Dedicated Monday, November 11,
1996
Located at the southeast corner of the Clinton
County Courthouse Square.......Carlyle,
Illinois
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Carlyle, Illinois
World War I
David M.
Johnston
David Marshall Johnston, 21, was
the first Carlyle young man to give up his life in
battle in France. He died August 23,
1918.
Johnston was born in Carlyle July 23,
1887, the son of Everett and Josie Johnston, who
survive along with a sister. He was educated
in the Carlyle school system, graduating in a
class of 25.
A memorial service was held at the
Carlyle Presbyterian Church. |
William E.
Krausz
Private William E. Krausz, of
New Menphis, was killed in action September 10,
1918 while serving in France, with the 154th
Infantry, U.S.-.Army.
William was the son of
Philip P. and Elizabeth Krausz (nee Baehr).
Burial was in the New Menphis Lutheran
Cemetery. |
John
Tonnies
Pvt. John B. Toennies, was
serving in the U. S. Army, 2nd Company, lst
Training Battalion, 159 DB, at Camp Taylor,
Kentucky. He died on October 13, 1918 at
Camp Taylor. Toennies was born August 20,
1892 in Damiansville, Illinois. Burial was
in the Damiansville Cemetery |
Herman A.
Fruend
Herman Arthur Fruend of Ferrin, died
in France on October 14, 1918 while serving in
Company G, 125th Infantry, 32nd Division of the
U.S. Army.
He was born in Ferrin, Illinois in
1895. Burial was in the family plot of
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery located in Ferrin,
IL. |
William H.
Kahrhoff
Private First Class William H.
Kahrhoff, died November 14, 1918, of wounds
received at the Battle of the Sedan,
France. Burial in St. Anthony's
Catholic Cemetery in Beckemeyer,
IL. |
Gus
Ethridge
Gus Ethridge, one time
resident of Carlyle and known to a number of our
citizens here, died at Ft. Douglas, Utah,
August 17, 1917.
His body was shipped to
Keyesport and burial took place there. He
was a son of Mrs. Frank Potts of Keyesport. Young
Ethridge enlisted in the regular army several
weeks ago and was stationed at Fort
Douglas. |
| Clemens
Poelker |
John Gilmartin
John
Gilmartin was a member of the Officers Training
School at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. He died on
October 18, 1918 after a short illness of
pneumonia. He was born in Trenton on August,
7, 1895 and reached the age of 23 years, 2 months
and 3 days at the tirie of death.
John was the
son of Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Gilmartin.
Besides his parents, he is survived by three
sisters and four brothers. Burial was in
Mt. Carmel Cemetery in East St. Louis,
Illinois. |
| Harold V.
Goddard |
| George
Winkler |
Gustav C.
Holthaus
Pvt. Gustav C. Holthaus,
U.S. Army, Company L, 102 Infantry Regiment,
died July 23, 1918, from wounds
received in France, on or near July 15,
1918. Burial in St. Anthony's Cemetery
located in Beckemeyer. Pvt. Holthaus
resided near Beckemeyer, Illinois, in Wade
Township. |
Urban Mondt
Urban
J. Mondt, a former resident of Carlyle, but who,
before entering the service made his home with his
mother at Aviston, has been reported as killed in
action in France. He was inducted into the
service by the local board May 28, 1918, and sent
to Camp Gordon. His mother Mrs. Ella
Mondt-., is the efficient chief operator for the
telephone company at Aviston. The young man
was born on a farm south of Aviston on October 19,
1895, therefore he would have been 23 years
old the past week. |
Joseph
Boeckmann
Pvt. Joseph Boeckmann
serving in Company "H", 345th Infantry, U.S. Army
went into the Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Ark. on
January 20, 1918, with a diagnosis of Broncho
Pneumonia, developing complications of Diptheria;
January 23, 1918, and dying at 3 P.M. January 27,
1918. The immediate cause of death was
Diptheria.
Joseph was born on February 15,
1894, the son of Frank "Franz" Boeckmann and Anna
Maria Boeckmann, -(nee Strothmann) of
Bartelso. He was drafted into the U.S. Army
in September 1917, and reported for duty at Camp
Taylor, Kentucky, where he was assigned to Company
"L", 26th Infantry. He was transferred to
Camp Pike, Ark. arrving on November 17, 1917.
A
brother, Frank, drowned in the Kaskaskia River 5
months after the death of Joseph. |
Robert H.
Barkley
Robert Hoffman Barkley was killed
at Merced, California, December 3, 1918, when his
airplane fell approximately 500 feet. He was
making his final flight as a student and was to
have been commissioned as an aviator the following
day.
Barkley was born in Carlyle August 28,
1895, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Barkley who
survive along with two sisters and two
brothers.
He was educated in Carlyle public
schools and graduated from Carlyle high school in
1914. He enlisted in the aviation section
during December, 1917, and it was while completing
his training at the flying school at Madier Field
in Sacramento that Cadet Barkley encountered the
fatal fall.
His body was taken to the home of
his parents and services were held December 12,
1918. |
James H.
Kleber
Corporal James H. Kleber, 27, of
East St. Louis, was laid to rest in the Carlyle
Cemetery October 25, 1918. He died at
Ft. Bliss, TX, of pneumonia following an
attack of Spanish influenza.
Kleber was a son
of Mr. and Ws. John Kleber Sr. and was born
in Carlyle October 10, 1981. He was inducted
into the military service May 20, 1918, and was
assigned to Troop B, 314 Cavalry, as troop clerk
and sent to Ft. Bliss.
His father, John
Kleber Sr. of E. St. Louis, and brother, J. W.
Kleber of Carlyle, traveled to Ft. Bliss and
arrived shortly before his death. |
Ben Ahlf
Pvt. Ben
Ahlf of Shattuc, Illinois, was killed in action,
in France on October 13, 1918. He was
serving in Company I, 125th Infantry,
A.E.F.
Ben was born November 21, 1894, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Ahlf of Shattuc,
IL. |
Calvin J.
Lee
Pvt. Calvin J. Lee of Trenton,
serving in Company B, 333rd Illinois Infantry,
died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, on January 9, 1918,
a victim of measles and pneumonia.
He was the
oldest son of William H. and Elizabeth Lee, was
born on a farm north of Trenton, on February 25,
1893. Besides his parents he is survived bv
one Brother and three sisters. Burial was in
Trenton Cemetery. |
| Bernard A.
