World War II Deaths
The lists for the Victoria County men who gave their lives for both the World Wars were found in Roy Grimes publication, Three Hundred Years in Victoria County. (From the Victoria Crossroads of South Texas Quarterly, Volume XVI, No. 2, 1995, published by Victoria County Genealogical Society.)Army
George B. BAASS | Arthur HILLIARD | Ricardo PULIDO |
Wesley T. BALLARD | Adolph C. HOHMAN | Mercy RENDON Jr. |
Benito C. BARRERA | Wayne V. KENNEDY | Walter REYNA |
Homer B. BENNETT | George W. KING Jr. | Wm. D. RICHARDSON |
Leon W. BILLSTEIN | William L. KNOWLES Jr. | Clemente RIVERA |
Eugene CALHOUN | Wm. T. KORNFUEHRER | Celestino RODRIGUEZ |
Reginald T. CLEWS | Stephen J. KRUPPA | Vidal RODRIGUEZ Jr. |
Alton W. DAVIS | Henry C. LASSMANN | Albert S. SALAZAR |
Trenidad DeLEON | Robert M. LASSMANN | Benito SANCHEZ |
Oscar Elmer DIEDERING* | Alois V. LESIKAR | Federico SANCHEZ |
Prosper F. DISCHINGER | Edward C. LOOS | Nelson SCHMIDT |
Julius FAJKUS | Ernesto LUJAN | Erle H. SCHNEIDER Jr. |
Joseph E. FISHER Jr. | Jim R. MCCUTCHEON | Vernon H. SEEKAMP |
Sostens R. FLORES | Charles F. MALITZ Jr. | Ray M. SIMPSON |
Abram M. GARCIA | Peter MARINOS | Robert S. SORENSON |
Basilio GARCIA | Lee E. MEYER | Joe SOTO |
Henry 0. GARCIA | Thomas 0.MOORE | Carlton F. TAYLOR Jr. |
Lucio M. GARCIA | Leopold W. F. MUELLER | Samuel E. THOMAS |
Almack GARRETT | Paul J. MUNSCH | Pedro B. TIJERINA |
Rafael G. GARZA | Oliver D. NICHOLS | F. S. TREVINO Jr. |
Alvin C. GILLIG | Rufus NOBLES | Antonio VASQUEZ |
Guillermo GOMEZ | Lupe PACHECO | Conrad E. VOGT |
Alvin GONZALES | Donald W. PATTERSON | Douglas W. WELCH |
Elmer C. HERRING | Eliseo PEREZ | William H. WHITE |
Walker H. HIATT | Freddie PHILLIPS | Clemence W. WIELAND |
Arthur C. HILLER | William F. POZZI | Ray W. ZAPALAC |
OSCAR E. DIEDERING served as copilot of the B-17 bomber named "Royal Flush". This plane was competing with the more famous "Memphis Belle" as to which would be the first bomber plane to complete 25 missions. Just short of the required 25 missions, his plane was shot down and he became a POW in the Stalag Luft 3 made famous by the film, "The Great Escape". He and others were liberated by General Patton's army in 1945. He died in a plane crash in 1946 following the war. (submitted by Burnie Cowan)
U.S. MARINE CORPS
Clyde Edward CROUCHQuirino LEAL
Navy
Milton Leonard BECKToney Wade BENNETT
Clarence BUXKEMPER
Frank Joseph GANEM
Alfred GONZALES
Ralph Robert KOLLE
Adolph Louis KRUPPA
Ramiro PENA
Donald Thomas THIGPEN