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2nd Lt. Alfred R. Ehlers, Jr.
10 Aug 1923 - 22 Feb 1945
68th Tank Btn, 6th Armored
Div.
Son of Alfred & Exa Ehlers; attended
La Grange High School & Texas A&M
Entered Army 1944; trained at Officer
Candidate School, KY; served in France; killed in action at
Fischback, Germany; awarded Purple Heart
La Grange City
Cemetery
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Pvt. Joseph P. Trlicek
29 May 1919 - 25
May1942
Son of J. F. Trlicek, La
Grange
Entered Army 1941; trained in TX, KY,
& LA; served in Philipines; killed in action on Luzon;
died at Camp O'Donnell, Phillipine Islands
La Grange City
Cemetery
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Capt. Alfred Walter Fischer
Dec 20, 1918 - Oct 7,
1944
Son of August Fischer; attended La Grange
High School
Entered Air Force 1942; served in
England; killed in action; awarded Distinguished Flying
Cross; Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple
Heart
Memorial at La Grange City
Cemetery
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PFC Alfred F. Oppermann
9 Feb 1911 - 12 Sep 1944
La Grange City
Cemetery
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Phlete August Hoch
24 Feb 1917 - 21 Feb 1944
PHM 2C US Navy
La Grange City
Cemetery
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2nd Lt. Otto T. Willrich
12 Jan 1923 -17 Aug 1944
35th Infantry Division, 3rd Army
Son of Otto T. and Anna Willrich, La Grange
Killed in Action in France
Buried at La Grange City Cemetery
Obituary
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Sgt. Loris L. Thompson
369 Infantry
4 Nov 1921 - 18 Jul 1945
La Grange Black City
Cemetery
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Sgt. Edgar H. Mueller
8 Aug 1918 - 27 Nov
1943
Nephew of Fritz Mueller, Route 2, La
Grange; attended Halsted School
Entered Army 1941; trained in CA &
MS; served in North Africa; killed on a troop transport sunk
in the European Theater of War
Memorial at Rutersville
Cemetery
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Pvt. Johnnie C. Oeltjendiers
27 Dec 1922 - 11 Apr 1945
305 Inf 77 Inf Div
Son of August Oeltjendiers, La
Grange
Entered Army 1944; trained in Arkansa;
served in AP; killed in action in Zamomi Shima; awarded 3
Battle Stars & Purple Heart
Trinity Hill Lutheran
Cemetery
Article on reinterment rites
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WWII Casualties from Fayette County
