 3, page 6; with photograph] |
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ALBERTER,
Quinten "Rock" (Sgt.); son
of Fred Alberter....entered the Army July 10, 1941....was a carpenter in the
Air Force through North Africa, Egypt, India and China....awarded the
European Theater ribbon with 4 battle stars, the Asiatic Theater with 1
battle star .... [Section 3, page 6;
with photograph] [Sept. 12, 1917 -
June 2, 1982] |
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ARNOLD,
Freddy (Pvt.); son of John
ARNOLD....inducted Jan. 29, 1942....overseas to England late in the same
year....MP in the Air Force....
[Section 2, page 2; with
photograph] |
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ARRAS,
Harland (Pfc.);....son of George ARRAS....medical discharge from the Army
.... in Oct. 1943.... [Section 2,
page 4] |
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ASHBY,
Robert C. (Pfc.);....son of C. A. ASHBY....entered Army in March
1943....machine gunner with the 44th Division, Seventh Army....wounded Jan.
6, 1945.... [Section 2, page 7; with photograph] |
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BADGLEY,
Jane;....granddaughter of George SCHMIDT....will be commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps....
[Section 3, page 6; with
photograph] |
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BALTZ,
Merton (Sgt.); ....May 1943 preliminary training in Army Finance....served at
Oran, North Africa; ....San Raphail, France;....Hagenau, France.... [Section 2, page 2; with photograph] [Nov. 1, 1907 - Jan. 22, 2000] |
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BALTZ,
Russell Jr. (Cpl.); ....son of Russell....induction 1943....served in the
Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft....went to the Philippines with the 72nd
Division.... [Section 2, page 7; with photograph] |
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BALTZ,
Wayne (Cpl.); .... son of William R. & Olivia BALTZ .... & husband of
Leona SUTTER.... entered the Army in 1943....served in Italy.... [Section 2, page 6; with photograph] |
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BALTZ,
Wilson (Lieut.);....twin son of G. F. Baltz....commissioned in July
1942....served 26 months in Army.... served in 2nd Infantry Division....9th
Infantry Regiment....tour of duty carried him 21,720 miles to 13 Army
posts.... [Section 5, page 2; with photograph] [Jan. 12, 1918 - Jan. 16, 2007] |
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BALTZ,
Woodrow (Cpl.); .... twin son of G. F. Baltz....served in the Coast Guard for
more than two years....in the San Francisco bay area....discharged March
1945.... married 1944 to Betty GEORGE ....
[Section 5, page 2; with
photograph] [Jan. 12, 1918 - Aug. 3,
2004] |
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BANGE,
Harold E.; ....son of Walter Bange....promoted to first lieutenant in June,
1944.... served in the Eighth Air Force....
[Section 2, page 7] |
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BANGERT,
Harry 'Tony" (S 2/c); ....son of Harry Bangert.... entered the Navy in
June 1945....transferred to the Sea Bees....18 years old. [Section 2, page 2; with photograph] [June 5, 1927 - Nov. 4, 1981] |
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BANGERT,
James (Cpl.); ....son of Harry Bangert.... entered Army early in
1944....shipped overseas to England...Germany.... & Austria.... [Section 2, page 8; with photograph] |
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BARNES,
Fred (Lieut. JG)....son-in-law of Charles Young.... served as gunnery oficer
with the Navy....serving in the Atlantic.... and later in the
Pacific.... [Section 2, page 7; with photograph] |
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BECKER,
Edward E. (Pfc.)....son of Ben A. Becker....served in Italy with the 232nd
Medical Service Battalion as an optician
[Section 2, page 2] |
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BECKER,
Vernon....son of Edward BECKER ....entered Navy early in 1943 ....radarman
.... served on the USS Hancock....USS New Jersey.... & USS
Alaska.... [Section 3, page 2] |
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BEIL,
Ralph (Pvt.) .... son of Charles Beil .... in the 89th Infantry Training
Battalion .... [Section 1, page 7] |
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BENSE,
Herbert F. (T/Sgt.); ....son of Mrs. Theresa BENSE & brother of Fred
BENSE .... went overseas early in 1944 .... shot down a Jap fighter over
Borneo, in Sept. 1944 .... [Section
2, page 6] |
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BEREITSCHAFT,
Fred (Sgt.); .... son of Fred and husband of the former Helen DAVIDSON ....
entered the Army early in 1942 ....sent to Luke Field, Arizona ....
discharged in July [1945] [Section
3, page 2; with photograph] [June 10, 1905 - April 14, 1984] |
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BEREITSCHAFT,
Gerhard (T/5); .... son of Carl .... entered the Army on March 12, 1943
....stationed at a post in Alaska for 2 years [Section 2, page 8;
with photograph] [Jan. 19,
1922 - March 15, 2005] |
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BESSE,
Henry J. (T/5); .... son of John
BESSE .... left for overseas in Sept. 1944 .... near Manila in the
Philippines [Section 2, page 2; with photograph] |
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BIEGLER,
Paul S. (Master Sgt.); .... son of Otto H. Biegler & Ada Maserang ....
served in the Southwest Pacific with a bombardment squadron of the AAF for 29
months .... has 7 battle stars ....
[Section 2, page 7; with
photograph] |
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BIGLEY,
Jack (S/Sgt.); .... husband of the former Louise MOLLMAN .... entered the
Army in July 1942 .... went overseas in Jan. 1945 .... in the 417th Infantry
in the 76th Division .... [Section 4,
page 1; with photograph] [March 27, 1912 - June 2, 1965] |
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BISHOP,
Eugene (F/O); .... son of Elmer Bishop .... graduated from bombardier
training .... been in flying training since Nov. 1943 [Section 3, page 7; with photograph] |
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BLICK,
Donald (Pfc.); .... son of Walter Blick & husband of Jacqueline FULGAM
.... in the 96th Division serving in New Guinea .... [Section 4, page 6; with photograph] |
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BLICK,
Walter C. (Sgt.); .... son of Walter BLICK & husband of the former
Virginia KERN .... assigned to a railroad operating battalion .... in the
Army for three years and is at present at Marseilles, France [Section 4, page 6; with photograph] [Feb. 2, 1920 - Dec. 27, 1989] |
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BOEHM,
Edwin (T/5); .... son of Arthur BOEHM .... inducted into the Army on Nov. 2,
1942 ....in August 1944 his unit went overseas .... to Beckum, Germany ....
with the 11th Armored Division .... husband of the former Arline VOLLMER
.... [Section 5, page 7; with photo] |
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BOEHM,
Elmer (Pfc.); .... son of Arthur BOEHM; .... inducted into the Army on Oct.
29, 1941 .... assigned to the Medical Corps .... served in post hospitals at
Taft, Calif. & Marfa, Texas ....
[Section 5, page 7; with
photograph] [March 28, 1919 - Dec. 3,
1962] |
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BOEHM,
Fred (T/4); .... son of Fred BOEHM of Stookey Township .... entered the Army
on April 25, 1941 .... served as prisoner of war guard at Camp Chaffee, Ark.
.... & at Fort Sheridan, Ill. ....
[Section 2, page 4; with photograph] |
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BOEHM,
Harold (Pfc.); .... son of Fred BOEHM of Stookey Township .... entered the
Army on March 5, 1941 .... saw service in the Aleutians .... with the 313th
Regiment of the 79th Division & went overseas in Dec. 1944 .... and ended the war in Germany [Section 2, page 4; with photo] |
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BOEHM,
Harvey (Pvt.); .... son of Arthur BOEHM .... inducted into the Army on Feb.
23, 1943 .... put into the 141st Regiment of the 36th Division, which fought
at Salerno, Italy .... and in Southern France .... [Section 5, page 7; with
photograph] [Dec. 29, 1922 - Sept. 2,
1954] |
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BOEHM,
Lester (Pvt.); .... son of Arthur BOEHM ....inducted into the Army on May 21,
1943 .... in the 36th Division .... & served in Italy & went up
through France to Germany. [Section
5, page 7; with photograph] |
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BOEHM,
Raymond (Pvt.); .... son of Arthur BOEHM .... inducted into the Army on April
20, 1942, and is with a service unit at Fort Knox, Ky. [Section 5, page 7; with photograph] |
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BOEHM,
Wilbert (T/5); .... son of Arthur BOEHM .... inducted into the Army on June
22, 1942 .... is with the 81st Division Reconnaissance Troop .... in the
Philippines [Section 5, page 7; with
photograph] [July 8, 1912 - July 9,
1965] |
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BOEKER,
Norman (Cpl.); .... son of Charles BOEKER of Floraville .... husband of Helen
ETLING .... served with the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion .... has 5 battle
stars .... for battles in Normandy, France, .... Ardennes called "Battle
of the Bulge" .
Northern France, .... Rhineland and Central Germany
.... [Section 2, page 4; with photo] |
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BOEMER,
Lilburn C. (Major); .... son of Henry BOEMER .... a medical officer with
nearly two years of service in North Africa and Italy .... [Section 2, page 8; with photograph] |
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BOEMER,
Robert (Lieut.); .... son of Walter BOEMER of Belleville .... a
communications officer with an infantry unit in the Pacific area. [Section 2, page 6] |
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BOEMER,
Roy (Major); .... son of Walter BOEMER of Belleville .... supply officer at
air bases and fields .... including Scott Field .... and Sioux Falls [Section 2, page 6] |
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BOHNEMEIER,
Fred A. (Cpl.); .... son of John BOHNEMEIER of Sugar Loaf Township ....
entered the service in Jan. 1942 .... served in the 7th Armored Division in
Europe .... [Section 2, page 6; with photograph] |
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BRATZEL,
Valentine "Toby" (GM 3/c); .... son of Mrs. Richard LIPPERT ....
enlisted in the Navy in early 1942 .... assigned to the Naval Armed Guard
.... in the Pacific .... received a citation for "meritorius devotion to
duty ...." [Section 2, page
7; with photo] [June 4, 1918 - March 3, 1999] |
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BRIESACHER,
Hortense (Lt.); .... daughter of Mrs. Mollie BRIESACHER .... in the Army
Nurse Corps and is a flight nurse .... at Hamilton Field, Calif. [Section 4, page 7; with photograph] |
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BRIESACHER,
Hubert (S 1/c); .... son of Mrs. Mollie BRIESACHER .... entered the Navy in
early 1944 .... stationed on Adak Island, near the far end of the Aleutian
chain .... [Section 4, page 7; with photograph] |
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BRIESACHER,
Warren (Pfc.); .... son of Jacob BRIESACHER .... entered the Army in Sept.