Korte |
John H. Hilmes
John
H. Hilmes, 40 Co., 160 DB, 10th BN. died October
24, 1918, at Camp Custer, Michigan, of
pneumonia. He lived in the community of
Little Prairie, 1 1/2 miles west of
Beckemeyer, Illinois in Wade Township. The
young man was a son of Clem Hilmes, a farmer
residing between Beckemeyer and Breese. He
was inducted into the service on September 6, 1917
and was about 23 years of age. Burial was in
St. Anthony's Cemetery in Beckemeyer. |
Henry
Lallman
Pvt. Henry Lallman, U.S.Army,
2nd Illinois Infantry, died October 1, 1918 from
pneumonia at Fort Riley, Kansas. Burial was
in Beckemever Public Cemetery. He was a
resident of the Village of
Beckemeyer. |
Florence
Burger
Pvt. Florence Burger died at
Camp Pike, Arkansas, April 16, 1918. He
resided near the community of Frogtown,
Illinois. |
Erwin 0.
Stahl
Private Erwin Stahl, of Trenton, died
on September 27, 1918 from wounds received in
action against the enemy. He enlisted in the
Missouri National Guard in May 1917. Erwin
later transferred to Company I, 138th Infantry,
training at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill,
Oklahoma. He arrived in France June 6,
1918.
Erwin was the son of Mr. & Mrs.
William Stahl of Trenton and reached the age of 21
years, 7 months and 4 days at the time of his
death. He is survived by his parents, 6
brothers and 3 sisters. |
| Joseph W.
Benhoff |
Charles
Carr
The interment of the remains
of Charles Carr of Breese who died at Camp
Taylor, Ky., last week took place at the Carlyle
Cemetery October 13, 1918. The deceased was
about 22 years - of age and was well known in
Clinton county where he resided before entering
the service.
Odd Fellows Lodge 680 of Breese
was in charge of the service assisted by Carlyle
members of the order. Rev. Cummins
of the Carlyle Methodist Episcopal Church
conducted graveside services. |
George V.
Goldsmith
George Vernon Goldsmith,
26, who had been missing in action in France since
October 8, 1918, was reported to have died October
19, 1918, according to his parents, John T. and
Mary Francis (Abernathy) Goldsmith
Sr.
Goldsmith went into service in May of 1918,
trained at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and arrived in
France in August of the same year.
His parents
received notification that he was missing December
7, 1918, nearly a month after the armistice was
signed. They had clung to hopes that their
son, Vernon, would show up alive either in one of
the hospitals or as a prisoner of Germany.
His
body was returned to the states and he was
interred in Wadsworth Cemetery on
October 23,
1921.
Surviving in addition to his parents are
three brothers, John L., Thomas Leroy and William
F., and two sisters, Edna Bauer and Ruth
Nothaus. |
| Anton H.
Kemper |
| Meinolf
Wildhaber |
Otto Meier
Word has
been received in Carlyle, to the effect that Otto
Meier, of Albers, who went to Camp Custer, with
-the last contingent entrained for that Camp by
the local board, had died of pneumonia following
an attack of influenza. The young man was
born at Ruma, Ill., October 6, 1893, where he
resided until 1913, when he went to Albers with is
parents. The burial was in St. Bernard's
Cemetery in Albers. |
| John H.
Netemeyer |
| Leo
Werth |
John A.
Hirstein
Private John A. Hirstein, of
Trenton, died on October 21, 1918, at the age of
26 years, 10 months, while on furlough from Camp
Sheridan, Alabama. He had returned home to
attend the funeral of a relative.
John was the
son of Mr. & Mrs. John Hirstein, living three
miles southwest of Trenton. He was born on a
farm near Troy, Illinois, December 22, 1891.
He was a graduate of the university of
Illinois in 1917. Burial was in the
Summerfield Cemetery. |
Joseph R.
Speiser
Joseph Raymond Speiser, who was
sent to Camp Taylor Kentucky, June 24, 1918, by
the local draft board died from influenza Monday
and his body was shipped to his old home, via
Shattuc, Wednesday for burial. He was a son
of Valentine Speiser, a well known farmer of near
Boulder, and was a most exemplary young man.
He gave his age as 25 years at the time of
enrollment with the draft board. |
| Anthony
Prieshoff |
Ernest Ruf
Mr. and
Mrs. John Ruf, Sr. received a telegram last
Tuesday evening from the war department in
Washington conveying the sad intelligence that
their son, Ernest, had died in a hospital in
France of bronchial pneumonia. No other
particulars of his death were given in the
telegram.
He was 29 years old having been born
in Carlyle February 5, 1889, and received his
education in the public schools here. He
volunteered for service and on April 29, 1918, was
sent to Camp Dix, N.J., where he received
training. He landed on French soil June 8,
1918 as a private in Battery A, 308th Field
Artillery.
In addition to his parents, he
leaves three sisters and two brothers, Miss
Josephine Ruf, Mrs. John Dieterich, Mrs. W.P.
Hinkel, John Ruf, Jr., and Leo Ruf.
Ruf
was buried in a cemetery in France. |
Joseph
Middendorff
Pvt. Joseph Middendorff
was serving in the 5th Company, Camp Gordon Sed.
in France and died on October 3, 1918 in the Base
Hospital at Kechuon, France. He was born
September 12, 1899 in Damiansville,
Illinois. Burial was in the Damiansville
Cemetery. |
| Henry B.
Meyer |
James E.
Carson
Frank Carson, a coal miner of
Beckemeyer, IL, received a telegram Tuesday
December 3, 1918, stating that his son, James
Elmer Carson, had been killed in action in
France. The young man was inducted into the
army on June 24, 1918, by the local draft board,
and landed in France about the 4th of September,
and soon thereafter was assigned to Co. G, 356th
Infantry, 89th Division. He was 24 years of
age. |
Paul
Bassler
Corporal Paul H. Bassler, was
killed in action on October 8, 1918 while serving
in France. He was called to service December
24, 1917 and sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Paul
served in Companv L, 117th infantry, A.E.F. and
entered combat service in July 1918.
Paul was
the youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bassler,
was born on a farm near Sugar Creek, northeast
of Trenton in 1888. Besides his
parents, he is survived by 4 sisters and 2
brothers. |
| Jim
Vincent |
| William
Hohmann |
| Joseph H.
Timmermann |
Orville W.
Marcham
James B. Marcham, who runs a
grocery on the southeast comer of the square,
received a telegram from Washington last Friday
evening, announcing the sad news that his son,
Orville William Marcham, had been killed in action
in France October 4, 1918.
Orville was born in
Marion County April 25, 1894, but for the past 14
years had been a resident of Carlyle. He was
married in 1917 to Mary Louise Hoffman and was
inducted into service May 28, 1918, and sent to
Camp Gordon.
