I would like to start a page of each of these wars
with Gillespie County veterans.
If you have a family member from Gillespie County who was in one of
these wars
please email me with their information.
Please include their name and the service they
were. If they were killed in action
please list the country they were in or if at sea.
I think these persons deserve to be honored.
If any were in the Korean or Viet Nam conflicts I feel they should
also be honored .
Wanda Qualls
Most of information was sent by Joreen Wehmeyer <jojo@ctesc.net>
She found some of the information at the Gillespie County
Court House of Veterans listed at the
Court House, Book & Page, will tell you time service, unit discharged,
etc. and from her list
of Cemeteries she has.
World War I
| Adolph Max Treibs | US Army | Nov 01 1975 | Fredericksburg Paper Jul 26 2000 |
| John "Wes" Wesley Holland Jr. |
US Army |
Jan 1919 |
Gillespie County Book 1 pg 265 |
| Adolph Gustav Wehmeyer |
US Army |
1919 |
Gillespie County Book 1 pg 154 |
World War II
(*) Fredericksburg Paper Aug 15, 1945
| Name | Service | Date of Death | Location |
| Lt. Luther B. Stockard | Oct 02 1942 | Aleution Islands * | |
| Pfc. Andrew R. Frantzen | Jul 30 1943 | Pacific Area * | |
| Staff Sgt. Harold E. Ahrens | Aug 05 1943 | Europe * | |
| Lt. William Dietel, Jr. | US Air Corps | Jul 28 1943 | Europe * |
| Lorenz Kirchhoff | no date given | Plane Crash * | |
| Emil Schlaudt, Jr. | US Navy | December 1942 | Killed in Action * |
| Pfc. Rubin M. Althaus | no date given | Japanese Prison Camp * | |
| Cpl Edgar Wittkohl | June 3 1944 | Italy * | |
| Pfc Elgin E. Becker | Jun 10 1944 | France * | |
| Pvt Ewald Novian | Army | Jan 15 1943 | Camp Adair, Oregon * |
| Pvt. Gladys Lee | Women's Army Corps | Apr 03 1943 | Des Moines, Iowa * |
| Burman Farris | Oct 29 1943 | Enroute to a Seabees Training Camp * | |
| Pvt Whitney D. Sellers | Apr 15 1944 | explosion at Camp Barkeley, Texas * | |
| Sgt. Wilburn Dechert | Apr 27 1944 | plane crash South Hadley, Mass * | |
| 2nd Lt. Joseph A. Jenschke | Army | Oct 23 1944 | plane crash Canfield, Arkansas * |
| Pfc. Calvin O. Sageser | Dec 15 1943 | New Britain Island * | |
| Tech. Sgt. Edgar Leonhard | Jul 1944 | Linz, Austraila * | |
| Lt. Clemens Fiedler | Apr 10 1944 | France * | |
| Ensign Winifred Berg | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| G. A. Sembritzky | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Marvin Knopp | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Rudi Kiehne | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Francis Walch | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Wm. Bierschwale | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| George Henry Grobe | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Werner J. Land | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Albert B. Moehle | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Louis Wahrmund | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Emil Schlaudt, Jr. | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Noah Riba | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Leroy Nixon | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Elmer Kneese | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Martin Bruns | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Marvin Durst | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| E. J. Hagel | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| Lawrence Schandua | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| John Wolfgang Braeutigam | US Navy | Fredericksburg paper 12/11/1941 | |
| S/Sgt Hieronymos Staudt | Army Air Force | Jan 25 1999 | Fredericksburg paper 10/27/1999 |
| Pft Harry Novian | US Army | Note 1 |
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| Allen Roeder | US Navy | 1945 | Bismark Sea |
| Aaron Roeder | US Navy | 1945 | Bismark Sea |
| Oswald Oestreich |
US Army |
Gillespie County Book 3 page 209 |
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| Joseph Oestreich |
US Army |
Gillespie County Book 3 page 51 |
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| Clifton E. Lee Holland |
US Army |
Gillespie County Book 2 page 159 |
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| Victor Franz Wehmeyer |
9th Air Force |
Gillespie County |
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| William "Bill" Wesley Massey Jr. |
US Army |
Gillespie County |
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| Rudy W. Frantzen |
See Note 2 Below |
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| Walter O. Frantzen |
Gillespie County |
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| Chester L. Frantzen |
Gillespie County |
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| Pfc Alton J. Griffin |
US Army |
Gillespie County See Note 3 Below |
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| Sgt K C Griffin |
US Army 2756 Engineers |
Gillespie County See Note 3 Below |
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| Cpl Alvin Griffin |
US Army |
Gillespie County See Note 3 Below |
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| Pfc Curtis L C Griffin |
Gillespie County See Note 3 Below |
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| Pfc Jimmie Schandua |
Gillespie County See Note 4 Below |
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| Adam A. Novian |
Gillespie County See Note 5 Below |
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| Clarence F. Novian |
Gillespie County |
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| Lawrence E. Novian |
Gillespie County |
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| Werner E. Novian |
Gillespie County |
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| Pfc. Victoriano Carabajal |
Gillespie County See Note 6 Below |
| Maxine E. Evans Medlock |
WAC |
Gillespie County See Note
7 Below |
| 2nd Lt Adela Borchers |
US Army Nurse Corp. |
Gillespie County |
| Elizabeth Cordes |
WAC |
Gillespie County |
| Emma K. Martinez |
WAC |
Gillespie County |
| Lt Joanna Shaw |
US Army Nurse Corp. |
Gillespie County |
| Margaret Houy Shaw |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Medeline Houy |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| 2nd Lt Louise Dittmer |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Lt. Theresia Fries |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| 2nd Lt Velma Olean Fry |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Lt Betty Jo McEwen |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Lt Christine Knopp |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Adela Kunz |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Lt Pauline Knopp |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Helen F. Pfeiffer |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Ethel J. Sagebiel |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Ruby Schneider |
US Army Nurse Corp |
Gillespie County |
| Lottie Molberg |
US Army Cadet |
Gillespie County |
| Vera Weinheimer |
US Army Cadet |
Gillespie County |
| Louise Kaiser |
US Army Cadet |
Gillespie County |