1942 .... went overseas in Feb. 1943 .... served with the 16th Infantry,
First Infantry Division, through Sicily, Italy and then in France and Belgium
.... where he was wounded in Sept. 1944 .... [Section 2, page 7; with photo] |
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BRUEHL,
Earline (WT 3/c); .... son of Harry BRUEHL .... LST crewman who participated
in the invasion of Normandy ....
[Section 5, page 7; with photograph] |
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BRUEHL,
Floyd "Chuck" (Pvt.); .... son of Edgar BRUEHL .... with a Marine
air wing in the Pacific Theater .... [Section 2, page 2; with
photograph] [Nov. 3, 1925 - May 15,
1981] |
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BRUEHL,
Lloyd; .... son of Oscar BRUEHL of Belleville .... enlisted in the Coast
Guard .... and in Feb. 1944 suffered a serious wound on a South Pacific
Island .... [Section 2, page 2] |
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BUECHER,
Edward (T/4); .... son of George BUECHER .... husband of Esther WEISSENBORN
.... inducted in the Army in Jan. 1944 .... a mess sergeant at Camp Howze,
Texas .... [Section 2, page 6; with photograph] [Nov. 27, 1909 - Oct. 9, 1977] |
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BUECHER,
Elmer "Red" (BM 3/c); .... son of Louis BUECHER .... served on the
U. S. S. California since Oct. 1943 ....
[Section 2, page 2; with photograph]
[Sept. 29, 1922 - Dec. 22, 1990] |
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BUECHER,
Howard "Skipper" (Sgt.); .... son of George BUECHER and husband of
Helen SPEICHINGER ....entered the Army in 1942 .... served with a wire crew
in the Signal Corps in Newfoundland .... and then went to New Guinea in Dec.
1944 .... [Section 2, page 6; with
photo] [July 17, 1918 - May 29, 1989] |
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BUECHER,
Wesley (Ph. M. 1/c); .... son of Wm. C. BUECHER .... husband of Rita Marie
WALKER .... pharmacist's mate on an LST .... which hit the beach of Normandy
on D-Day .... received a foot injury when a mine exploded .... [Section 2, page 7; with photo] [April 3, 1919 - Sept. 27, 1998] |
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BUECHER,
William K.; .... son of William C. BUECHER .... inducted in July 1945 ....
basic training at Camp Crowder, Mo. [Section
4, page 7] [May 17, 1916 - March 26,
1979] |
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CHAGALA,
Joe (S/Sgt.); .... son of John CHAGALA .... husband of Pearl HAMMOND .... in
the service for 3 years .... in Manila at the end of the war .... [Section 4, page 2] |
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CHAPMAN,
John (Major); .... husband of Estelle DEDITIUS .... in the Army for 19 years
.... at staff headquarters of the 21st Bomber Group on the Mariannas ....
promoted to Lieut. Col. in Sept. [1945] .... with the 21st Air Force on Guam
.... [Section 2, page 6; with photo] |
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CLARE,
Thomas (Capt.); .... husband of Irma HEMPLE .... Army chaplain assigned to
the Air Force .... reported missing in a flight from China to India on May
25, 1944 .... [Section 2, page 4] |
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COLEMAN,
Adrian; .... son of Mrs. David DAUGHERTY .... a welder in the sub base at
Pearl Harbor .... [Section 3, page 6] |
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COLEMAN,
James (S 2/c); .... son of Mrs. David DAUGHERTY .... stationed in
Honolulu [Section 3, page 6] |
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COLEMAN,
Vincent; .... son of Mrs. David DAUGHERTY .... volunteered in Jan. 1944 ....
in the Maritime Service [Section 3,
page 6] |
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DAHM,
Cyril (Sgt.); .... son of Wm. DAHM .... in the Headquarters Company, 1st
Battalion, 130th Infantry, 33rd Division, Illinois National Guard ....
stationed on New Guinea in summer of 1943 .... hospitalized since March
[1945] at Danville, Ill. [Section 6,
page 4; with photo] |
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DAHM,
John J. (Pvt.); .... son of Julius DAHM .... joined the Army in March 1944
.... with a medical unit .... [Section 5, page 2; with photograph] |
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DAHM,
Marcellus (Sgt.); .... son of Wm. DAHM .... in the Headquarters Battery of
the 122nd Field Artillery, 33rd Division, Illinois National Guard
....stationed on New Guinea since summer of 1943 .... [Section 6, page 4; with photograph] |
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DANNEHOLD,
Paul; .... son of Edwin L. DANNEHOLD of East St. Louis ....graduated as radio
operator with the Navy [Section 4,
page 2] |
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DARR,
Randle E. (Pfc.); .... son of John DARR .... two years on duty in the
Aleutian Islands .... with the coast artillery [Section 4, page 7] |
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DAVIS,
William H. (Pfc.); .... son of William DAVIS .... entered Army on May 28,
1943 .... an electrical specialist on large bombers .... [Section 1, page 5; with photograph] |
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DIEDRICH,
August Jr. (Pvt.); .... son of August DIEDRICH .... in the service since
April 1944 .... early in 1945 went overseas to the Philippines where he was
assigned to the 32nd .... in June 1945 was awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge for exemplary behavior in combat ....
[Section 3, page 6; with photo]
[Feb. 23, 1923 - Dec. 9, 1993] |
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DIEDRICH,
Edward (SF 3/c); .... husband of Margaret SCHMIDT .... entered the Navy on
Sept. 9, 1942 .... assigned to the destroyer, the U. S. S. Woolsey, on Oct.
21, 1942 .... served on the ship in the Mediterranean during 5 major
invasions .... and twelve trips across the Atlantic .... [Section 3, page 2; with photograph] |
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DIESEL,
Jacob (Pfc.); .... son of Edwin DIESEL .... entered the Army early in 1943
.... went overseas in Aug. 1944 .... served in the 553rd AAA Battalion which
was attached to the Ninth Army .... where he was in several battles in
southern Germany .... also drove "displaced persons" from
concentration camps to their homes ....
[Section 2, page 8; with photo]
[April 26, 1923 - May 1, 2003] |
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DIESEL,
Warren (Sgt.); .... son of Mrs. Lisetta SAUL and Reuben DIESEL .... mechanic
with the Signal Corps .... in Nov. 1943 was stationed in India .... but later
went into Burma and China ....
[Section 2, page 4; with photograph]
[Nov. 17, 1919 - April 13, 2000] |
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DILLENBERGER,
Wallace (Lieut.); .... son of Mrs. Delma DILLENBERGER .... commissioned a
second lieutenant in June 1945 .... received the silver wings of a pilot at
Enid, Okla. .... [Section 2, page 8;
with photograph] |
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DOHRMANN,
Clarence (Pvt.); .... son of Wm. DOHRMANN .... in Company E of the 130th
Infantry, 33rd Division, Illinois National Guard .... stationed on New Guinea
since summer of 1943 ... [Section 6,
page 4; with photograph] |
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DOHRMANN,
Wm. E. (Pvt.); .... son of Wm. DOHRMANN .... entered the Army in March 1945
.... went overseas to the Pacific area with an infantry casual detachment
.... [Section 5, page 8; with
photograph] |
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DOIRON,
Roger (S 2/c); .... son of Luke DOIRON .... enlisted in the Navy on April 26
[1945] .... went overseas in August .... [Section 1, page 5; with photograph] |
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DUNCAN,
Martin (Cpl.); .... husband of the former Merle SEIB .... entered the Army on
Jan. 7, 1944 .... went overseas to the Pacific Theater in March 1945 with the
879th Port Company of Engineers ....
[Section 4, page 7; with photograph] |
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EADS,
Harry; .... son of George EADS .... officer in the Engineer Corps [Section 1, page 7] |
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EADS,
Ramon Robert (Pfc.); .... son of George EADS .... stationed at Keesler Field,
Miss. [Section 1, page 7] |
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EBERSOHL,
Albert (Sgt.); .... son of Mrs. Katie EBERSOHL .... entered the Army in May
1943 serving in Alaska with the engineers before going to the Pacific theater
in Dec. 1944 .... where he served in the Philippines .... [Section 5, page 6;
with photograph] |
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EBERSOHL,
Oscar (Pfc.); .... son of Mrs. Katie EBERSOHL .... entered the Army in Dec.
1942 .... assigned to an Anti-aircraft battalion & spent time on the west
coast .... [Section 5, page 6; with photograph] |
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EBERSOHL,
William (Pfc.); .... son of Mrs. Katie EBERSOHL .... entered the Army in Jan.