His overseas tour began in
early August and in a letter to his father,
Orville indicated that he would be in the trenches
within a few days.
Marcham's remains were later
buried in St. Mary's Cemetery. |
| P. Henry
Heyer |
| Theodore
Tyberendt |
| Joseph B.
Korte |
| Anton
Diesen |
| Albert
Hussmann |
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World
War II
George W.
Thomas
Bill Thomas was a victim of the cave
warfare tactics of the enemy. The 19 year old
Carlyle youth had seen an enemy soldier run
into a cave on Iwo Jima and in his attempt to rout
the enemy from the cave was himself killed.
His death on March 1, 1945, followed by
seven days that of James Cook of Carlyle,
also on Iwo. PFC Thomas' remains were
returned here for burial Wednesday, May 5,
1948.
He is the son of Mrs. Gordon Houck of
Carlyle and George Thomas of Centralia, and
was born at Salem |
Albert R.
Schuchmann
Hit by enemy shrapnel while,, on
observation duty in the front lines, T/Sgt.
Albert R. Schuchmann was killed in Germany on
March 2, 1945, two months before the war ended on
the western front and only six weeks before his
21st birthday. He had enlisted in February,
1943, less than a year after graduation from
Carlyle High School. The remains were
returned to Carlyle for services on November 14,
1948.
Albert is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Schuchmann, and a sister, Mrs.
Robert Tumage of Carlyle. |
Fred J. Frey
March
30, 1945, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Frey of
Beckemeyer received a message from the War
Department telling them their son, Machinist Mate
3/c Fred James Frey was killed in action aboard
his ship. He enlisted in the Navy April 24,
1941 and has been aboard one nf the large aircraft
carriers. At the time of his death he was 23
years of age. During his navy career in the
South Pacific area he saw action in the following
battles: Marcus, Wake, Marianas, Volcanos, Bonins,
battle of the Philippine Sea, Carolinas, Morocoi,
Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Formosa and the
Philippines |
| Aloys
Tebbe |
Earl Hoelscher
Mrs.
Earl E. Hoelscher received a telegram from the War
Department stating that her husband, Sgt. Earl E.
Hoelscher, who had previously been reported as
missing in action, was killed in action February
2, 1944 in Italy. He is survived
by his wife, the former Miss Marie A. Brunsmann
and a son, Denver Earl, 11 months old.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoelscher
of Breese. Sgt. Hoelscher had
been cited by his regiment of the 36th "Texas"
Infantry Division. |
Lawrence Huser
The
sad news reached the George Huser home last week
that his son, Cpl. Lawrence T. Huser was
killed in action in France September 19,
1944. He was the third war casualty of our
vicinity. Cpl. Huser was inducted in
service March 17, 1942, at Scott Field. He
departed for overseas on December 22, 1943.
He went abroad and landed in England and later
went to France where he lost his life for his
country. Cpl. Huser was the son
of George and the late Margaret Huser of
Germantown. |
Francis
Gausepohl
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gauspohl of
New Athens received word from Washington the week
of December 17, 1943, that their son, Cpl.
Francis B. Gauspohl, 20, was killed in an airplane
accident when the plane in which he was riding
crashed six miles north of Council Bluffs,
Iowa. Cpl. Gauspohl was one of sixteen
men killed when a bomber on a routine training
flight from its base at Fort Worth, Texas, crashed
into rugged cliffs with no survivors.
Cpl. Gauspohl was a radio operator on a B-24
Liberator Bomber. He was born on May 22,
1923 in New Baden. |
Leroy Cavin
Leroy
Cavin had been overseas about four months when
reported missing over Belgium December 17, 1944 by
the War Department. Later it was learned he
had been taken prisoner by the Germans and he was
freed by American troops along with Oscar Solis of
Carlyle on April 9, 1945. A victim of
malnutrition and worse, Sgt. Cavin died of
pneumonia May 1, 1945, before he could be returned
to the states.
His, wife, Hester, their two
children, Louise and Lorraine Kay, now live in
Peoria. Henry Cavin of this city is an
uncle. |
| Elmer H.
Johnson |
Alpheus B.
Jones
Alpheus B. Jones, 34, died December
6, 1945, at Pearl Harbor. Jones, a
cook in the
U.S. Navy, enlisted in
April of 1944 and served in the Pacific theatre
where he sustained a broken spine. He is
buried in the Halawa Naval Cemetery on the Island
of Oahu. Jones was born January 1,
1911. He, married Ruby E. Jones April 13,
1942. He is survived by his wife and a
stepson, Robert Lockridge of Carlyle. |
Harold H.
Stukenberg
News of the death of Harold
Stukenburg came to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stukenburg of Albers in a telegram
from Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs,
Chief of Navy Personnel. No details were
given except that "Harold Herman Stukenburg,
Coxswain, U. S. Naval Reserve, was killed in
action in the performance of his dutv." The date
was March 17, 1944. Stukenburg, who was 21
years of age, entered service December 27,
1942. |
Edward F. Baehr
Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Baehr of New Baden have received
word from the War Department that their son,
Edward F. Baehr Jr., was killed in action in North
Africa.
The young man had been inducted into
the armv in Clinton County, November 27,
1941. In May, 1942 he was sent to
Iceland from which place he was transferred to
North Africa. |
John E. Crewell
PFC
John E. Crewell, better known as "Cotton", 25, a
former resident of Carlyle, was killed in
action January 31, 1944, in Italy.
Crewell, an
only child, resided in Carlyle with his parents,
Oscar Havlock and Beulah Carinody Crewell, for
several years. He graduated from the Carlyle
High School in 1938, was inducted into the Armed
Forces Feb. 19, 1942, and has been overseas since
March, 1943. He was with Pvt. Robert Davis
of Carlyle when the latter was
killed in
Italy. |
| Alphonse
Linnemann |
James C. Cook
Corp.
James C. Cook of Carlyle survived 11 months of
southwest Pacific warfare, including the Vella La
Vella and Bougainville campaigns, before losing
his life after being in the initial invasion of
Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands on February 22,
1945. His remains were returned here for
burial last December.
Survivors include his
wife, La Doris V. Quillin Cook, whom he married
less than a year before his death, his mother and
step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meier, a brother,
Carl Cook, a sister, Mary Meier, and his father,
Clifford Cook of Sandoval. |
Paul B.
Schomaker
Lt. Paul Schomaker had served
nearly four and a half years in the infantry
before losing his life in Germany April 9, 1945,
exactly one month before the end of hostilities on
the Western Front. He entered service a year
before Pearl Harbor and as was frequent in the
infantry service, he had won two Purple Hearts
before losing his life. The casualty rate
for Infantry lieutenants is higher than in any
other rank of service.
