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Pfc. Robert V. Bohuslav
18 Oct 1922 - 3 Feb 1944
Son of Thomas Bohuslav
Killed in action in North
Africa
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
obituary
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Pfc. Rudolf Barta
12 Jan 1919 - 16 Jun 1944
Killed in Action in France
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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S/Sgt George D. Pavlicek
13 Sep 1916 - 7 Jul 1944
Killed in Action in France
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pfc. Jerry R. Vaculik
21 Oct 1922 - 23 Jul 1944
Killed in Action in France
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pvt. Josef Lev
12 Aug 1918 - 24 Jul 1944
Son of Emil J. Lev
Killed in Action on Luzon
Island
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pvt. Eddie V. Sbrusch
12 Oct 1919 - 7 Sep 1944
Son of Joe Sbrusch, Praha
Taken as POW at Luzon, Philippines, lost
on Japanese transport sunk by American torpedo
Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila,
Philippines
Praha Veterans Memorial at Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pfc. Edward J. Marek
23 Sep 1917 - 26 Sep 1944
Killed in Action on Peleliu
Island
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pfc. Adolph E. Rab
13 Jun 1910 - 27 Dec 1944
Killed in Action in Italy
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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PFC Anton Kresta, Jr.
25 Jul 1923 - 12 Feb 1945
Son of Anton, Sr. & Agnes Havel Kresta
Spent youth in Komensky Community
Enlisted March 1943, trained at Camp Wolters, Wichita Falls
Sent overseas December 1944
Killed in Action on Luzon Island, Philippines*
Praha Catholic
Cemetery
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Pfc. Erwin W. A. Schuetze
17 Dec1919 - 20 Mar 1943
Hawaii
93 Coast Arty
Son of Wm. Schuetze, Route 1, Muldoon;
attended Abbotts Grove School
Entered Army 1941; trained at Camp
Callan, CA; served in Hawaii; killed accidentally in
Hawaii
Salem Memorial Cemetery
Freyburg
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Pfc. Roy A. Ellis
17 Jun 1924 - 17 Oct 1944
337 Inf 85 Inf Div
Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak
Hill
Photograph in uniform contributed by family
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Roy Ellis was killed in action in the North Africa Area on October 17, 1944, and was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. He was the youngest son of David Ellis and Rose Tresia Grittman Ellis.
Click on certificate to read.
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S/Sgt. Emil C. Minzenmeyer
May 25, 1911 - June 15, 1944
Co E 358 Inf 90th Div
Son of C. Minzenmeyer, Flatonia; attended
Flatonia School
Entered Army 1942; trained in TX, CA, NJ;
served in France; killed in action in Normandy, France;
awarded GCM & Purple Heart
Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak
Hill
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Schulenburg Sticker
July 14, 1944
Sgt. Emil Minzenmeyer Killed In Action In France
Alfred Minzenmeyer of the Swiss Alp section received a telegram from the war department on last Friday morning, July 7, that his brother Staff Sgt. Emil C. Minzenmeyer had been killed in action in France on June 15. The telegram read: "The secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret that your brother Staff Sergeant Emil C. Minzenmeyer was killed in action on June 15 in France. Letter follows."
Emil had been in the service of his country since March 17, 1942. most of the time since being in the army he was stationed at Camp Barkeley, Texas. He was a member of the 385
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Infantry of the 90th Division. He had been in England about 3 months before taking off for the coast of Franc with the invasion troops. It is believed that he was the first man from Fayette County whose death was announced in the invasion group.
Sgt. Minzenmeyer was born May 26, 1911 at Richland in Travis County. His parents passed away at that place and he was brought to Fayette County as an infant and had lived his life in this section up until the time that he was inducted into the army.
Surviving are six sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Ida Zimmermann of Round Rock, Mrs. Anna Zimmermann of Schulenburg, Mrs.
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Minnie Ungerer of Flatonia, Mrs. Lillie Holz of Waller, Mrs. Marie Naumann of Gonzales, Mrs. Martha Bailey of Waco, Otto Minzenmeyer of Winters, Alfred Minzenmeyer of the Swiss Alp area and First Sgt. Paul J. Minzenmeyer who was at Puerto Rico for the past three and one-half years but whose whereabouts at present are unknown.
Memorial services for Sgt. Minzenmeyer will be held Sunday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the Philadelphia Lutheran church at Swiss Alp.
We join the many other people of this community in offering our sincere sympathy to the bereaved in their great loss. May God comfort them in their deep sorrow.
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F 1C Charles Martin Frierson Jr.
7 Nov 1925 - 29 Oct
1944
Son of Charles M. Frierson, Route 2,
Flatonia; graduate of Flatonia High School
Entered Navy 1944; trained in CA; served
in Pacific; killed in action on ship; awarded AP, PL
Ribbons, GCM and Purple Heart
Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak
Hill
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Jessie Lozano
13 Dec 1925 - 23 Feb 1945
Flatonia Catholic
Cemetery
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Cpl. Alton D. Lueders
26 Apr 1923 - 11 Jun
1944
Son of B. R. Lueders, Muldoon; graduate
of Flatonia High School
Entered Army 1943; trained in PA; served
in New Guinea; died in California; awarded AP Ribbon &
GCM
Pitman Cemetery,
Muldoon
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Tec 5 Alvin B. Lueders
June 4, 1921 - February 12,
1945
Tec5 8 Cav 1 Cav Div
Son of B. R. Lueders, Muldoon; husband of
Mazie Hatfield; attended Cistern School
Entered Army 1942; trained in Arkansas;
served in Admiraltys & Philipines; killed in action at
Manila; awarded GCM, Purple Heart, AP Ribbon & 2 Battle
Stars
Pitman Cemetery,
Muldoon
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Pfc. Claude Parker
16 Sep 1905 - 11 Jun 1944
Died in France
Pitman Cemetery
Muldoon
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Pfc. Willie A. Charba
5 Aug 1922 - 21 Jun 1944
22 Inf 4th Inf Div
Cistern
Catholic Cemetery
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Pfc. Louis F. Wagner
25 May 1915 - 14 Jun 1944
359 Inf 90 Inf Div
Cistern
Catholic Cemetery
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1st Lt. James Oliver Marburger
19 Aug 1922 - 6 Aug
1944
Son of Arnold Marburger, Cistern;
graduate of Breckenridge High in San Antonio
Entered AAC 1942; trained in TX, OK,
& SC; served in Europe; awarded Air Medal, Purple Heart,
5 OLC & GCM; killed in Germany
Cistern Public
Cemetery
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Staff Sgt. Meinhardt W. Helmcamp
16 Dec 1917 - 17 May 1942
23rd Bomb Squadron
Son of F. Helcamp; husband of Viola Speaker; attended SWSTC
Entered AAC 1936; trained in Texas and Hawaii; served in USA and Hawaii; awarded Aerial Gunners Medal and Purple Heart; died at Wright Field, Ohio
Cistern Public Cemetery
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