1942 .... with a unit of Military Police .... [Section 5, page 6; with photograph] |
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ECKERT,
Irvin (Cpl.); .... son of Mrs. Elvira ECKERT .... entered the Army in June
1943 .... went overseas to North Africa, winding up in Italy late in 1944
.... [Section 5, page 4; with photograph] |
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ECKERT,
Lee (Pfc.); .... son of George ECKERT .... in Italy since Nov. 1943, serving
with the medical detachment of the 351st Infantry, 88th Division .... which
helped to liberate Rome .... [Section 5, page 8; with photograph] [another photo in Section 6, page 6] [June 30, 1923 - Feb. 12, 2003] |
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ECKERT,
Lester (Pfc.); .... son of George ECKERT .... entered the Army on Jan. 23,
1945 .... headed to the Pacific with an infantry casual detachment .... [Section 5, page 8; with photograph] |
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ECKERT,
Robert "Smuzie" (Pvt.); .... son of Mrs. Elvira ECKERT .... entered
the Army in Nov. 1944 .... attending air school .... in Las Vegas, Nevada
.... [Section 5, page 7; with photograph] |
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ECKERT,
Roy F. (S 1/c); .... son of Richard ECKERT .... entered the Navy in June 1943
.... with a landing craft service unit .... in Nov. 1943 went to New Guinea,
and later was in the Admiralty Islands
[Section 5, page 8; with photograph] |
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ECKERT,
Warren (Cpl.); .... a weatherman in the Army Air Force .... went to India in
Sept. 1943 .... [Section 4, page 6] |
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ERVIN,
Wm. Denver (2nd Lieut.); .... husband of the former Loretta STRATMANN ....
stationed at Pueblo, Colorado
[Section 1, page 2] |
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FARKAS,
Frank (Lieut.); .... husband of the former LaVerne HOOVER .... participated
in 25 missions over Europe before he returned to this country in Dec. 1943
.... piloted a B-24 Liberator .... [Section 5, page 8] |
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FARROW,
Barry (T/Sgt.); .... enlisted in the Air Force .... received radio training
.... assigned to a B-17 crew which bombed Germany .... spent 22 months in
German prisoner camps .... after his plane was forced to "ditch" in
the North Sea .... [Section 1, page 5; with photo] |
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FERRY,
Olyseen "Bee" (AOM 3/c); .... son of Leo FERRY and husband of the
former Wilma [HETTENHAUSEN] .... entered the Navy in Dec. 1943 .... assigned
as an aerial gunner to a ship in the Pacific .... [Section 5, page 7; with
photograph] [another photo in
Section 6, page 6] |
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FISCHER,
John A. (Sgt.); .... son of John E. Fischer of East Carondelet .... entered
service Nov. 17, 1943 and trained at Camp Wolters, Texas .... wounded twice
in the European Theater .... and lost an eye .... overseas for 15 months and
served in the Infantry .... [Section
3, page 6; with photo] |
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FISCHER,
Walter E. (Cpl.); .... son of John E. Fischer of East Carondelet &
husband of Gladys SUTTER .... entered the Army on April 20, 1942 .... in
Iceland for 20 months .... ground crew man in the Air Force & is now
[1945] stationed at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida .... [Section 3, page 6;
with photo] |
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FLOWERS,
Donald E. (S 1/c); .... son of Ellsworth Flowers .... entered the Navy June
29, 1944 .... assigned to the U. S. S. Seminole .... [Section 5, page 8; with photograph] |
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FLOWERS,
Maynard W. (Cpl.); .... son of Ellsworth Flowers .... entered the Army on March
8, 1943 .... stationed in China after having spent a year in India ....
[Section 5, page 8; with photograph] |
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FRANKE,
Clifford (Pfc.); .... son of Richard Franke of Floraville & husband of
Leona Huth .... killed in action at Anzio,
Italy on Feb. 22, 1944 .... inducted Feb. 12, 1943 .... infantryman
with the 45th Division .... [Section 2, page 1; with photograph] [born
May 20, 1922] |
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FRANKE,
Robert O. (S/Sgt.); .... son of Richard Franke of Floraville & husband of
Dorothy Etling .... went to England in Jan. 1944 .... served with the 773rd
Tank Destroyer Battalion .... holds the Bronze Star for meritorious service
.... [Section 1, page 5; with photo] |
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FRANKE,
Wilbur R. (Cpl.); .... son of Harry Franke of Floraville .... entered service
April 23, 1943 & went overseas in Aug. 1944 .... is a mechanic in the
Army Air Force on Saipan .... [Section 6, page 4; with photograph] |
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FREY,
Edward (S/Sgt.); .... brother of Mrs. Otis Battaglio .... in the Seventh
Armored Division in Europe .... awarded the Bronze Star .... [Section 1, page
5 & Section 4, page 7] |
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FRIEND,
Miles "Bud" (S/Sgt.); .... in the Army about three years ....
stationed in England where he loaded bombs on planes .... worked near the
front lines at Normandy as a printer in a mobile unit which printed leaflets
and surrender tickets .... [Section 5, page 8] |
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FRIERDICH,
Clemens (Cpl.); .... son of Edward Frierdich & husband of Florence
Schrader .... entered the Army in Sept. 1941 .... went overseas in 1944 to
Belgium, Holland, and Germany .... with the 424th Infantry of the 106th
Division of the First Army ....
[Section 5, page 7; with photo] |
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FRIERDICH,
Frederick (Pvt.); .... son of Edward Frierdich .... inducted March 18, 1945
into the Army .... [Section 5, page 7;
with photograph] |
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FUESS,
Arthur (S/Sgt.); .... husband of Dorothy Mueller .... former Kroger store
manager here .... spent 2 years in the Aleutians .... [Section 4, page 6] |
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FUSSNER,
Raymond J. (Pfc.); .... entered the Army Sept. 6, 1944 .... went overseas on
March 17, 1945 .... into the 749th Tank Battalion in the Sixth Division ....
serving in Germany & southern France .... [Section 6, page 6] [Aug. 4, 1917 - Dec. 24, 1996] |
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GALATI,
James (S/Sgt.); .... husband of Marian Wessel .... served in the Army for
five years .... at Naples and overseas for 28 months .... discharged in July
[1945] .... [Section 4, page 6] |
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GERMANN,
Harold "Gammy" (Pfc.); .... entered the service in 1942 ....
arrived in England in April 1944 .... [then] to France where he served with
the 315th Infantry of the 79th Division .... shot on guard duty in July 1944
.... [Section 2, page 8; with photo] |
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GERMANN,
Howard (S 1/c); son of Otto Germann
& husband of Ophelia Nollmann .... entered the Navy in Jan. 1944 ....
served as a painter at the Navy Pier at Chicago .... [Section 3, page 7; with photograph] [June 11, 1918 - Jan. 25, 1989] |
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GLAENZER,
Elmer (Pfc.); .... overseas for two years attached to the 161st Medical
Battalion, 601st Clearing Company .... [Section 4, page 6] |
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GRAVOT,
Joseph B. (S 2/c); .... son of Joseph Gravot of Sugar Loaf Township ....
entered the Navy in Nov. 1944 when 18 years old .... assigned to the U. S. S.
Vanadia for service in the Atlantic .... [Section 6, page 6; with photograph] |
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GROSSMANN,
Jean (Pvt.); .... son of Eugene Grossmann .... entered the Army Oct. 2, 1944
.... placed in the 77th Infantry Division as a machine gunner .... served in
the fighting on Okinawa from April 1 to May 29, 1944 [1945] .... later went
to Korea .
[Section 5, page 6; with photo] |
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GROTH,
Ralph (Cpl.); .... son of Mrs. Charles Groth & husband of Clara Engel
.... in service for more than two years .... served in Europe since Dec. 1944
in a medical detachment of a Field Artillery battalion .... [Section 2, page
8; with photograph] |
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GRUEN,
Andrew (Pfc.); .... son of Mrs. Robert Talbert .... with the Military Police
in France .... [Section 2, page 8] |
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GRUEN,
Sylvester (Pfc.); .... son of Mrs. Robert Talbert .... served in England with
the Air Service Command .... [Section 2, page 8; with photograph] |
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GUCKES,
Lorraine (Pfc.); .... son of Walter Guckes of Belleville .... in the Army in
the Philippines since Sept. 1944 .... [Section 2, page 6] |
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GUCKES,
William (Cpl.); .... son of Albert Guckes .... started his Marine training at
Camp Pendleton early in 1943 .... served in the Third Marine Division ....
[Section 2, page 4; with photograph] |
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GUTHERZ,
Frederick (F 2/c); .... son of Elmer Gutherz .... joined the Navy in Jan.
1944 .... served in the Pacific Islands .... New Guinea .... & Manila
.... [Section 4, page 7; with
photograph] |
|
HAAS,
Floyd (S 2/c); .... son of Adolph Haas .... entered the Navy in the summer of
1944 .... trained for work on LST's .... served on the U. S. S Prosperine and
later on the U. S. S. Krishna .... [Section 2, page 4; with photograph] |
|
HAAS,
Milton (S/Sgt.); .... son of Adolph Haas .... entered the Army in early 1943
.... served in Germany .... and his last unit was the 447th Air Service
Group, near Watton, England [Section
2, page 4; with photograph] |
|
HAAS,
Oliver (MM); .... son of Adolph Haas .... enlisted in 1943 .... in the Sea
Bees .... with the 64th Battalion in the Philippines .... served also on the
Labrador coast .... [Section 2, page 4; with photograph] |
|
HAMMEL,
Earl J. (Carpenter's Mate, third class); .... entered the Navy in June, 1943
.... on board a ship in the Pacific and has seen heavy action .... [Section
1, page 1 and Section 2, page 7] |
|
HANKAMMER,
Floyd (Cpl.); .... entered the Army on Sept. 28, 1942 with training at Camp
Lee, Va.... went overseas in Sept. 1943 .... with the 623rd Ordnance Base
Automotive Battalion .... at its repair base in Oran, North Africa ....