Joe Schomaker of Carlyle
is his father and he has a sister, Dorothy, and a
brother, Arthur. |
Earl E. Johnson
Lt.
Earl Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Johnson of Centralia was killed in
Europe on October 14, 1944.
Johnson was born
April 27, 1919, and graduated from Centralia High
School and the University of Illinois.
He was a teacher at Carlyle grade school before
entering military service.
After training at
Ft. Benning, GA, Lt. Johnson left for the
European theatre. He was killed during the
Battle of the Bulge and was buried in
Belgium
He is survived by his parents, a
sister, Ruth Body, and a brother,
Ivan. |
John A.
Miener
Charles J. Miener of Trenton
received word this week from the War Department
that his son, Pvt. John A. Miener, was
accidentally killed by gun fire in line of duty
last Friday at Foster Field, Texas.
No details
were given. He was a member of the Military
Police at the camp. He volunteered for
service September 12, 1942. |
| Alphonse
Wilken |
| Robert S.
Almassey |
Herman W.
Kampwerth
Pvt. Herman W. Kampwerth was
Carlyle's second victim of World War II. His
death near Tunisia April 29, 1943, was more than a
year before the invasion of France and preceded
offensives by the United States in the
Pacific. He entered service before Pearl
Harbor and was 23 when killed. His remains
were returned to Carlyle for services June 7,
1945, at St. Mary's.
Gerhard and Josephine
Kampwerth, his parents; seven brothers, Urban,
Norbert Joseph, Cornelius, Francis, Roland and
Gerald; and four sisters, Sister M. Leonida, Mrs.
Louis Seiffert, Mrs. Ray Diekemper and Jo Agnes,
survive. |
Arthur Herzing
Mrs.
Anna Herzing received a telegram from the
War Department advising her that her son, T/4
Arthur H. Herzing, 38, reported wounded in
action in France on August 7, 1944, died of
his wounds. The deceased parents were the
late John Herzing and Anna Mank Herzing, the
father having died. He was born in New
Baden April 16, 1906 |
Wesley E.
Fertch
Mrs. Mildred Fertch and Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Fertch received a
telegram Monday Sept.4, that their husband and
son, Sgt. Ennis Fertch had been killed in
France August 8, 1944. He was in
England for a period of time and then moved into
France.
He was a member of Co.A, 9th
Armored Battalion. He has been in service
since Sept. 23, 1935. Sgt. Fertch was 30
years of age. |
| Paul B.
Hemann |
Raymond C.
Roberts
Mrs. Malinda Roberts of New Baden
has been informed of the loss of her son, Raymond
Roberts, on December 13, 1943. Previously,
he had been declared missing when his aircraft was
burning and had crashed. The German
Government supplied the Red Cross with data
indicating the aircraft was destroyed and the body
of Roberts was recovered for burial in
Germany. Roberts enlisted in September 1941,
and was ordered overseas in June
1942. |
Cecil W.
Sanders
Cecil W. Sanders was an aviation
mechanic in the Naval Air Force when he died in
the Naval Hospital at Coral Gables, Florida, on
May 18, 1945. He joined the armed forces in
1942 and had served dime years when an intestinal
ailment caused his death. Funeral services
were held at Keyesport.
The 20 year old
serviceman is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sadie
E. Sanders of Route 2, Carlyle; three brothers,
Herbert, Theodore and Wayne; and two sisters,
Marjorie and Grace. |
Hugh M.
Beavers
Pvt. Hugh M. Beavers of Carlyle was
killed August 7,1944, near St. Lo, France, where
the First Army staged one of its biggest
offensives about August 1. In the break-through
that followed, the First and Third Armies pushed
into Germany without stopping. The Carlyle
soldier gave his life in the offensive less than
eight months after being sworn into the
Army. He is buried in the St. James cemetery
in France.
Survivors include his wife, Mary I.
Beavers, and two children, Milo and Gay. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beavers of
Carlyle. |
Joseph
Gonzalez
Technical Sgt. Joseph
Gonzales, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Gonzales, Sr., of Beckemeyer, has been reported
killed in action by the War Department. The
family received this message which read: "Joe" had
been killed in action July 7, 1944.
"Joe"
as he was known, had been serving with the armored
tank division of the Fifth Army in Italy, at the
time of his death. He was inducted into the
army October 31, 1941 and was stationed at Fort
Knox, Ky., until May 1942, before going
overseas. He engaged in the African and
Italian campaigns from the start to the day of his
death. During one of the battles in Italy he
was wounded and awarded the Purple
Heart. |
| Walter
Strotheide |
Harry E.
Helm
Funeral rites were held here in
March for PFC Harry E. Helm who was killed in
Paganico, Italy, in an action June 20, 1944, in
which he was awarded the Silver Star
posthumously. A football, basketball and
track star in school days, he was still in a
starring role in the Italian campaign and he was
but 19 years of age.
Mrs. Bessie Helm of this
city is his mother and he has two sisters, Mrs.
Charles A. West of Carlyle and Mrs.
Melvin H. Mahlandt of Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. |
Calvin L.
Wuebbles
Pvt. Calvin L. Wuebbles was killed
in action in France on September 25, 1944, only
six months after entering service March 18, the
same year. He was sent overseas shortly
after completing his basic training and had been
in the European Theater only two months when he
met his death while serving with the 137th
Infantry.
Survivors include his wife, Reba, of
near Highland, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wuebbles of Clinton Street, Carlyle,
and two brothers, John Jr. and Nelson
Lee Wuebbles. |
Edwin E.
Yardley
Pvt. Edwin Earl Yardley of
East Fork Township was killed in action in France
on July 16, 1944. He was in the Medical
Corps and won a bronze star as a participant in
the battle of Natousa six months before his
death.
Yardley was born in Nashville on May 9,
1925, the son of Clyde and Ada B. Yardley.
When three months old the family moved to an East
Fork farm.
The 19 year old soldier who is
interred in Carlyle Cemetery is survived by his
parents, brothers Herbert, Charles, Carl, Dale and
Melvin, and sisters Helen Nolte, Anna Belle Potts
and Ada Mae Klueter. |
Ferd R.
Brewer
Information from the War Department
that PFC Ferd R. Brewer was killed in France
October 2, 1944, was received here by his wife,
Mrs. Opal Brewer Monday. He was previously
reported missing in action.
PFC Brewer
entered the Armed Forces in January, 1943, and
after sixteen months of training was sent
overseas. He was stationed in England and
then was sent to France.
