World War II FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS

Casualties

This list of servicemen who lost their lives while serving our country in World War II has been compiled with help from Fayette County Judge Ed Janecka and the staff of the Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives. In most cases, there are links to their photographs, personal information, cemetery data and photos of grave markers. Obituaries are added when they are located.

Surname	First Name	Military Branch
Austin	Gilbert J.
Barta	Adolph L.	Army
Barta	Rudolph L.	Army
Baumgarten	Thomas E.	Navy
Berger	Victor J.	Army
Best	Lee Roy	Army
Bogdanski	Adam. R.	Air Force
Bohuslav	Robert V.	Army
Brune	Adolph C.
Burleson	John E.	Air Force
Burns	James E.	Army
Byler	Earnest T.	Army
Carroll	Hugh	Army
Charba	Willie A.	Army
Chovanec	Henry L.	Air Force
Chudej	Marvin	Army
Cordes	Erwin J.	Army
Cowan	Granville William	Navy
Dittrich	Rudolph Reinhart	Army
Ehlers	Alfred R., Jr.	Army
Ellis	Roy A.	Army
Engelman	Carl William	Navy
Fischer	Alfred W.	Army
Frierson	Charles M., Jr.	Navy
Giesber	Henry George	Army
Granville	Chester W.	Air Force
Guerain	Victor E.	Air Force
Gully	Daniel J.	Navy
Hanisch	Alton Wenzel	Navy
Harbers	Alfred C. E.	Army
Heinrich	Herman J.	Marines
Helmcamp	Meinhardt W.	Air Force
Henderson	Porter	Navy
Hengst	Atlan R.	Army
Hertel	Melvin E.	Air Force
Herzik	Frank W.	Army
Herzik	Lawrence L.	Army
Hoch	Pflete August	Navy
Hubenak	Alfred J.	Navy
Huepers	George R.	Army
Janacek	Method Cyril	Navy
Kainer	Herbert L.	Army
Kalich	Nolan F.	Army
Kasmiersky	Joe Adolph	Air Force
Knesek	Emil E., Jr.	Army
Knezek	Carlton E.	Army
Knight	Jimmie S.	Army
Knippel	Jerry J.	Army
Kocurek	Ludwik F.	Army
Kovar	Kleophus E.	Army
Krenek	Leroy J.	Army
Kresta	Anton, Jr.	Army
Kubena	Rudolph J. (Rudy)	Army
Lev	Joseph	Army
Lozano	Jessie M.	Marines
Luck	Atlan W.
Lueders	Alton D.	Army
Lueders	Alvin B.	Army
Malcik	Albert B.	Army
Marburger	James O.	Army
Marek	Edward J.	Army
Mazoch	Ivan E.	Army
McDow	David A.	Army
McDuffie	Mason Lee	Army
Meyer	Peter D.	Army

Minzenmeyer	Emil C.	Army
Mladenka	Emil, Jr.	Army
Mohler	Leslie Eugene
Mueller	Edgar H.	Army
Mueller	Edgar H.	Army
Muras	John V.	Army
Nagel	Roy
Novosad	Ludwig J.	Army
Oeltjendiers	Johnie C.	Army
Olsovsky	Anton J.	Army
Oppermann	Alfred F.
Orsak	Alfonse J.	Army
Osina	Ladik John	Army
Page	Willie Lee	Army
Parker	William Claude	Army
Pavlicek	George D.	Army
Pavlik	Leroy J.	Army
Psencik	Oliver Frank	Army
Quitta	Ernest J.	Army
Rab	Adolph E.	Army
Rainosek	Edward, Sr.	Air Force
Rainosek	Ivan A.	Army
Sbrusch	Eddie V.	Air Force
Scherpik	William R.	Navy
Schlabach	Benjamin Charles F.	Navy
Schmidt	Edgar Louis	Navy
Schramm	Andrew C.	Army
Schuetze	Erwin W. A.	Army
Schulz	Louis E.	Army
Segura	John G.
Siebel	Nathan Vernon Lonnie	Navy
Taylor	Tom C.	Army
Tengler	Erwin E.	Army
Thompson	Loris L.	Army
Trlicek	Joseph P.	Army
Vaculik	Jerry R.	Army
Valicek	Eddie E.	Army
Vasek	Julius P.	Army
Vecera	Edwin Paul	Army
Wagner	Louis F,	Army
Weber	Rawlin F.	Army
Weidemann	Eddie P.	Army
Wendler	William	Air Force
Werchan	Bennie Oliver	Army
Wieder	Raymond L.	Army
Willrich	Otto T.	Army
Wolff	Melvin P.	Army
Zoch	Theodore Edgar	Army

The Men and Women in World War II from Fayette County includes information and photographs about most Fayette County veterans of WWII. This paperback book was compiled under the direction of Fayette County Judge Ed Janecka and printed in 1995 by Schulenburg Printing and Office Supplies. The Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives has a copy.

Data on servicemen buried overseas or listed as missing can be found at the American Battle Monuments Commission web site.

Related Links

Daniel J. Gully, Buried at Sea

Seven [Hajovsky] Brothers in World War II

The Machac Brothers—Six Brothers Serve in WWII

Fayette County, Texas Military & Pension Records

Schulenburg Attacked!

The Collection of Scrap Iron During WW II

 

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