[Section 4, page 6; with photo]
[March 25, 1916 - Nov. 11, 1984] |
|
HANKAMMER,
Leo (Cpl.); .... son of Julius Hankammer .... entered the Army on Jan. 4,
1943 .... went overseas in Sept. 1944 .... stationed in New Guinea, Fiji
Islands, and the Philippines .... in the 139th AAA Battalion [Section 3, page 1; with photograph] |
|
HANKAMMER,
Lester (Pfc.); .... son of Mrs. Cornelia Hankammer .... entered the Army in
March, 1943 and asigned to the medical corp .... went overseas in Sept. 1944
.... and served in France and Germany
[Section 3, page 2; with photograph]
[Nov. 12, 1923 - June 17, 2001] |
|
HANKAMMER,
Warren (Pfc.); .... son of George Hankammer .... entered the Army in early
1943 & trained at Fort Bliss .... in the 111th AAA Batallion which went
overseas in Jan. 1945 .... wounded in Germany on March 14, 1945 [Section 4, page 4; with photo] [Jan. 9, 1923 - Jan. 8, 2003] |
|
HAPPY,
George (Pvt.); .... son of J. L. Happy of Bluff Side .... he was a machine
gunner in an infantry unit .... and was wounded on Normandy Beach after D-Day
.... [Section 2, page 7; with photograph] |
|
HARRIS,
Norman (Cpl.); .... with an Engineer unit in the Philippines and in New
Guinea .... [Section 2, page 6] |
|
HATTER,
Forrest (Pfc.); .... son of Fred D. Hatter .... entered the Army in the later
part of 1943 .... served in southern Germany with his medical detachment
after going through the Italian campaign .... [Section 2, page 8]
[died May 1967, age 57] |
|
HELFRICH,
Alphonse (Pfc.); .... son of Joseph Helfrich of Paderborn .... entered the
Army in May 1941 .... served overseas 3 years and was wounded 3 times ....
with the Fifth Armored Division through North Africa & Italy .... [Section 2, page 2; with photo] |
|
HELFRICH,
Cletus (Pvt.); .... son of Joseph
Helfrich of Paderborn .... left last March [1945] and was due to go overseas
from a camp in Oregon [Section 1,
page 7] |
|
HELFRICH,
Cornelius (Pfc.); son of Charles
Helfrich
. served in the Seventh Division
. served as an altar boy at Dulag
when his 7th Division Chaplain, said the first mass the liberated Filipinos
had heard for more than two years
.
[Section 2, page 7] |
|
HELFRICH,
Isadore (Pvt.);
. Son of Nick Helfrich, of Prairie du Long Township
. Reported missing in action in Europe in
November 1943
. [Section 2, page 2] |
|
HELFRICH,
Richard A. (S 1/c);
. son of George
Helfrich of Paderborn
.enlisted in the Navy early in 1943
.served on the U.
S. S. Orca
.suffered wounds
.on January 5, 1945
.for which he received the
Purple Heart
. [Section 2, page 6;
with photo] |
|
HELFRICH,
Tony (Cpl.); .... son of Joseph Helfrich of Paderborn .... has 5 battle stars
.... and was in the 141st Regiment of the 7th Division in Italy, France,
Austria and Germany .... [Section 1, page 7; with photograph] |
|
HELLER,
Adrian "Otts" (Cpl.);
.son of Mrs. Emma Heller and husband of the
former Irma Buecher
.foreman at the Weil-Kalter factory before his
induction
.inducted February 1, 1944
.embarked for New Guinea
.Jan. 1945 he
was in the Netherlands East Indies....in Feb. 1945 he survived the sinking of
his ship carrying him to the Philippines....his unit was an artillery
observation battalion attached to the 70th Division.... [Section 2, page 7; with photo] [August 16, 1908 - Feb. 19, 1972] |
|
HERBERT,
Alfred W. (Cpl.);
.son of Fred Herbert and husband of the former Colleen
Hodde
.in the Army since May 21, 1942
.serving in an engineering unit with
the 85th Division, Italy, after landing in Africa
. [Section 3, page 6;
with photo] |
|
HETTENHAUSEN,
Clarence (Pfc.);
.son of Mrs. Sophia Hettenhausen
.and brother of Mrs. Edwin
Mappes
.in the Marines
.missing since the Battle of Okinawa
. [Section 2, page 8] |
|
HETTENHAUSEN,
Elgin A. Jr. (Pfc.);
.son of Elgin Hettenhausen, formerly from here
.entered
service in June 1944
.and landed at France in November [1944]
. [Section 4, page 2; with photo] |
|
HETTENHAUSEN,
Melvin ;
.son of Elmer Hettenhausen
.enlisted in the Navy and started boot
training at Great Lakes on July 29, 1945
.
[Section 2, page 7; with photo]
[July 29, 1927 - Jan. 23, 1992] |
|
HETTENHAUSEN,
Wm.;
.son of Mrs. Sophia Hettenhausen
.tail gunner on a bomber which helped
in the Okinawa campaign
.60 missions
.and holds the Distinguished Flying
Cross and 6 battle stars
. [Section
4, page 2] |
|
HIKEN,
Arlene (Pfc.);
.wife of John Hiken, who is stationed on the U. S. S. George
Clymer
.she graduated from the WAC clerical school at Fort Des Moines, Iowa
on May 9, 1944
.and has been stationed in the Netherlands East Indies since
August 1944
. [Section 2, page 6;
with photo] |
|
HODDE,
George H. (S 1/c);
.son of George
Hodde
.he enlisted in the Navy on his 17th birthday, May 14, 1944
.boot
training at Camp Wallace, Texas
.serving in the crew of a tug in the
Pacific
. [Section 2, page 4; with
photo] |
|
HOEHN,
Russell "Chick" (Pfc.);
.husband of the former Virginia
Baltz
.inducted in Dec. 1943
.he is an aviation ordnance man in the Marines
and is stationed aboard the U. S. S. Munda
.
[Section 2, page 2; with photo]
[May 31, 1918 - July 22, 1985] |
|
HOFFMANN,
Alfred (Cpl.);
.son of Peter W. Hoffmann
.left for service August 5, 1941
and went overseas in Nov. 1942, participating in the invasion of North
Africa
.where he was killed on July 13, 1943
.he was in Company B, 10th Engineers Battalion
. [Section 2, page 1; with photo] |
|
HOFFMANN,
August (Pfc.);
.son of Peter Hoffmann, of Sugar Loaf [Township]
.entered the
Army before [the attack on] Pearl Harbor
.he is an infantryman in the 111th
Regiment
.stationed on the Palau Islands
.
[Section 2, page 2; with photo] |
|
HOFFMANN,
Frieda (Cpl.);
.daughter of John Hoffmann
.enlisted on July 31, 1944
.and
received basic training at Fort Des Moines
.went to the Long Beach
headquarters of the AAF Ferrying Command, where she was a secretary in
headquarters office
. [Section 2,
page 6; with photo] [Nov. 11, 1906 -
Oct. 1, 1997] |
|
HOFFMANN,
Henrietta (S 1/c);
.daughter of John Hoffmann
.she enlisted in the Waves in
Nov. 1943, and became a dental technician
.she is at the Air Base at Norman,
Oklahoma
. [Section 2, page 6; with photo] [Jan. 10, 1915 - Dec. 17, 1986] |
|
HOFFMANN,
Walter (Pfc.);
.son of Fred Hoffmann
.in the Air Force
.sent to India in
Dec. 1944
.where he is a mechanic & truck driver at Chittagong,
India
.served in both the North and Central Burma campaigns
. [Section 6, page 6; with photo] |
|
HOLDENER,
Vincent C. (Lieut.);
.former dentist in Millstadt
.commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army in Sept. 1943
.assigned to hospitals at Fort Crook,
Nebraska and Clinton, Iowa
. [Section
2, page 7; with photo] |
|
HOOCK,
Clemence (Pfc.);
.son of Ben Hoock
.in the Army nearly four years
.he was in
headquarters company of the 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion....he went from
Africa to Sicily to Italy and then to France where he was wounded on Jan. 15
.for which he received the Purple Heart
.
[Section 2, page 6; with photo]
[May 17, 1920 - April 8, 1996] |
|
HOOCK,
Warren G.;
.enlisted in the Navy in August 1942, and a year later was in the
South Pacific as a gunner's mate
[Section 2, page 7] |
|
HOOVER,
Herbert C. (CAOM);
.son of Harvey
Hoover
.in the Navy since 1942
.spent 23 months in Maui
.Chief Aviation
Ordnance Mate
.now in Chicago as an instructor at the Navy school
. [Section 2, page 6; with photo] |
|
HOOVER,
Wayne (Sgt.);
.son of Harvey Hoover
.entered the Army in the summer of
1943
.in aviation ordnance
. [Section
4, page 4] |
|
HUCKE,
Frank (S/Sgt.);
.son of Frank J. Hucke and his wife is the former Mary
Myrtle Emge
.trained in the heavy artillery at Fort Sill, Okla
..became a
mess sergeant shortly before going overseas in Dec. 1944
.& saw some
action in Alsace and Germany
.
[Section 3, page 2; with
photo] |
|
HURD,
Ernest "Buck" (CMM);
.enlisted in the Navy while working for the
Midwest [Mine] here and has served a long time in the South Pacific
.he is
Chief Machinists Mate in the Sea Bees
.