The deceased is a son
of Mrs. Henry Brewer and the late Mr.
Brewer. He was married to Opal Guthrie of
Beckemeyer November 7, 1942. He is survived
by his wife and infant daughter, his mother, four
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Hoffarth, Mrs. Esther
Haumesser, Mrs. Helen Lappe and Mrs.Willa
Schilling, and two brothers, Elmer and
William. |
Alphonse H.
Eilermann
During the invasion of
Europe, in the Normandy section, Alphonse
Eilermann of Albers was killed June 16,
1944. Eilermann was in the thick of
the battle for, as a glider infantryman, it was
his job to meet the enemy ahead of the
regular troops. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Eilermann, who reside just west of
Albers. He was born April 6, 1908. On
March 27, 1942, he entered service and went
overseas in September 1943 and on his arrival in
England continued in training for the channel
crossing. He was attached to Company F,
401st Glider's Infantry. |
Oliver A.
Hempen
Three weeks after the fall of Paris,
PFC Oliver A. Hempen of Carlyle gave
up his life for his country in northern France
on September 15, 1944. Death came to
this young soldier only six weeks after he had
reached his 19th birthday. His remains were
moved from a military cemetery in France
to Carlyle for funeral services here on July
26, 1948, at St. Mary's Church.
PFC Hempen was
one of four sons of Leo C. Hempen
of Carlyle. other sons are Henry T. Leo F.
and Harold H. Hempen. |
| Dale
Willard |
| Walter H.
Kreke |
Claude R.
Bennett
Staff Sgt. Claude R. "Bud"
Bennett, 28, U.S. Infantry, died September 20,
1945, from injuries received in an automobile
accident near Camp Cook, Calif. He was a son
of C. T. Bennett of this city. He lived in
Posey and Huey before coming to
Carlyle.
Military rites were held in Carlyle at
the Frerker Funeral Home and interment was in the
Opdyke city cemetery. |
Melvin Cosgrove
Ray
Melvin Cosgrove, fireman second class, left high
school at East St. Louis and entered the Navy when
17. He was only 19 when lost with the sinking of
the heavy cruiser, the U.S.S. Vincennes, at
Guadalcanal on August 10, 1943. The
Vincennes was supporting the Marine landing on the
enemy entrenched island when the big ship was
mortally wounded and went down with a heavy loss
of life.
He is the son of Mr. and Melvin G.
Cosgrove of this city, and his brother, Bob, is
one of the outstanding athletes at the
Carlyle High School. |
Alphonse J.
Kruse
PFC Alphonse A. Kruse, age 24, a son
of Ben Kruse of Bartelso, died Dec. 5, 1945, in a
military hospital in Oakland, California,
following an illness beginning more than a month
ago. PFC Kruse , a veteran of nearly three
years in the Pacific area, including New Guinea,
Leyte and the Philippines and having five battle
stars was enroute to the United States for
discharge. PFC Kruse was born October 11,
1921 in Bartelso and grew to manhood in that
community. He entered the armed forces on
September 25, 1942. Burial was in St.
Cecilia Cemetery in Bartelso. |
Robert G.
Hacker
Pvt. Robert G. Hacker of
Bartelso was reported as killed in action on
December, 17, 1944 during the Battle of the
Bulge. Robert was serving in the U.S.Army
with the 106th Division. Robert was born
November, 10, 1925, the son of Edward and Ida
Hacker, of rural Bartelso.
Burial was in Camp Butler located in Springfield,
Illinois. His name is one for whom, The
American Legion, HackerGebke Post
976 was organized. |
Harry L. Camp
Harry
Camp had been in the Army slightly over 11 months
when killed in Northern France on November 12,
1944, one month before the Battle of the Bulge,
but he was awarded A Bronze Star posthumously for
exemplary conduct in ground combat against the
enemy.
The award was sent to his wife, Rosa
Camp, who resides here with their two children,
Gerald and Merle May Camp. His mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Camp, also is a resident of
Carlyle. |
| Paul E.
Reynolds |
Vernon 0.
Montgomery
A telegram from the War
Department arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Montgomery, saying that their only son,
Vernon, had been killed in action while serving as
a machine gunner in the U.S. Army in Belgium, on
March 2, 1945, at the age of 19 years, 2 months
and 4 days. The deceased was born December
26, 1926, in Trenton, where he spent his youth and
was educated. On May 12, 1944 he was
inducted into the U.S. Army. Early in
December of 1944 he was sent overseas. Death
came to him in a hospital in Begium from wounds
received in that country during a major
battle. |
Melvin 0.
Charlton
Melvin 0. Charlton, formerly
of Patoka and later of Carlyle, was killed
in action Feb. 25, 1945, only a few weeks before
German resistance was brought to an end. He
entered service in May, 1944, and had been in the
Army less than a year, overseas only three months
with the infantry of Patton's Third
Army.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Charlton of Carlyle, his widow,
now Mrs. Martin Kretzer of near Odin, and three
children, two sons and a daughter. |
Norbert
Horstmann
Sadness again fills our
community, that of another war, casualty, in the
death of Corporal Norbert H. Horstmann, son
of Conrad and the late Elizabeth
Horstmann. Norbert who has been in the army
for several years, has been serving overseas about
2 and one-half years in Italy. The
War Department advised that he was killed in
action while serving on the Italian front May 31,
1944. He was born in Germantown July 25,
1920. |
Adrian B.
Hempen
The war on the western front was
destined to last only five more weeks when PFC
Adrian Bernard Hempen was killed on March 31,
1945, at Schloven, Germany. He was among the
American forces rushing pell-mell into Germany
meeting little resistance in some sectors.
The Rhine had been crossed and the Ruhr valley
encircled and it already had given up many of the
360,000 German prisoners when Hempen fell.
He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Hempen
of Irishtown Township and has four brothers,
Harold M., Robert H., Lloyd H., and Donald and
three sisters, Evelyn E. Marian L. and Pearl
M. Hempen. |
Robert L. Davis
The
first Purple Heart awarded to a resident of
Carlyle in World War II was presented to the
parents of PFC Robert L. Davis after his
death from wounds received in action on the
Italian front Nov. 25, 1943. The award came
to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis early the following
year. T'he 23 year old Carlyle soldier was
killed near Cassino after surviving the Salerno
invasion.
Besides his parents he has three
brothers, William, Jerry and Ronald and two
sisters, Mrs. Nic Hodapp and Mrs. Louis Hufford of
this city. |
Harry A. Rosen
A
Memorial Mass was held in the St. Rose Catholic
Church for Sgt. Harry Rosen, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Rosen of St. Rose, who was
recently killed in action in France. The
date of death was November 3, 1944. Burial
was in Belgium. |
Fred T.
