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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR NATION'S CONFLICTS
This page is dedicated to the brave men and women from Victoria County who have helped to protect our nation.
World War I Draftees
World War I Deaths
World War II Deaths
Korean War Casualties
Veterans of the War with Mexico
(If you have names that should be added to these lists, please send them to
Jack & Cynthia Buttram.)
Victoria Daily Advocate - August 23, 1918
Thirteen colored selectmen entrained from here for Camp Travis today as follows:
Twenty-seven white selectmen from this county will entrain for Camp Travis on Friday, August
30 as follows:
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.)
LEON A. ZEAR was the first Victorian to be killed in action in the war. When an American Legion post was organized in
Victoria in August 1920, members asked that the post bear his name and it remains so today. Official statistics from the US
state that there were 28,000 killed in battle and 82,000 deaths from flu.
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)
(This information is from the column by Peter Riesz in the June 20, 2010 VICTORIA ADVOCATE.
Charles GILLEY, born 30 Nov 1819, died 3 Jul 1903 (If you have know of other Victoria County residents who served in this conflict or know of
another site that lists these veterans,
Townsend BELL Enoch HOSEY John William BROWN Walter JACOBS Silvester CAVIEL Sam LEWIS Charlie CAVJEL Jesse MEAD Judge DENT Tommie TERRELL Sylvester GALE David WILLIAMS Luther GRAHAM
Victor BIANCHI James MARAGGIA Joseph BOEHM Manuel MORANDO Henry D. CALAWAY Joe J. NEISSER Louis C. DIEBEL Jesse Frank POLKA Erich August DIEK Elijha John RANDOLF Alvin Teddy DINCANS John Baptist SALA Edmund Fred DRIER Herman J. SCHERER Anton John FISHER Clarence F. SIMON Alfred GOTMAN Edwin Aldoph Henry SITTERLE Alonso HALL Victor R. STONER John Paul HEINLICH Robert Forest TALLY George JOHNSON Otto Louis TRABER Hugo Fred LASSMAN Joseph J. WOODHOUSE Joe Fred ZAK
Overton A. ABSHIER Henry INNOCENTI
John J. CATON
Charles J. BEYER Alfred KOHL
Lawrence J. FOX
Oscar R. BOOKER Edwin LEY
Jacob B. DENTLER
John R. BRANCH Thomas LAMBERTSON James W. PRIDDY
Leo Leslie BROWN John J. MIKESKA Walter I. NITSCHMANN
Willie E. BUTLER Leo E. MITCHEL Clarence Elton SMITH
Henry Russell CANFIELD William J. RAWLINS Elijah ATWOOD
Horace C. DAVIDSON Albert S. NOBLE Reed Thomas ANDERSON
Joseph H. DeVASIER Pedro VILLAREAL Henry BELL
Manuel De La GARZA David Dell WEAVER William M. HALFIN
George GLEINSER Fritz WOLF Fritz HOEBER
Maurice Lombardi GROCE Henry WURDEL Frank Joseph HOLY
Andrew Jackson HANDLY Raymond A. ALLEN Leon A. ZEAR*(see below)
An added note. . . . Pvt. THOMAS C. SNEIGR held an enviable position: He was the first Victoria soldier discharged from the Army,
at the end of November.
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 (see below) 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
Quirino LEAL
Toney Wade BENNETT
Clarence BUXKEMPER
Frank Joseph GANEM
Alfred GONZALES
Ralph Robert KOLLE
Adolph Louis KRUPPA
Ramiro PENA
Donald Thomas THIGPEN
Vinner E. BLACKLY Larry C. LOPEZ Arturo CANTU Marvin B. PRIDDY Manuel CASILLAS Adelaido SOLIS Louis DAVIS Gerald Keith TIBBIT Rudolph Valentino GONZALES Agustin TREVINO Jr. Richard L. GOODMAN Jr. Pedro Garcia VILLEREAL Carl L. HILL Charles L. WILSON Leonicio LEAL (d. 17/6/1953-contributed by Robt. Hankins).
If you have know of other Victoria County residents who died in this conflict or know of
another site that lists these veterans,
please email
Jack & Cynthia Buttram so that we may add them to this list.)
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, Texas. His pension number is 7217.
Contact is great-great niece
Doris Sanders.
please email
Jack & Cynthia Buttram so that we may add them to this list.)
