WWI Casualties from Fayette County
Pvt. Joseph Krenek's funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church at Live Oak near Ellinger, 1921Joe became ill and died soon after he arrived in France during WWI and was buried overseas. Like many others, he was reinterred after the war. His fiance attended the funeral in her wedding dress. Photo contributed by Gail Heffley. |
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The young men of Fayette County who entered the military during WWI had as much to fear from the great influenza epidemic and other illness as from the foreign enemy. Looking at the more than forty young men below who died in service to our country, well over half died from illnesses contracted in crowded training camps and transport ships. Many died without ever leaving Texas. If you would like to contribute a photograph or imformation about a veteran from Fayette County who died while serving our country, please contact Rox Ann Johnson. |
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Robert F. Adams |
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| Private First Class, U.S. Army 360th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Texas Killed in action: October 14, 1918 Buried at: Plot C Row 22 Grave 24 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France |
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J.H. Behrens |
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| 5 Mar 1836 - 20 Mar 1918
Died of illness Trinity Hill Cemetery |
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Edward Berger |
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2 Nov 1892 - 25 Jan 1918
Died of illness St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John |
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December 20, 1889 - February 13, 1919 Co D 47th Infantry Died in France Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak Hill |
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Anton F. Brdecko |
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3 Apr 1889 - 18 Dec 1918 Born at Kobyli in Moravia Died at Camp Travis Psencik Cemetery, Cistern |
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Pfc. William Doms |
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June 9, 1891 - September 18, 1918 Killed in action in France Buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
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Ludvik Dornak |
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October 28, 1893 - October 5, 1918 Private, U.S. Army Buried at: Plot H Row 07 Grave 11 Photos from Jaime Teas |
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Hugo J. Ehlers |
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13 Aug 1893 - 10 Oct 1918
Medical Corps, 143d Regular 36th Division Killed in action at St. Etienne, France Son of Hugo and Agatha Ehlers La Grange City Cemetery See Footprints of Fayette article, "Sorrow - Soldier is Lost" |
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Vladimal F. (Lad) Faktor |
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1896 - 1918
Died of illness Praha Catholic Cemetery |
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December 23, 1896 - October 15, 1918 Died in influenza epidemic at Mare Island, California Naval Training Station Pagel Cemetery |
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Edward C. Goette |
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| Private, U.S. Army 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division Died of illness: November 26, 1918 Buried at: Plot A Row 10 Grave 25 Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France |
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Walter Graf |
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| 25 Feb 1890 - 18 May 1919 Died of illness Florida Chapel Cemetery |
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Joseph Jecmenek |
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| Son of Pavel and Veronika Jecmenek; Husband of Ida Elizabeth (Bessie) Juren burial place unknown |
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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. |
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Charles Maximillian Juren II |
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| 21 Nov 1896 - 23 Nov 1917
Volunteered for the U. S. Army Signal Corps, died when he was thrown from an army truck in San Antonio during basic training Son of Rev. Jindrich and Frances Schiller Juren, born at Fayetteville, TX Fayetteville Brethren Cemetery |
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Emil Kiesling |
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Died January 1918 at Camp Travis Son of John Kiesling burial place unknown |
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Richard Knezek |
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8 Dec 1889 - 18 Oct 1918
Died of illness Praha Catholic Cemetery |
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Pvt. Joseph John Krenek |
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1 Sep 1894 - 25 Jun 1918 Co B 56th Engineers Born at Ellinger, son of Joe M. and Marie Simek Krenek His family worked for a year to purchase this large marker in the Ellinger Catholic Cemetery* |
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C.M. Larsen |
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| 20 May 1888 - 18 Jan 1918
Died of illness Pittmann Cemetery, Muldoon |
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Louis Machac |
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| Private, U.S. Army 304th Field Remount Squadron Died of illness: September 28, 1918 Buried at: Plot C Row 17 Grave 10 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France |
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Eugene Maeckel |
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| 1895 - 1917
Died of illness Post Oak Cemetery |
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Elton Manske |
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| 8/23/1898 - 10/10/1918
Died of illness Waldeck Cemetery |
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Robert Manthey |
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| 8/21/1891 - 11/9/1918