[Section 2, page 8; with
photo] [1905 - Dec. 1953] |
|
HUWER,
Oliver (Sgt.);
.son of Oliver Huwer and the husband of the former Doris
Volkmann
.inducted into the Army on April 24, 1941
.started with the 31st
Regiment at Camp Croft and then with the 110th at Indiantown Gap
.his various
duties over the years have been: military police,....air base depot
work,....carpenter work,....medic attendant,....and truck driver....he has
finally wound up as a mess sergeant in the Aleutians.... [Section 2, page 2; with photo] [Jan. 29, 1916 - April 23, 1978] |
|
IDOUX,
Alvin (Ensign);
.son of Mrs. Theresa Idoux
.has been in the Navy since Oct.
1935 and went to England in May 1941
.and then to Africa
.he is in the field
maintenance section of the Navy air wing
. [Section 3, page 2; with photo] |
|
IDOUX,
Clarence (S/Sgt.);
.son of Mrs. Theresa Idoux
..he enlisted in the Air
Force in Nov. 1942 and served in England
.with 27 missions over Europe
.he is
a member of a bomber crew of the Eighth Air Force
. [Section 3, page 2; with photo] |
|
IDOUX,
Cletus;
.son of Mrs. Theresa Idoux
.enlisted in the Navy in Oct. 1943
.&
is at San Francisco in Radio Supply
.
[Section 3, page 2; with
photo] |
|
IDOUX,
Paul L. (Pfc.);
.son of Joseph & Theresa Idoux
.enlisted in the Marines
in 1942 & participated in the campaigns of Guadalcanal & Tarawa
.he
lost his life on Iwo Jima on March 24, 1945
. [Section 3, page 2 and Section 2, page 1; with photo] |
|
IDOUX,
Vincent (S/SGT.);
.son of Mrs. Theresa Idoux
.he enlisted in the Air Force
in Jan. 1941
.went to India in Jan. 1942
.
[Section 3, page 2; with
photo] |
|
JACOBUS,
Delwin Fred "Fritz" (Pvt.);
.inducted on April 20, 1942
.and
assigned to Anti-Aircraft
.in Iceland in August 1942
.and then to the British
Islands, France, and then Belgium
.
[Section 3, page 2; with photo] [May 30, 1905 - Jan. 17, 1986] |
|
JARVIS,
Leo (Cpl.);
.son of Louis Jarvis of Centerville
.in the Army infantry [Section 4, page 1] [Jan. 26, 1917 - July 20, 1973] |
|
JARVIS,
Louis (Sgt.);
.son of Louis Jarvis of Centerville
.in the Army infantry [Section 4, page 1] [Dec. 28, 1915 - Feb. 6, 1979] |
|
JATHO,
Dalyard G. (S 1/c);
.son of Valentine Jatho
.and his wife is the former
Lucille Beardsmore
.entered the Navy in Oct. 1943 and is somewhere in the
Pacific [Section 6, page 6; with photo] |
|
JOHNSON,
Albert "Bert" Jr.;
.son of Albert R. Johnson
.he is a 1944 graduate
of Missouri Military Academy and enlisted in the Navy after qualifying for
officer training
.he is a radio technician student at Dearborn, Mich. [Section 2, page 6; with photo] |
|
JOHNSON,
Glenn "Dick" (Pvt.);
.former shovel runner at the Morgan mine
.he
was with the 1056th Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group and his unit
was in France in Sept. 1944 [Section
2, page 6; with photo] |
|
JOKISCH,
Allan L. (AOM 2/c);
.son of Edgar Jokisch
.spent 14 months at Kodiak,
Alaska
.and returned to the States in Jan. 1944 [Section 2, page 7;
with photo] |
|
JUNG,
Wm. "Butch" (Pvt.);
.entered the Army late in 1943 and trained at
Fort McClelland, Alabama
.he was wounded in the arm in Oct. 1944 in
Italy [Section 2, page 2; with photo] [April 27, 1911 - Feb. 3, 1971] |
|
JUNKINS,
Howard (Sgt.);
.with the Engineers
.is a chemist in the Army [Section 2, page 6] |
|
KECK,
Don R. (F 1/c);
.son of William Keck
.joined the Navy on Nov. 9, 1943 and
took PT training at Melville, RI
.served in the European area [Section 6, page 6; with photo] [died Aug. 25, 1991, age 65] |
|
KECK,
Lilbert (MoMM 3/c);
.son of Mrs. Emma Keck
.and his wife is the former
Marian Hayden of East St. Louis
.served in the Navy
.going overseas to the
Pacific early in 1944 [Section 4,
page 6; with photo] |
|
KECK,
Milton E. (Pvt.);
.son of Irwin Keck of Stookey [Township] and husband of
the former Ruth Herderhorst
.he is with the Fifth Cavalry which is a part of
the First Cavalry Division
.his outfit was the first American troops to enter
Tokyo
.when they raised the American flag on the U. S. Embassy [Section 1, page 5; with photo] |
|
KECK,
Robert L. (F 1/c);
.son of William Keck
.entered the Navy in Sept. 1944
.and
then to the Norfolk Naval Air Base
[Section 6, page 6; with photo]
[died June 29, 1983 age 62] |
|
KECK,
Sylvester J. (Pfc.);
.husband of the former Pearl Vogt
.entered the service
in March 1942 and went overseas in Feb. 1944
.where he spent a year in
Belgium and Germany with the Fifth Armored Division
.participating in four
campaigns [Section 1, page 5; with photo] |
|
KECK,
William (Pvt.);
.son of William Keck
.he is in the Army Air Forces and
trained at San Bernardino, CA
[Section 6, page 6; with
photo] |
|
KELLER,
Albert T. (Sgt.);
.son of Albert Keller
.enlisted in Dec. 1941
.and assigned
to the 126th Infantry of the 32nd Division
.which went overseas in April
1942
.he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action for his heroism
in New Guinea [Section 3, page 7;
with photo] [died August 1951, age
34] |
|
KELLER,
Harold H. "Susie" (Pfc.);
.son of Louis Keller
.in the Army
.and
went overseas in February 1945 with the 371st Engineer Construction
Battalion, Co. C [Section 4, page 1;
with photo] [Dec. 27, 1914 - Oct. 15, 1980] |
|
KELLER,
Harvey R. (T/Sgt.);
.son of Albert
Keller
.enlisted in the Air Force in Dec. 1941
.he left six months ago for
Assam, India, where [his unit ] Air Transport was engaged in hauling supplies
by plane into China, crossing the Himalayas
[Section 3, page 7; with
photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Edward O. (Pfc.);
.son of Wm. Kempf
.entered the Army in Jan.
1942
.transferred to the medical department of the Prisoner of War hospital
at Camp Forest, Tenn. [Section 4, page
2; with photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Ernest Jr. (S/1c);
.son of Ernest Kempf of Sugar Loaf Township
.entered the
Navy in Nov. 1944
.stationed at Jacksonville, FL and Norfolk, VA [Section 2, page 8; with photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Lester A. (MoMM 3/c);
.husband of Mildred Kempf
.serving on the U. S. S.
Lenawee, he is with the Navy's amphibious forces in the Pacific [Section 4, page 6; with photo] [Sept. 23, 1909 - Oct. 5, 1974] |
|
KEMPF,
Milton (Pvt.);
.son of Ernest Kempf of Sugar Loaf Township
.entered the Army
in April 1943 and assigned to the Medical Corps
.stationed on Oahu, Hawaii
for nearly two years
.then moving to the Philippines [Section 2, page 8; with photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Norman (S/Sgt.);
.son of Ernest Kempf of Sugar Loaf Township
.inducted in
July 1941
.and went overseas in 1943 and served with the Sixth Army in
Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines
[Section 2, page 8; with
photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Raymond (Cpl.);
.son of Edward Kempf of Sugar Loaf Township
.entered the
Marines in Jan. 1944
.he was with the Third Marines and fought on Iwo Jima
through Feb. and March 1945 [Section
4, page 7; with photo] |
|
KEMPF,
Raymond (Sgt.);
.son of Ernest Kempf of Sugar Loaf Township
.enlisted 3 days
before Pearl Harbor
.he was assigned to the Army's Navy and spent nearly all
of his 3 1/2 years overseas in
connection with carrying supplies on Army transports
.spent much time in
Australia and New Guinea [Section 2,
page 8; with photo] |
|
KESSLER,
Arthur B. (Pfc.);
.son of Peter Kessler
.and nephew of Mrs. Mary Hahn
.in
the infantry in the Pacific area
[Section 5, page 6] |
|
KILLINGSWORTH,
Clyde;
.enlisted in the Sea Bees and served at Trinidad in the
Carribean [Section 4, page 4] |
|
KINZINGER,
Leopold "Zep" (T/5);
.entered the Army on April 20, 1942
.spent
time with various truck outfits in California and Arizona
.and later served
as interpreter when German prisoners of war came to Camp Florence, Arizona [Section 4, page 6; with photo] [April 21, 1910 - Aug. 21, 1994] |
|
KISH,
Albert G. (SC 3/c);
.son of Louis Kish Sr
.left for the Navy in 1944
.and is
in the Northwest Pacific area
[Section 1, page 2; with
photo] |
|
KISH,
John R. (S 2/c);
.son of Louis Kish Sr
..enlisted in the Navy Sept. 3, 1944
and went overseas in April [Section
1, page 2; with photo] [Aug. 15, 1926 - Jan. 24, 2001] |
|
KISH,
Louis Jr. (T/Sgt.);
.son of Louis Kish Sr
.entered the Army in 1942
.and
went overseas to the South Pacific in Nov. 1943
.he is with the 81st
"Wildcat" Division
[Section 1, page 2; with
photo] |
|
KLEINSCHMIDT,
Milton (Pfc.);
.son of Ferd Kleinschmidt
.in the Army since June 1942
.he
has served in the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, and then the Philippines [Section 3, page 4; with photo] |
|
KNEPPER,
Elmer (Pvt.);
.son of Mrs. Rosa Knepper
.he has been in the Army since Oct.
