In observance of this year's Remembrance Day, I am working on the
serious of posts dedicated to the men and women of Gillespie County who
perished during their WW2 service.
As many men, as many stories.
Burman L Faris
The son of John Leroy Farris and Minerva Elvira Bierschwale was born on 9 January 1904 in Llano County, Texas. Two years later, the family moved to Harris. Since WW2 started, Burman worked in San Antonio at the Army Camp. The man enlisted in the US Navy Seabees on 27 October 1943 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Burman Lee Faris died suddenly of a heart attack when on the train, en route to the Navy training camp in Virginia. It happened on 29 October 1943 (1). He was buried on 2 Nov. 1944, with the American Legion, Louis Jordan Post present during the ceremony.
Private Whitney Burton Sellers
was born on 26 February 1922 in Harper, Gillespie, TX. He was the fourth child and the second son of parents were Arthur Ward Sellers and Stella Lee Sageser (2). Eight years later, the family lived in Precinct #6 of Gillespie County. Whitney's father was a water weller (3). Whitney B received his education in the schools of Harper.
In 1938 the Sellers moved to Fredericksburg where Whitney completed the local High School from which he graduated in 1938. Afterward, the young man continued his studies at a business college in San Antonio. In 1940, Whitney B was registered with his parents and a brother during the census. They lived in Fredericksburg, Justice Precinct #1, Gillespie County (4).
In 1942, Whitney B Sellers attained a college diploma. A few months later, on 30 October 1942, he was inducted into the Army service. Private Sellers was transferred for the training from fort Sam Houston to Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
On 22 January 1944, private W B Sellers married Miss Joe Lee Felps. She was the daughter of Andrew Nathan Felps and Frieda Heckel (5).
Whitney perished while training mission on 15 April 1944, when his
unit was setting and retrieving live land mines. One of the mines
exploded accidentally -
the shrapnel killed Private Sellers who happened to be in the blast
range. His body was buried with military honors at the cemetery in
Fredericksburg (6).
Awarded: World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
Sergeant Wilburn Harry Dechert
Wilburn was born on 25 July 1923 in Fredericksburg, TX to Mr. Harry Dechert and Miss Ethel Patton (7). The boy completed 8 grades at the local school. Later he worked as a truck driver with the Cosden Oil Company.
On 30 August 1942, he married Miss Lillie Edna Gerloff (8). Five months later, on 26 January 1943, Harry joined the Army in Fort Sam Houston. The military record states that before the enlistment in the First Air Force, he had worked as a sales clerk (9).
Wilburn H. Dechert got the training at Keesler Field, Mississippi, Tyndall Field Florida, and Westover Massachusetts. Sgt. Dechert, a flight engineer of a 4-motor bomber was killed in a combat training mission on 27 April 1944. His plane crashed into Mount Holyoke, near South Hadley, Massachusetts. Wilburn Harry was 21 years old. He left behind his wife Lillie, a baby son (Clyde Ray born on 16 February 1944), and other relatives including his parents, a sister, and a grandmother (10).
Awarded: World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, and Army Good Conduct Medal
Second Lt. Joseph A Jenschke
Joseph Adolph Jenschke was born on 12 July 1922 in Luckenbach, Texas. His parents were Felix Jenschke and Ella Nebgen (11). The boy completed his eductation in the Luckenbach and Stonewall community schools and later studied at Fredericksburg High School which he graduated from in 1940. Later, Joseph assisted his parents in working on the family farm.
Joseph A Jenschke was inducted into the Air Corps in San Antonio on 21 October 1942 (12). He trained to become a mechanic in Mississippi, Sheppard Field in Texas, and in Oklahoma. On 2 September 1944, he received his Gunner's Wings (at Laredo Army Air Field) and Bombardier's Wings (at the Big Springs Army Air Base). At the latter post, Joseph was also commissioned a Second Lieutenant.
After that, Joseph Adolph spent his 4-day-furlough with his family and friends. Subsequently, the soldier started the service training at the Barksdale Field in Louisiana.
Second Lt. Joseph A Jenschke was killed during a combat training mission on 23 October 1944. His B-26, two-motor bomber crashed near Canfield, Arkansas. Joseph was 22 years old.
The funeral services assisted by the members of Louis Jordan Post, American Legion took place at Saint Mary's Catholic Church and the church cemetery on 27 October 1944 (13).
Awarded: World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, and Army Good Conduct Medal
Private First Class Calvin Ode Sageser
was born born on 12 April 1912 in Harper, Gillespie, TX to the family of Fritz Sageser and Hilda Emma Kneese (14). Calvin was known as "Pecos Kid", and was a top rodeo performer. Mr. Sageser enlisted in the service in Sam Fort Houston, San Antonio on 26 May 1942 (15). He was sent from Texas to California where he trained at Fort Stoneman. On 28 July Calvin O Sageser was transferred overseas. At first, he stationed on New California Island, next was sent to Australia, and then, with the 112th Cavalry Unit, to the Philippines. Private 1st Class C O Sageser was killed in action on 15 December 1943 during the invasion of New Britain Island (16, 17). He was awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.
Calvin's name is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery. The Memorial Certificate dedicated to Pfc Sageser is here.
Technical Sergeant Edgar Paul Leonhard
The son of Rev. Paul Leonhard and his wife Kathe of Albert was born on 4 December 1919 in Strassburg, Germany. When the boy was about 3, he came with his parents to Albert, TX. Edgar attended a school in Stonewall and graduated from Fredericksburg High School in 1938. Afterward, he studied at Lutheran College in Seguin for a year.