Vahlkamp
The invasion of France had
been underway only 13 days when Fred Vahlkamp of
Carlyle was listed as "missing in action." It was
two months later before his death was confirmed in
an official message. Mortar fire by the
enemy near Corpville, France, was
blamed.
Vahlkamp was the son of Mrs.
Catherine Vahlkamp of Carlyle. Other
survivors include August and John Vahlkamp
of Carlyle and Ben Vahlkamp of Beckemeyer,
brothers; Albert Vahlkamp of Carlyle, a half
brother, three sisters, Mary of St. Louis,
Elizabeth Westermann of Cairo and Mrs. Agnes
Granberg of Carlyle. |
| Maurice
Mueller |
Marvin M.
Hamilton
S/Sgt Marvin M. Hamilton, son
of Mrs. Kate Hamilton of Beckemeyer,
was reported killed in action November 23, 1944,
on Leyte Island in the Philippines. He was
26 years old and was born in Beckemever on
November 9, 1918. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Kate Hamilton, two sisters, Mrs. Dick
Hubbard of Beckemeyer and Mrs. Erich Albat
of Detroit, Michigan. His father, John
Hamilton, preceded him in death December 15,
1935.
Marvin entered the service October 16,
1942. He served duty overseas for twenty two
months. During his overseas duties he served
in Australia, New Guinea, Netherlands, East Indies
and the Philippines. |
Byrl Schaubert
Byrl
Schaubert, Major in the Army Air Corps, the 27
year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Schaubert
of Shattuc, lost his life when the airplane
he was flying, crashed on take off into Lake
Sentani, New Guinea, Nov. 15, 1944. He was
buried Nov. 20, 1944 in the U.S.A.F. Cemetery
Hollandia No. 1 with full
military honors.
A brief outline of Major
Schaubert is: (1) A graduate of
Sandoval High School , 1935; (2)
A graduate of the University of Michigan
with a major in Forestry, 1940; (3) Commissioned
as a Fighter Pilot in the Air Corps
Advanced Flying School, Brooks Field near San
Antonio, Texas, 1941, (4) Served in the
Canal Zone for 2 years and in Far East Air
Forces in Australia and New Guinea since July,
1944, during which time he advanced to the rank
of Major. |
| William
Klasing |
Orrell G.
Reynolds
Pvt. Orrell G. Reynolds,
familiarly known to Carlyle friends as "Pete" was
an insurance man here before entering
service. Death came to him in France on
August 4, 1944, just about the time of the St. Lo
battle which was the biggest offensive campaign of
the Western Front after the invasion less than two
months earlier. He was 33 years of age and
had been in service only a year when
killed.
His wife was notified here in
September, 1944, that he had been seriously
wounded and a message announcing his death
followed. His father, Elvin Reynolds, lives
in East SL Louis. |
Virgil G.
Kreke
Pfc. Virgil Kreke, aged 21
years, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kreke of
Breese, was killed in action in Italy. Loss
of life on Jan. 12,
1944.
Pfc. Kreke was inducted into
the service in February 1943 and had been overseas
for two months. |
| Milford L.
Killion |
| Joseph F.
Lampe |
Clarence Scott
The
sad news received here last week stating that
Marine Pfc. Clarence Scott, Jr., age 20 years, a
machine gunner, has been killed in the Pacific
area. Pfc. Scott is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Scott, Sr., of Trenton.
The
young man was engaged in several fierce battles
with the Japanese and about a month ago wrote a
letter saying he had escaped unharmed. No
more letters followed.; Date of death would
be some time before September 22,
1944. |
| Bernard H.
Schulte |
Edwin A.
Lappe
Pfc. Edwin A. Lappe had more
than his share of front line duty before losing
his life in France November 29, 1944. He had
been in service for nearly four years and had gone
through the North African, Sicilian and Italian
campaigns. When killed, Pfc. Lappe was
26 years of age. His remains were returned
for burial at the St. John's cemetery in Breese on
July 2 last year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lappe of Route 2, Carlyle and other
survivors include two brothers, Walter and Eugene,
and five sisters, Mrs. Lorine Voland, Mrs. Irene
Albat and Mrs. Leona Lallman, all of Beckemeyer,
Olivia and Catherine Lappe. |
Claude Terry
Claude
Terry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Terry of
Carlyle, became a WW II victim of the Battle of
Java February 27, 1942.
Terry was aboard the
Langley, a U.S. warship, which was torpedoed and
sunk by the enemy. He was reported picked up
by the Pecos, a small airship carrier, but it was
also sunk.
Born at Huey December 19, 1908,
Terry moved to Carlyle when he was quite young and
attended Carlyle grade and high school. He
joined the Navy about 15 years ago and was serving
his fourth enlistment.
He was married to Marian
Wallace Neal, who survives, together with three
children, Sheffel, Stewart and James. The
family lived in China three years and in the
Philippines, but was forced to return to the
states in 1940.
Terry served on the
Pennsylvania and on the Isabel in addition to the
Langley.
He is also survived by his parents, a
brother, George, and a sister, Mrs. William
Means. |
Roman B. Gebke
Pvt.
Roman B. Gebke, of Bartelso, was reported as
killed in action on January 22, 1945. He was
serving in the U.S. Army engaged in battle during
the Italian Campaign. Roman was born on
November 23, 1920, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Gebke of rural Bartelso. Burial was in
a National Cemetery located in Florence,
Italy. His name is one for whom, The
American Legion, Hacker-Gebke Post 976 was
organized. |
| Clarence
Gramann |
Raymond J.
VonBokel
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Von Bokel
of Breese were recently notified by the War
Department that their son, Sgt.
Raymond J. Von Bokel was killed in
action in England on January 6,
1945.
Sgt. Von Bokel was a First Radioman
and Gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress,
attached to the Eighth Army Air Force. He
had completed 20 missions over Germany.
Memorial services for Sgt. Von Bokel will be held
in Breese at St. Dominic's Church Saturday
Feb. 3, at 9 a.m. |
Elaza L.
Sharp
Friday June 23, 1944, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Sharp of Boulder, received word from
the Secretary of War, that their son, Pvt.
E. L. Sharp, Jr., was killed in action in France
June 8, 1944. Private "Bud" Sharp was
inducted into the army on January 4, 1943.
He was with the Tank Destroyers until he was sent
from Camp Robinson, Ark., to Ft. Lewis,
Washington, where he volunteered for the
Paratroopers. He was sent to Ft.