2, 1942 and went overseas in July 1944
.he is in Italy with the 603rd
Ordnance BAM Battalion [Section 3,
page 1; with photo] |
|
KOCH,
Walter (Pfc.);
.son of Herman Koch
.inducted on April 23, 1941
.into the
Army
.he was in the 111th Infantry, later in the 15th Armored Division
.in
Nov. 1943 his unit went to the Hawaiian Islands
.and later the Pelieu
Islands [Section 3, page 6; with photo] |
|
KREMMEL,
Vernon (S 1/c);
.son of John Kremmel, of Columbia
.serving on a troop
transport in the Pacific [Section 5,
page 6] |
|
KRICK,
Frederick "Fritz" (S
1/c);
. Son of Fred Krick
.entered
the Navy in May, 1943
.assigned to a landing craft school and then to Unit
20, SLC, for service in the Pacific
. He went overseas in Oct. 1943 [Section 4, page 8; with photo] |
|
KRICK,
Wilmer (Pfc.);
..son of Albert Krick
.he was a leading
player on the Millstadt base ball team .... inducted into the Army in August
1944 at the age of 18 years
. He was in the Marianas and while there was
attached to the 17th Regiment of the 7th Division
. The 7th Division was
instrumental in cornering the last of the defenders of the island in a small
pocket at its southern tip [Section
4, page 4; with photo] |
|
KRUPP,
Sylvester (Pfc.);
.son of John
.in
the Army since July, 1941
.he is attached to the 18th Depot Supply Squadron
of the AAF and arrived in Italy only a short time before the end of the war
in Europe. [Section 4, page 8; with photo] [Dec. 19, 1916 - May 23, 1986] |
|
KRUPP,
Wilbur A. (Sgt.);
.son of John & Amanda
.born June 4, 1919 in Millstadt
Township and was killed in action in fighting near Naples in February,
1944
.He was in the 15th Regiment and had entered the Army in June 1941. [Section 2, page 1; with photo] |
|
KUNKELMANN,
Warren (Pfc.);
.son of Leonard
.inducted on Jan. 4, 1945
.went overseas in June, 1945 [Section 4, page 4; with photo] |
|
LANG,
Jerome (F 2/c);
.he has been overseas since the fall of 1943
.is a gunners
mate with the Sea Bees
.and served in the Pacific with the 44th Naval
Construction Battalion [Section 4,
page 4 and Section 5, page 7] |
|
LEINGANG,
Charles
.was a corporal in the Army Air Forces
.during which time he got
into base sub-depot work in Kansas
.discharged in July, 1943 [Section 4, page 8; with photo] [June 18, 1904 - Feb. 2, 1962] |
|
LIMPER,
Arthur (S/Sgt.);
.son of Rev. Arthur E.
.graduated in chemistry from the
University of Illinois and in March, 1944 was inducted at Chicago
.he was a
Technician, third grade
.and was assigned to special work at Decatur which
later turned out to be secret work on the atomic bomb [Section 3, page 1; with photo] [Jan. 6, 1923 - March 29, 1977] |
|
LINDAUER,
Maurice (AMM 3/c);
.son of Herbert
.entered the Navy in
July, 1943
.stationed at the Naval Aviation Training Station at Pensacola,
Fla., working with the training of flying officers
. [Section 4, page 8; with photo] |
|
LINDER,
Alphonse F. "Butch" (Sgt.); entered the Army in July 1941
.assigned to the Engineers
.spent most of his time in Hawaii except for a
short time on Christmas Islands
.returned home in August, 1945 [Section 4, page 8; with photo] [Jan. 9, 1915 - May 12, 1993] |
|
LINDER,
John W. (S/Sgt.);
.graduated from
Cathedral High School in January, 1944, and entered the Army for specialized
training
.in December 1944 went overseas
.and wound up in the 309th
Infantry Regiment, 78th "Lightning" Division [Section 4, page 8; with photo] |
|
LIPPERT,
Eugene A. (SF 3/c);
.son of the late Charles
.finished boot training in
August 1942
.and stationed on the U.S.S. Merrimack since then
.as a
shipfitter, first class [Section 3,
page 8] [April 1, 1908 - May 10,
1954] |
|
LIPPERT,
Harold "Jocko" (Cpl.);
.discharged from the Army in July 1943
.had been a truck mechanic
with the 79th Division in Tennessee
[Section 3, page 7] [July 5,
1905 - Nov. 15, 1951] |
|
LIPPERT,
Irwin (Pfc.); son of Irwin Sr.
.in
the Army since January 28, 1942
.he plays in the Command Headquarters band
of the Seventh Service Command.
[Section 4, page 6; with photo] |
|
LOEWE,
Elmer "Chick" (CPL.);
. Inducted in April, 1941, and assigned to
AAA duty
.moving around California and the south
. He spent more than 4
years as a soldier in the States
.and was finally on his way to foreign
shores in July, 1945
.with his unit, the 967th Ordnance HAM Company. [Section 3, page 8; with photo] [Nov. 7, 1915 - March 19, 1999] |
|
LOEWE,
Lester (PFC.);
.he was an infantryman with the famous Ninth Division through
Africa, Sicily, Italy into France a few days after V-Day
. He was wounded a
few days after landing, suffering shrapnel injuries to his face and arm. [Section 3, page 7; with photo] |
|
LOGNER,
Robert (Ph.M. 2/c);
.son of Mrs. Flora Logner
.and husband of Myra Pease of
Chicago
.entered the Navy in 1943 and stationed at Great Lakes
.until
transferred to sea duty in Feb. 1945 aboard the U.S.S. Rescue, a Navy
hospital ship. [Section 4, page 4;
with photo] |
|
LOPINOT,
Alvin;
.son of Clarence Lopinot
.he was a pharmacist's mate first class
.and served aboard an LST in the
Pacific. [Section 4, page 4] |
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LUEPKER,
Royal (AMM 1/c);
.son of Leroy Luepker
.he entered the Navy in Nov. 1942
.and was first stationed at Chicago,
.then transferred to Lambert Field,
St. Louis
.he is now stationed at the Naval Air Station in Kodiak,
Alaska. [Section 4, page 8; with
photo] |
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LUETZELSCHWAB,
Roland (MAJOR);
.son of John C. Luetzelschwab
.he entered the Army in Oct.
1941
.went overseas to England in May, 1944
.he was attached to the
engineers of the Sixth Armored Division, which operated through Luxembourg,
Belgium, and into Germany ....he was awarded the Bronze Star. [Section 3, page 4; with photo] |
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MARTINI,
Eugene W. (AMM 2/c);
.son of Dominic
Martini of Belleville
.husband of the former Annabell Wessel
.served at a
Navy Air Base in the New Hebrides for 21 months. [Section 3, page 1; with photo] |
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MASERANG,
Francis (T/5);
.son of Mrs. Carrie
Maserang
.in the Army since late in 1942 and until recently was a medic in a
station hospital at March Field and Nuroc, Calif.;
.in June he was assigned
to an aviation engineering battalion in the Ryukyuk Island. [Section 3, page 7; with photo] [July 11, 1911 - July 23, 1987] |
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MATYSIK,
Edwin (Sgt.);
.son of Mrs. Frank Matysik and husband of the former Corrine
Nolte
.entered the Army in April, 1943 and trained with the engineers at
Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla.;
.stationed nearly a year at Brisbane, Australia
.he then was sent to Manilla in the Phillipines in June 1945. [Section 4, page 4; with photo] |
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MAYER,
Clarence (CPO);
.2 years service with the Naval Construction Battalion
("Sea Bees") [Section 3,
page 6] |
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MAYER,
Earl (Sgt.);
.son of Albert Mayer
.lost his life on May 8, 1944 over
Germany. He was a crew member on a
B-17 based in England, and the plane did not return from a record raid on
Berlin, in which 2,000 planes took part.
[Section 2, page 1; with photo] |
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MAYER,
Leon (S 2/c);
.son of Albert Mayer
.he entered the Navy soon after
graduating from high school in June, 1945
..he was assigned to the Sea Bees
at Camp Endicott, R.I. [Section 4,
page 1; with photo] |
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McBRIDE,
Frederick J. (T/Sgt.);
.he attended radio school of the Marine Corps at
Coronado, Calif. and is attached to that communications center. [Section 3, page 7] |
|
MEHRMANN,
Walter (Cpl.);
.son of Arthur
Mehrmann of Floraville & his wife is the former Virginia
Thompson
.entered the service in Sept. 1942
.his unit was the 235th
Engineers and he spent a month in Africa and two years in Italy. [Section 3, page 2; with photo] |
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MEINKOTH,
Vincent (T/5);
.previously taught in
the local high school when he was inducted on September 30, 1943
.and is now
in the supply section of his headquarters company. [Section 3, page 7] |
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MERKEL,
Francis "Bud" (Pfc.); son
of Mrs. Mary Merkel and the late Henry J. Merkel
.he entered the Army on
Dec.25, 1942 and was first with the Coast Artillery
.later going overseas in
Dec. 1944 to the Philippines.