Egdar P Leonhard enlisted in the Army in Tyler, Texas, on 26 January 1943. The enlistment record reads that Edgar had worked as "semiskilled welder/flame cutter" (18).
The soldier was sent for training to Scott Field, Illinois, and Kingman Army Air Field in Arizona. In 1943, Edgar married Miss Betty Susan Burkhalter.
Technical Sergeant Edgar Paul Leonhard was a radio operator and a gunman on a B-17 bomber. He was transferred to North Africa in March 1944 and later to Italy. The man was awarded the Air Medal with Silver Oak Cluster and the Purple Heart for his many missions and bravery. Edgar was killed in combat on 25 July 1944 when his plane was over Linz, Austria. He was 24 years, 7 months, and 21 days old (19, 20).
Awarded: Air Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
First Lt. Clemens A Fiedler
was born on 18 December 1919. His mother was Ella Fiedler. In 1930, Clemens was registered during the census. He lived then in Fredericksburg with his grandparents, Bernhard and Margaret Fiedler (21).
First Lt. Clemens Fiedler was a Mustang fighter pilot awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (see the photo above), presented by Brigadier-General Jessee W Auton, during the ceremony held at an Eight AAF Fighter Station. Besides that, he had received the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters (22).
Clemens was killed in combat during a mission over France on 10 April 1944. He had dropped the bombs over the mission target and then was coming back to his base. Lt. Fiedler managed to radio the information that he had been hit and was forced to bail out as his plane was not working/badly damaged (23).
First Lt. Clifford B Hahn
Clifford Bode was born on 16 May 1916 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX to Mr. Willie Richard Hahn and Miss Milda Emelia Bode (24).
Clifford enlisted in the military service as an Aviation Cadet on 14 June 1941 in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He had completed 3 years of college - was a graduate of San Antonio University - and worked in bookkeeping/as a cashier with State Highway Department (25).
First Lt. Clifford B Hahn was a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot. The man stationed with 8th AAF in England. He completed 37 missions to Continental Europe including the ones in which he was a flight leader in the fighting group of Colonel James J Stone Jr. Clifford's group destroyed 16 enemy planes on 30 July 1943. First Lt. Hahn destroyed an ME 109 on 3 November 1943. The pilot was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Clifford Bode Hahn was killed in action during a mission over France on 24 January 1944. He was 27 years old (26, 27).
Awarded: Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
Private First Class Wilburn Durst
Wilburn Elwood Durst came to this world in Fredericksburg, TX on 26 February 1918 in the family of Mr. Ben F Durst and Miss Laura Langehennig (28). In 1930, the family was registered in Precinct #4, Gillespie, TX, during the Census. Mr. Ben Durst, the father, was a farmer (29).
Wilburn was a graduate of Fredericksburg High School (1934). On 1 January 1940, he married Miss Bertha Kott (30).
Four years later Wilburn volunteered and joined the US Army on 6 March 1944, in Fort Sam Houston, TX (31). Before the enlistment, the man had worked at the San Antonio Transit Company as a bus driver in the Alamo City.
From Fort Sam Houston Private Durst was sent for training to Camp Blanding in Florida. In July, he visited his family in Fredericksburg, and later, in August, Wilburn was transferred to France, and then to Germany.
Pfc. Wilburn Elwood Durst was killed in combat action in Belgium on 18 January 1945. He was 26 years old (32).
Awarded: Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
Private First Class Curtis L C Griffin
Curtis Lee Calvin Griffin, the son of John E Griffin and Frances Elvira Alexander was born at Morris Ranch, Gillespie, TX on 23 January 1913 (33). Curtis' father had a cattle ranch. Little Curtis was a pupil of the school at Morris Ranch and at Young's Chapel. In 1920, the boy, his parents, and his eight siblings lived in Justice Precinct #2, Gillespie County (34). Young Curtis completed his high school education at Thomas Jefferson High School in Santa Anna, California, where the Griffin family lived for some time.
Curtis was inducted in the Army in November 1942. He completed the training at Camp Haan in California. The soldier was sent then with the Coast Artillery Corps, 2nd Armored Division to England. Pfc Curtis LC Griffin experienced the battlefields in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He participated in the D-Day invasion. Curtis perished in action during the fights in Belgium on 4 February 1945. The man was 32 years old.
Pfc. Curtis Lee Calvin Griffin found his eternal resting place at the Morris Ranch Cemetery (35, 36).
Awarded: Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
Private Ernst Knoll
The son of Ernst Knoll Sr. and Emma Fischer was born on 6 April 1925 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX (37). Jr.'s father died when Ernst was 7 (38). In 1940, the boy lived with his stepfather Willie R Schumann, mother, and siblings in Justice Precinct #7, Gillespie, TX. Ernst and his brothers helped to run the family farm (39).
E Knoll enlisted in the Army in Fort Sam Houston on 13 July 1944 (40).
He received his training (which lasted 17 weeks) in Camp Joseph T Robinson, Arkansas. After that, he came back home for a visit during his 15-day-long furlough. Later, Private Knoll was sent to Fort Meade in Maryland, and finally, with Company E, 30 Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division, to France.
The man was fatally wounded in combat on 5 February 1945, he passed a day later. Ernst Knoll was 19 years old. On 20 April he would have celebrated his 20th birthday (41).
Awarded: Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal
GLORY TO THE FALLEN HEROES
To Be Continued
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Other parts of my Remembrance Day project:
Honor Roll Call - Part 1
Honor Roll Call - Part 3
Honor Roll Call - Part 4
Resources:
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Veterans of Gillespie County Photo Album
HonorStates.org