Benning, GA. for his parachute training. On
January 11, 1944, he was sent overseas landing in
Ireland and then on to England for the
invasion.
Burial was in a cemetery located two
miles east of St. Mere Eglise at a town by
the name of Blossville. The name of
the American cemetery is Monarch. He is
buried in Plot 1, Row 2, Grave 35. |
Milford
Mann
Milford George Mann, Lt. USNR, of
Shattuc, Illinois was declared lost at sea in
Nanpo Shoto area of the South Pacific in
1945. He was born in Shattuc in 1912, the
son of Mr. & Mrs. George W. Mann of Shattuc.
He entered the U.S. Navy on June 10,
1941. |
James R.
Gray
Ensign James R. Gray and 10 other
flyers of the U.S. Navy lost their lives at the
same time in a tragedy at Chincoteague, Va., in
May, 1944. , Memorial services were held for them
at their home base and the body was returned here
for burial. The service was held Sunday,
June 4,
Ensign Gray is the son of Mrs. G. N.
Gray of this city, and he has a brother, Don, and
a sister, Mrs. Eugene Heinzman, of
Carlyle. |
George A.
Szuba
Mrs. Mary Szuba of New Baden received
word from the Navy Department that her son,
Sgt. George A. Szuba with the U. S. Marine
Corps died on December 9, 1943. The location
was somewhere in the South Pacific and burial was
on December 10, 1943 on one of the islands.
Sgt. Szuba was born in New Baden April 22,
1920, and his father was the late Frank
Szuba. |
Elmer
Alberternst
Sgt. Elmer Alberternst,
age 27, oldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph
Alberternst, died March 1, 1945, somewhere in
Italy as a result of injuries
sustained in an automobile accident on Feb. 24,
1945. Sgt. Alberternst was born and reared
in Trenton. |
Joseph C.
Jannett
Joe was a tail gunner on a B-24 in
Italy and was sent on a combat mission to knock
out the Ploesti oil fields. His plane was
shot down by anti aircraft fire on May 31, 1944,
just 21 days after he left the states. Only
four of the 11 aboard were able to bail out and
one of them died in the hospital. The
government has no record of his grave.
His
survivors include Mr. and Mrs. John U. Jannett,
his parents, three brothers, Vernon of
Carlyle, and Howard and Robert of St. Louis,
and two sisters, Margaret Thornton of Sandoval and
Mrs. Clyde Purdue of Flora. |
Melvin E.
Schoenefeld
John Schoenefeld of
Beckemeyer received a telegram Monday from the War
Department stating that his son, S/Sgt. Melvin E.
Schoenefeld was killed in action in France January
29, 1945. Sgt. Schoenefeld was born south
of Beckemever on Sept. 18, 1918, and grew to
manhood near this community. He was employed
in Cleveland, Ohio at the time of his induction
into the Armed Forces in February
1941. He was sent overseas, landing at
Casablanca in North Africa on Nov. 8, 1942.
He fought in campaigns in Africa, Sicily, Italy
and France. He was attached to the Third
Division of General Patch's
Seventh Army, but relatives have reason to believe
that he was fighting with the First French Army
when killed. Besides his father he is
survived by one brother, Sgt. Raymond
Schoenefeld, also serving with the Armed Forces in
France. |
Thomas A.
Hummert
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Hummert of
Breese received a message from the War Department
stating that their son, Lt. Thomas Hummert, was
killed in an airplane accident May 5,
1945. |
Clifford R.
Busch
Mrs. Mary Ellen Busch, mother
of Sgt. Clifford Busch, A.A.F. radio
operator, has received a telegram advising her
that Sgt. Busch was killed in action January
7, 1944. In a Previous telegram received on
January 19, he was reported as missing in action
on January 7, 1944. Sgt. Busch, 24, was a
son of Mrs. Mary Ellen Busch and the late Richard
Busch of Keyesport. With other members
of the crew, and their bomber, "Caught in the
Draft", he arrived in England early in December,
1943, but at the present time it is unknown they
had made over enemy territory. He was also
trained as an aerial gunner. |
Henry C.
Schlau
Word has been received by Mrs.
Katherine Schlau, a former resident of Route 4,
Centralia who is now making her home In East St.
Louis, that her son, Sgt.. Henry
C.
Schlau, 27, was killed In action on Cebu Island on
April 7.
Sgt.Schlau was serving with the
Infantry. He entered service on April 17, 1941 and
received his training at Camp Craft, S.C.,
He was stationed at Camp Forrest, Tenn., before
going overseas in January, 1942. He
served In New Caledonia, Fiji lslands and
Bougainville, and took part in the Invasion
of Luzon.
Besides his mother, he is
survived by a brother, Eugene, serving with the
Marines in the Pacific, a sister, Lillian
with the Army Nurse's Corps in Italy, and
two Sisters, Mrs. William Stantoniello and
Mrs. Clyde Osterholtz, both of East St.
Louis. |
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Korea
James N.
Miller
Pvt. James Nolin Miller, 17,
was killed in action August 10, 1950, in
Korea. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
I. Miller of rural Carlyle.
Miller who was born
December 7, 1932 at Flat Rock, enlisted after 2/2
years of attendance at Carlyle high school and had
served about eight months when fatally
wounded. He served with the 19th Infantry
Regiment.
His body was escorted home by his
brother, Roscoe, who was serving in
Guam.
Surviving are his parents, five brothers,
Thomas C., Esco E., Roscoe E., Lyle E., and
Clarence E., and a sister, Mrs. Delbert
Higgins. |
| Paul F.
Ratermann |
Ralph L.
Parks
Sgt. Ralph L. Parks, a much
decorated soldier in World War H, died in a North
Korean prison camp about March 15, 195 1. Parks
received two Bronze Stars after W.W.II service in
Africa and Italy, but returned to the states as a
civilian before re-enlisting. He was in
Korea for three months before being
captured.
Sgt. Parks was married to the
former Shirley Carter in April of 1950. He
was the son of the late William and Pearl Parks
who survives along with three sisters, Ethel
Higgins, Mrs. Ellen Strutz, and Mrs. Jean Cahoon,
and three brothers, Roy, Harold and
Walter. |
Harry R. Reed
Pvt.
Harry Richard Reed, 22, of Carlyle was killed in
action July 29, 1950, in Korea. A member of
the Seventh Cavalry Regiment Reed was a victim of
enemy fire in a counter-attack at Rokin-Ri, South
Korea.
Pvt. Reed was born January 31, 1928, at
Beckemeyer, the son of Harry and Mary Reed.