{Section 4, page 1; with photo] |
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MERKEL,
Harry (M/Sgt.); son of Mrs. Mary
Merkel & the late Henry J. Merkel and his wife is the former Elenora
Huth
.he entered the Army in Oct., 1942
.he served at Camp Crowder, MO
until summer of 1945
.he went
overseas in July 1945 and V-J Day found him in Manila. [Section 4, page 1; with photo] |
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MERKEL,
Victor (Pvt.);
.son of Mrs. Mary Merkel & the late Henry J. Merkel
.he
entered the Army on June 30, 1943
.served in the infantry and went to Europe
in July, 1944
.he served in Co. B, 175th Infantry, 29th Division. [Section 4, page 1; with photo] |
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MERTZ,
William Jr. (S 2/c); son of Wm. Mertz Sr.;
.he entered the Navy in May 1945
and received Sea Bee training at Camp Endicott, RI [Section 3, page 7; with photo] |
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MEYER,
Elmer F. (T/Sgt.); member of a unit of the Fifth Air Force Service Command,
which supplied, maintained, and repaired fighters and bombers in the
Pacific. [Section 3, page 8] |
|
MOLLMAN,
Richard A. (AMM 1/c); son of A. J.
Mollman;
.he enlisted in the Navy in Oct. 1942 at Chicago
.he was an
engineer with a crew whose job it was to ferry the Navy's latest land based
bombers to different parts of the country
[Section 4, page 1; with photo] |
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MUELLER,
Arthur P. (Cpl.); son of Edw. V.
Mueller
.served 3 years in the army
.part of it with the 53rd Aircraft
Engineering Squadron at Romulus, Michigan
. [Section 3, page 7; with photo] |
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MUELLER,
Clarence (AMM 2/c);
.son of John Mueller
.he is an aviation machinists mate
and has been at the Glenview Naval Air Station for nearly 2 years. [Section 3, page 7; with photo] |
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MUELLER,
Floyd G. (Pfc.);
. Son of Irvin F.
Mueller
.he has been in the Army since Nov. 24, 1942
.he was stationed at
Camp Campbell, Ky. Before going to England late in 1943. [Section 4, page 4; with photo] |
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MUELLER,
Frederick (Sgt.);
. Son of Fred A. Mueller & the husband of the former
Ethel Mae Dinges
. He entered service in Dec. 1943 and trained with the
engineers corps at Camp Claiborne, La. before going overseas in Jan. 1945 to
the Philippines [Section 3, page 2;
with photo] |
|
MUELLER,
James (Pfc.); son of Ado Mueller
.
He was in the Second Marine Division in the landings at Saipan and
Tinian. [Section 3, page 7; with
photo] |
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MUETH,
Cletus (S 2/c); son of Joseph Mueth
married to Mildred Dawson
inducted in April, 1945 and served in the Sea
Bees and stationed in Hawaii.
[Section 4, page 4 with photo] |
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MUETH,
Emil (Pfc.); son of Joseph Mueth
.
Served in Co. L, 57th Signal Battalion
. Served in Africa and Italy. [Section 4, page 4 with photo] |
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MUETH,
Herbert (T/Sgt.); son of Joseph Mueth
. married to Marion Schlesinger
. served in the Chemical Warfare Division
. stationed for a long time in Hawaii and later at Saipan [Section 4, page 4 with photo] [Nov. 16, 1915 - Nov. 6, 1988] |
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MUSKOPF,
Carl O.; son of Edwin J. Muskopf
.
Awarded the Bronze Star Medal
. fought at Saipan, Tinian, where he won the
Purple Heart and at Iwo Jima.
[Section 1, page 2] |
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MUSKOPF,
Dalton (Pvt.); son of Elmer Muskopf
. husband of Dorothy Kempf
.entered the service on Jan. 18, 1944
.served
as an Army cook in the Philippines
[Section 3, page 6 with photo] |
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MUSKOPF,
Edgar (Sgt.); son of Charles Muskopf
.in the Air Force since Oct. 1942 stationed in Florida
.presently at the
Army Air Field at Kissimee, FL
[Section 4, page 8 with photo] |
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MUSKOPF,
Edwin (S/Sgt.); brother of Leonard
Muskopf
.stationed in England as a rear gunner on Flying Fortresses during
the aerial bombardment of Germany
[Section 3, page 6] |
|
MUSKOPF,
Gladys M. (SK 3/c); daughter of
Richard H. Muskopf
.known as "Susie" she enlisted in the Waves on
March 19, 1944 and was stationed at San Diego, Calif. [Section 3, page 7 with photo] |
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MUSKOPF,
Kenneth (F 2/c); son of Mrs. Levi
Muskopf
.entered the Navy in Jan. 1945 and later assigned to the U. S. S.
Winged Arrow, a transport [Section 3,
page 6 with photo] |
|
MUSKOPF,
Loren "Bub" (S/Sgt.); son
of Adolph Muskopf
.inducted early in
the war
.served in the Regular Army 15th Infantry Regiment, which later
became a part of the 9th Division and saw furious action in North Africa,
Sicily and Italy
.he holds the Purple Heart
[Section 3, page 6 with photo] |
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MUSKOPF,
Mary Louise "Bess" (Y 3/c);
daughter of Mrs. Mary Muskopf
.served in the Waves since January 27,
1944 and was discharged in Feb. 1945
[Section 4, p. 8 with photo] |
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MUSKOPF,
Richard H. Jr. (S/Sgt.); son of Richard H. Muskopf
.enlisted in the Army on Oct. 31, 1939 and spent 35 months
overseas with the Air Force [Section
3, page 7 with photo] |
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NELSON,
Audrey (Pfc.); son of P. M. Nelson
..husband of Peggy
.entered the
Army in Feb. 1942
.saw action in Sicily with the 54th Medical Battalion, and
then in Italy where he was credited with capturing 25 wounded Germans. [Section 4, page 2 with photo] |
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NELSON,
Everett (CAOM); son of P. M.
Nelson
.entered the Navy in Feb.
1942
served with the Fleet Second Air Wing in the South Pacific [Section 4, page 2 with photo] |
|
NOBBE,
Raymond (F 1/c); entered the Navy late
in 1943 and served on the U. S. S. Otterstetter, a destroyer escort
.later
transferred to the U. S. S. Borie which took part in the landing at Iwo
Jima. [Section 3, page 2 with photo] |
|
NOERPER,
Leroy ( Cpl.); son of Albert Noerper
and husband of Dorothy Weber
.entered the Army on Feb. 12, 1943
.he was killed in action in
Germany on January 19, 1945 while serving at the time with the 63rd
Engineers, which was attached to the 44th Division [Section 2, page 1 with photo]
[born 18 Dec. 1919] |
|
NOLD,
Ralph A.; son of Elmer Nold
.husband
of Erma Zentgraff
.entered service July 29, 1943 and was trained as a Naval
pharmacist's mate
..later he was transferred to the Marines where he served
as a medical corpsman attached to the Fifth Marine Division ....he was killed
on Iwo Jima on March 14, 1945.
[Section 2, page 1, with photo]
[born 19 April 1925] |
|
NOLL,
Roy H. (Cpl.); brother to Albert Noll
.entered the Army in April 1941
.severly wounded in Nov. 1944 while with
the 110th Infantry, 28th Division, near Schmidt, Germany
.dischared in July, 1945. [Section 4, page 4 with photo] |
|
OPFERMANN,
Joe Jr. (Pvt.); son of Joe Sr.
.entered service on May 1, 1943
.landed in Italy on Oct. 26, 1943 and was
wounded in Italy while with the First Division. [Section 4, page 8 with photo] |
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OSICK,
Clarence (SF 1/c); husband of Bernice
Probst
.shipfitter on the U. S. S. 483, a patrol craft in the Pacific
.served 22 months overseas [Section
4, page 8 with photo] |
|
OSICK,
Leroy (WT 3/c); husband of Paula
Buecher
.entered Navy service Feb. 4, 1944
.stationed aboard the mine
sweeper, the U.S.S. Pioneer, he saw action off the coast of Italy, Africa and
Southern France. [Section 4, page 1
with photo] |
|
OSICK,
Lloyd (Pfc.); son of Fred Osick and husband
of Pearl Volkmann
.inducted Dec, 1943 into the Army
.assigned to the 109th
Infantry 28th Division
.wounded Nov. 6, 1944 by a German mortar near
Schmidt, Germany [Section 3, page 8
with photo] [died March 9, 1967] |
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OTTEN,
Frederick J. (Sgt.); son of Henry
Otten
.inducted June 9, 1941 and served with the 145th Engineers for 17
months while helping to build the Alaskan Highway
.after D-Day he was
attached to Gen. Patton's Third Army and saw action in France. [Section 3, page 8 with photo] [Feb. 24, 1912 - Jan. 15, 1997] |
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OTTEN,
Harvey G. L. (Pvt.); son of George
Otten
.inducted into the Army on March 8, 1945 at the age of 18
.sent
overseas with an infantry replacement unit.