Died of illness Pittmann Cemetery, Muldoon |
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Frank J. McClellan, Jr. |
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5 Jun 1893 - 22 Nov 1918
Died of bronchial pneumonia at St. Nazaire, France Ledbetter Cemetery |
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29 Feb 1896 - 19 Oct 1918 Son of Gustav Hermann & Katherine (Riefkohl) Mehner Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak Hill Photos contributed by Cheryl Cook Singleton |
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Son of John Michael Died in December 1917 at Camp Bowie Exact burial place in Mecklenburg area unknown |
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March 17, 1895 - October 12, 1918 Co ? 114th Infantry Killed in action at Battle of Argonne Meuse Forest Buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
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Benno Michalski |
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June 16, 1896 - September 29, 1918 Died of illness at Camp Dix Psencik Cemetery, Cistern |
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Ferdinand J. Mendel |
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August 2, 1892 - January 21, 1918 St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John |
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Henry Niemeyer |
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3 Jun 1894 - 22 Sep 1918
Died of illness at Brest, France Trinity Hill Lutheran Cemetery |
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Fritz Oeltjen |
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| 20 Oct 1894 - 13 Oct 1918
Died of illness Prairie Valley Cemetery |
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Heinrich H. C. Onken, Jr. |
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| 13 Jun 1895 - 29 Sep 1918 Died in car accident near Rutersville while on furlough Rutersville Cemetery |
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Stephen J. Piwetz |
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26 Dec 1895 - 9 Dec 1917
Son of J. F. and Agnes Piwetz Died at Camp Bowie, Ft. Worth, Texas of illness Fayetteville Catholic Cemetery |
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Pvt. Louis O. Quade |
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4 Apr 1894 - 16 Oct 1918
Killed in action Richter Hill Cemetery |
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Joseph A. Rabel |
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7 Feb 1888 - 25 Sep 1918
Born in Fayette Co, TX Died of illness in France St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery |
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Louis P. Ruhmann |
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23 Sep 1886 - 19 Oct 1918
Died of illness La Grange City Cemetery |
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Henry Ignac John (Jinrich) Samohyl |
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Apprentice Seaman, U. S. Navy Born 30 Aug 1894 near Fayetteville, the son of Frank Somohyl Died 9 Jun 1917 in U. S. Naval Hospital at Great Lakes, Illinois of pleurisy, suppurative SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Plum |
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Joe Sassin |
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| Died 16 Oct 1918 of illness
Dubina Catholic Cemetery |
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Herbert H. F. Schroeder |
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September 17, 1894 - October 12, 1918
Son of Dick Schroeder Killed in action in France Prairie Valley Lutheran Cemetery |
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J. Henry Schroeder |
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July 8, 1894 - October 13, 1918
Died in France Prairie Valley Lutheran Cemetery |
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Gustav H. Schulze |
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| Private, U.S. Army 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Killed in action: July 19, 1918 Buried at: Plot D Row 37 Grave 18 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France |
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Konrad Frank Sevcik |
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February 19, 1897 - January 23, 1918 Seaman, 2nd Class, US Navy Died of septicemia on the steamship Espagne Son of Mary Rainosek Hostyn Catholic Cemetery |
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July 22, 1895 - October 22, 1918 Electrician, 1st class, USNavy Died of influenza in US Army Hospital Son of Charles Tauch Flatonia City Cemetery - Oak Hill |
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Felix Wagner |
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6 May 1891 - 12 Oct 1918 Killed in Action at St. Etienne, France Co. 1 143 Inf 36 Div. Carmine City Cemetery |
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14 Oct 1896 - 14 Oct 1918 Died of influenza at Camp Travis St. John Catholic Cemetery, St. John |
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Henry Winter |
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| Private, U.S. Army 20th Machine Gun Battalion, 7th Division Son of Mrs. Henrietta Winter Died: November 1, 1918 from pneumonia Buried at: Plot C Row 26 Grave 10 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France |
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Additionally, Frank W. Freeman, a member of Company K, 360th Infantry, 90th Division who was born in Schulenburg but who grew up in Glidden in Colorado County, died in France in World War I and was reinterred in the Catholic Cemetery at Schulenburg.
Acknowledgements
Most veterans' cemetery photos are courtesy of the Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives.
Data on soldiers buried in France came from the American Battle Monuments Commission website.
Some information comes from Ancestry.com U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
* Additional Joseph John Krenek information from Texas Veterans of Czech Ancestry, published by Eakins Publishing Co, 1999, for the Czech Heritage Society of Texas.
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.
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