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Pvt. Earnest T. Byler9 Oct 1924 - 13 Nov 1943Son of Jessie Byler, Muldoon; attended Smithville High School Entered Army 1943; trained at Camp Robinson, Ark; served in Africa and Italy; awarded GCM, Expert Rigleman, Victory , ET Ribbons, 2 Battle Stars & Purple Heart; wounded in Italy, 1943; died in North Africa Byler Cemetery |
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GMC 3/C Porter Henderson5 Aug 1923 - 12 Nov 1944Son of George F. Henderson, Muldoon; attended Stella School Entered Navy 1942; trained in San Diegto; served in AP; awarded Purple Heart; killed in action in San Pedro Bay, Philipine Islands Byler Cemetery |
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Lt. Atlan W. Luck25 May 1920 - 3 Mar 1945Killed in Action Prairie Valley Cemetery |
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Cpl. Kleophus E. Kovar25 Sep 1919 - 14 Sep 1944741 Tank Battalion Son of John D. Kovar, Plum; graduate of La Grange High School Entered Army 1942; trained at Ft. Knox, KY, MD, CA, LA & VA; served in Europe; awarded GCM, ET Ribbon & Purple Heart; killed in action in Germany, September 14, 1944 SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Plum |
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Sgt. David A. McDow19 Jan 1922 - 29 Mar1945463 Quartermaster LDRY Company Shiloh Cemetery, Winchester |
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Pvt. Tom C. Taylor13 Jan 1921 - 15 Mar 1945Shiloh Cemetery, Winchester |
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Leslie Eugene Mohler1 Jan 1915 - 24 Feb 1945Killed in Germany at HDQR Div. Winchester Public Cemetery |
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PFC Theodore Edgar Zoch15 Mar 1918 - 12 Nov 1944358 Inf 90 Inf Div Born at Northrup, Lee County, TX Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery, Warda |
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Veterans' cemetery photos are courtesy of the Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives.
Some 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 photograph of a veteran from Fayette County
who died while serving our country, please contact Rox Ann Johnson.