Deceased WWII Veterans

Pfc. Lee Roy Best Son of Lee Roy Best, Route 3, Flatonia; attended Spring Prairie School Entered Army 1942; trained in CA, FL, WI, & IN; served in Germany; awarded Victory, ET Ribbons and GCM; killed in prison camp, 1945 in Germany UNKNOWN BURIAL PLACE
Pfc. Alfred C. E. Harbers Son of Otto G. Harbers, Plum; attended Plum & Rutersvillle Schools Entered Army 1944; trained in TX, CA, & WA; served in USA & Japan; killed in action May 30, 1945 UNKNOWN BURIAL PLACE
S/Sgt Atlan R. Hengst Son of Charles F. Hengst, La Grange; attended La Grange High School Entered Army 1943; trained at Camp Wolters, TX; served in Europe; awarded Purple Heart, Combat Inf. Badge, GCM, ET Ribbon, 3 Battle Stars and Pres. Dit.; wounded in France, 1944; died of wounds in Montagne, France, October 28, 1944 UNKNOWN BURIAL PLACE
Pfc. Peter D. Meyer Son of Willie D. Meyer, Fayetteville; husband of Leonide Myesse; attended Fayetteville High School Entered Army 1942; trained in TX, CA, & NJ; served in Europe; awarded ET Ribbon, GCM, Pres. Cit., 3 Battle Stars, Com. Inf. Badge & Purple Heart; killed in action in France, 1944 Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Frelsburg, Colorado County, Texas See related newspaper article.

Information and veterans' photos came from The Men and Women in World War II from Fayette County compiled under the direction of Judge Ed Janecka and printed by Schulenburg Printing & Office Supplies in 1995.
If you would like to contribute a newspaper article or a photograph of a veteran from Fayette County
who died while serving our country, please contact Rox Ann Johnson.

WWII Casualties from Fayette County

Pfc. Lee Roy Best

Pfc. Alfred C. E. Harbers

S/Sgt Atlan R. Hengst

Pfc. Peter D. Meyer

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