[Section 5, page 6 with photo]
[Jan. 25, 1927 - March 18, 1992] |
|
OTTEN,
Mabel A. R. (Pfc.); daughter of
George Otten
.enlisted on May 16,
1944 in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
.she saw overseas duty with a
Marine Garrison Force [Section 5,
page 6 with photo] |
|
PANUS,
Stanley "Bud" (Pfc.);
member of the 534th AAA Battalion, Battery A
..served at Salerno,
Italy and then Southern France
[Section 4, page 4 with photo] |
|
PEEK,
Charles R. (Pfc.); son of John Peek
.in General Patton's Third Army through France
.served in the Army 2 1/2 years and overseas over a year. [Section 6, page 6 with photo] |
|
PEEK,
George A. (Pvt.); son of John
Peek
.entered the Army on April 20,
1944
.served in Italy with the Fifth Army and then in Greece. [Section 6, page 6 with photo] |
|
PEEK,
John L. (Cox.); son of John Peek
.in
the Coast Guard since Nov. 23, 1943 and is on duty in the South Pacific [Section 6, page 6 with photo] |
|
PELLMAN,
Elmer (S/Sgt.); son of Mrs. Emil
Pellman and husband of Martha Vogel
.entered the Army on Feb. 26, 1941 and
embarked for overseas in Dec. 1942
.was a mechanic in ordnance and served in
North Africa [Section 3, page 8 with
photo] [Oct. 2, 1916 - May 7, 1989] |
|
PELLMAN,
Frederick (Pfc.); son of Gustav
Pellman and husband of Alma Giffhorn
.in service since Feb. 1943, starting
out with an anti-aircraft battalion
.later attached to the 60th Armored
Infantry and was seriously wounded on March 30, 1945. [Section 3, page 8 with photo] [June 30, 1915 - June 22, 1987] |
|
PELLMAN,
Herman (Cpl.); son of Gustav
Pellman
.entered the Army in March
1941 and was stationed in Alaska for 27 months with the 266th Coast
Artillery
.later he wound up in the
880th Field Artillery which went overseas in early 1945. [section 3, page 4 with photo] |
|
PELLMAN,
Raymond (S/Sgt.); son of Mrs. Emil
Pellman
.entered the Army on June 22, 1942
.served in the Pacific area with
a motor detachment of an Ordnance Section
[Section 3, page 8 with photo] |
|
PERRY,
Vance A.; stepson of Mrs. Rose Brown
of Stookey [Township]
.served in the
Army [Section 1, page 5 with photo] |
|
PISTOR,
Howard (Sp. C. 2/c); son of Edward
& Alma Pistor
.husband of Verda Sutter
.teacher & coach at the
local grade school when he entered the Navy on July 8, 1943
.for 17 months he
has been stationed at Great Lakes
[Section 3, page 4 with photo]
[Dec. 27, 1912 - Sept. 30, 1986] |
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PISTOR,
Lester "Doodle" (T/5); son
of Albert Pistor
.inducted on June 9, 1941 and put into the 161st infantry
which later became part of the 25th Division
.served at Pearl Harbor,
Guadalcanal, New Georgia Island, New Zealand, and the Philippines [Section 3, page 4 with photo] [Feb. 28, 1915 - Feb. 18, 1976] |
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POETKER,
Armin (Cpl.); son of Mary Poetker,
brother to Roland Poetker, and the husband of Lois Richard
.entered the Army
in Dec. 1942
.stationed at Camp Tyson, TN; Camp McCoy, Camp Chaffee, Ark.;
Fort Sill & North Camp Hood
[Section 5, page 7 with photo] |
|
PORTELL,
Joseph C.; son of Jos. D. Portell of Dupo
.recently passed his induction
examination and scheduled for an August 20, 1945 induction [Section 2, page 4 with photo] |
|
PORTELL,
Russell (Cpl.); son of Jos. D.
Portell of Dupo
.entered the Army in September 1942
.served as a parachute
rigger
.served in the 94th Fighter Squadron of the First Fighter Group and
saw action overseas in North Africa, Sardinia, and Italy [Section 2, page 4 with photo] |
|
PRUETZEL,
Orville (Lieut.); son of Peter
Pruetzel and husband of Esther Snofke
.entered the Army on Jan. 28, 1942 as
an air cadet
.served in Italy as a bombardier with the 840th Bomber Squadron
of the 483rd Bomber Group [Section 2,
page 2 with photo] |
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RAHN,
George (T/5); entered the Army
before Pearl Harbor
.served as cook with the 36th Armored Regiment of the
Third Armored Division
.saw action in France, Belgium, & Germany [Section 3, page 8 with photo] |
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REHG,
James (Pfc.); son of Nick Rehg
.went
overseas to Italy in July, 1944
.served in the 135th Infantry, 34th
Division [Section 3, page 4 with
photo] [Nov. 22, 1924 - Dec. 16,
2006] |
|
REHG,
Lewis E. (MM 3/c); son of Earl Rehg
.entered the Navy on May 22, 1943
.served as a machinists mate on the U. S.
S. Marblehead [Section 3, page 4 with
photo] |
|
REHG,
Reuben G. (Pfc.); son of Gus Rehg and
husband of Geneva Muskopf
.in the Army since January, 1942
.served as a
musician with the Seventh Armored Division
.served in France, Belgium and
Germany [Section 3, page 8 with
photo] [Aug. 10, 1917 - Dec. 15,
1967] |
|
REHLING,
Edward F. (Sgt.); son of John Rehling
.entered the Army in 1941
.went overseas in 1943 to England where he loaded
bombs on planes before they headed for Germany [Section 3, page 4]
[Oct. 29, 1915 - Aug. 2, 2002] |
|
REICHENBACHER,
Frank Jr. (Lieut.); son of Frank Reichenbacher
of Bluff Side
.entered the Army in Oct. 1942
.an instructor in ordnance at
Toledo, Ohio [Section 6, page 6 with
photo] |
|
REICHENBACHER,
Robert (Pvt.); son of Frank
Reichenbacher Sr. of Bluff Side
.entered service in June 1944 and assigned
to the AAF at Sheppard Field, Texas
[Section 3, page 4 with photo] |
|
REICHERT,
Armin C. (Cpl.); son of George
Reichert and husband of Dorothy Kitchen
.entered service on Jan. 29, 1942
.moved into the Pacific area in Nov. 1944 with the 720th Amphibious Tractor
Battalion [Section 3, page 8 with
photo] |
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REICHLING,
Walter (Pfc.); son of Louis Reichling
.currently an MP at the Prisoner of War Camp at Camp Forrest, Tenn. [Section 3, page 4 with photo] [Oct. 13, 1918 - Sept. 12, 1996] |
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REINHARDT,
Jerome (S/Sgt.); son of Alois
Reinhardt
.entered the Army on Feb. 23, 1942 and served for 2 years in the
111th AAA Battalion
.he was transferred to the infantry and ended up in
Germany with the First Army [Section
3, page 1 with photo] |
|
REINHARDT,
Victor (Pfc.); son of Alois Reinhardt
.inducted Nov. 28, 1941
.served in the Pacific area for more than 2 years
with the infantry of the 37th Division
.saw action at Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Fiji and Russell islands
.awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart [Section 3, page 1] |
|
REINHARDT,
Vincent (Pvt.); son of Alois
Reinhardt
.inducted Nov. 28, 1944
[Section 3, page 1 with photo] |
|
RENOIS,
Robert ; son of Mrs. Eulali Renois
.entered the Navy in 1943 and attended radio school [Section 5, page 2] |
|
RENOIS,
Vernon (S 2/c); son of Mrs. Arthur
Gutherz
.entered the Navy in Nov. 1944
.assigned to the U.S.S. Hamblin in
the Pacific [Section 3, page 1 with
photo] |
|
RIDGEWAY,
Charles Herbert; son of Herbert &
Myrtle Ridgeway
.was an aviation machinists mate, second class, on an
aircraft carrier [Section 4, page 2] |
|
RIEDEL,
Oswald ; spent 8 months in the Army
with a medical detachment with the 413th Infantry [Section 3, page 2]
[Aug. 11, 1907 - June 3, 1984] |
|
RODEMICH,
Jacob (T/Sgt.); entered the Army in
March 1941 and served in Co. D 158th Infantry
.his regiment became part of
the 70th Division and saw action on New Guinea, Luzon, the Bismarck
Archipelago, East Indies, and the Philippines. [Section 3, page 1 with photo] |
|
ROGERS,
Melvern (Pvt.); son of Joe Rogers and
husband of Jacqueline Jung
.went
overseas to Germany in Jan. 1945
[Section 3, page 1 with photo] |
|
ROHR,
Lester; son of Alfred Rohr
.served as a bombardier in the Army Air
Forces and was based in Australia in 1944
[Section 3, page 4] |
|
ROS,
Nelson A. (Ph. M. 2/c) [ROSS]; son of Otto Ros [ROSS}
.entered the Navy in April 1943
.served as a
pharmacist's mate and served in the invasion of France
.later ferryed troops and supplies across
the channel [Section 3, page 8] [Aug. 27, 1924 - Sept. 6, 1986] |
|
ROSE,
Edward F. (Capt.); son of Dr. Edward
S. Rose and husband of Miriam Hoerr
.inducted
in July 1941 and went overseas to Scotland in April 1945 [Section 5, page 4 with photo] |
|
ROSE,
Fred E. (Major); son of Dr. Fred Rose
and husband of the former Felicia Green
.called to active duty in June 1941
.served for 3 years at O'Reilly Hospital in Springfield, Mo.
then
moved to Camp Crowder, Mo. [Section
3, page 1 with photo] |
|
ROSE,
Raymond F. (Lieut.); son of Dr.
Edward S. Rose and husband of Dorothy Dashner
.joined the service in Dec. 1943 and is currently at Camp
Carson, Colo. [Section 5, page 4 with
photo] |
|
ROSE,
William F. (Capt.); son of Dr. Edward
S. Rose and husband of Ardell Smallenberger
.enlisted in the Army in Sept. 1942 and went overseas in April 1943
.served in North Africa, Anzio beachhead in Southern France and went into
Germany with the Seventh Army
[Section 5, page 4 with photo] |
|
ROSSO,
Dominic A. Jr. (Cpl.); son of Dominic
ROSSO Sr.
.is an airplane mechanic
and has been stationed at Laredo, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada. [Section 5, page 2 with photo] |
|
ROSSO,
William (Cpl.); son of Dominic
ROSSO
.he is a weather observer with
the 19th Weather Squadron of the Army Air Forces and went overseas to Cairo,
Egypt in Feb. 1945 [Section 5, page 2
with photo] |