Mr. Reed was a mine manager and following his
death the family moved to Carlyle where Pvt. Reed
graduated from St. Mary's high school.
He
enlisted in the Army in 1948 and was sent to Japan
and finally to Korea when hostilities broke out
there.
Pvt. Reed is survived by his mother, who
married John Spangler in 1948 and moved to
Harrisburg, and two brothers, James and
Thomas. |
Daniel Lubbers
Pvt.
Daniel Luebbers, who had been fighting with the
24th Division in Korea, died of sunstroke July 18,
1950, two days after he had been reported missing
in action. He had been in Korea for 14
days.
He was born here November 3, 1932, a son
of Herman B. and Margaret (Lake) Luebbers who
survive along with six brothers, Joseph, Raymond,
Robert, Matthew, Marion and John, and four
sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Hollenkamp, Mrs.
Kenneth (Betty Jane) McClintic, Mrs. Lee
(Marcella) Dimock and Sr. M.
Gabriella. |
John E. Ingram
PFC
John E. Ingram was killed in action in Korea,
October 28, 1952 at the age of 21 years. He was
serving in the Ranger Platoon, of the 23rd
Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. John in the
Army in 1948 at the age of 17. John was born May
2, 1931 in Albers, Illinois, the son of Walter and
Mary G. Ingram. He received his grade school
education in Albers and later attended Aviston
Community High School. He moved to New Baden in
1947 prior to his enlistment in the Army. John was
survived by two sisters, Elizabeth (Emmett)
Zimmermann of New Baden and Ann (Clarence) Wellen
of Canon City,
Colorado. |
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Vietnam
Ralph A.
Wellinghoff
Clinton County lost
another of its young men when Army PFC Ralph A.
Wellinghoff of New Baden was killed in action in
Vietnam on july 14, 1969.
PFC Wellinghoff, a
graduate of Wesclin High School, was born March
21, 1949, the son of Verena Schmidt and Alois B.
Wellinghoff' His father preceded him in death, but
he is survived by his mother, two sisters and two
brothers.
Wellinghoff is the 12th county
fatality in the Vietnam conflict. |
Norman L.
Eversgerd
The death of PFC
Norman L. Eversgerd, 19, by mortar and rifle
fire in Vietnam Sunday, August 18, 1968 completed
a double tragedy for his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Frank Eversgerd of
Germantown. They had lost another son, Spec.
4C Marlin Chris Eversgerd, 20, in Vietnam 17
months earlier. Norman was with the Third
Marine Division. Norman had sustained
fragmentation wounds to the head and a
gunshot wound to the body from hostile mortar
and rifle fire while in a defensive position
at Thua, Thien Province, Republic of
Vietnam. Burial was in St. Boniface Cemetery
in Germantown. |
Marlin C.
Eversgerd
Funeral services with full
military rites at the graveside were held at St.
Boniface Church in Germantown for Spec. 4C, Marlin
Chris Eversgerd of Germantown, who was killed in
action, March 19, 1967, in Vietnam.
The victim,
a radio operator, with the 4th Infantry Division,
was in an aircraft and was hit by fragments of a
detonated mine. He had been stationed at Dau
Tieng, South Vietnam near the Cambodian border,
which had been a "hot" spot recently.
Eversgerd arrived in Vietnam in September 1966 and
had been in the Mekong Delta, Iron Triangle and
Junction City offensives.
A son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chris F. Eversgerd, he is survived by his parents
and seven younger brothers and sisters.
Burial was at St. Boniface Cemetery in
Germantown. |
Dennis L.
Peek
Clinton County gave another son to the
cause of war in Vietnam January 9, 1970, when
Marine First Lieutenant Dennis Peek of Route 2,
Carlyle, was killed as his U-4 aircraft was shot
down by enemy ground fire over Quang Nam Province.
Lt. Peek, 26, a Mater Dei graduate and son of Mr.
and Ws. August Peek, had enlisted in the
Marines January 9, 1967, exactly three years
before his death.
He was born at Carlyle July
9, 1943, and after graduation from Mater Dei High
School attended the General Motors Institute at
Flint, Michigan, with a degree in engineering and
was employed by the Fisher Body Plant in St.
Louis, Missouri for five years prior to his entry
into the service. |
Mickey R.
Grable
Mickey Grable was born on June 15,
1947. He became a member of the Marines while in
Centralia, Illinois and attained the rank of CPL
(E4).
On July 25, 1966 at the age of 19, Mickey
Grable gave his life
in the service of our
country in South Vietnam, Quang
Nam
Province.
You can find Mickey Grable
honored on the Vietnam Memorial
Wall on Panel
9E, Row 74 |
Ronald J.
Tebbe
Ronald Tebbe, son of Mrs. Irene
Sprehe Tebbe of Breese, died of wounds in Vietnam
at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 1968. He was
an infantryman and had been in Vietnam nine months
after enlisting in November of 1966. Ronald
was born September 5, 1947, a son of Emil
and Irene Sprehe Tebbe. His father was
drowned May 5, 1957, and he was the only son in a
family of eight children. Burial was in St.
Dominic's Cemetery in Breese. |
John M. Wike
John
Wike was born on September 9, 1950. He became
a
member of the Army while in Centralia,
Illinois and attained the
rank of SP4
(E4).
On February 26, 1970 at the age of 19,
John Wike gave his life
in the service of our
country in South Vietnam, Quang
Nam
Province.
You can find John Wike honored
on the Vietnam Memorial Wall
on Panel 13W, Row
60. |
Stanley A.
Mensing
A requiem mass was held at St.
Anthony's Church for SP4 Stanley Alfred Mensing,
21, the first Beckemeyer soldier to die in the
Vietnam War.
Honor guards were there from the
Catholic War Veterans Marion Post and and
HolthausKampwerth Post of the American
Legion.
SP4 Mensing was reported missing August
12, 1969, and his body was recovered on August
17. The young soldier entered service March
21, 1968. He was in Troop A, lst Squadron,
4th Cavalry, lst Infantry Division. Mensing
was born July 1, 1948, a son of Alfred J. and
Veronica Skrobul Mensing. Burial was in St.
Anthony's Cemetery in Beckemeyer. |
| Jerome
Stroot |
Theodore A.
Wolters
Theodore Anthony Wolters, of New
Baden, was killed in action while serving in
Vietnam, on August 28, 1970. He was sent to
Vietnam on July 24, 1970 and serving in the
Infantry, lst Battalion (Airmobile), 8th
Cavalrv.
He was born July 7, 1950, in Breese,
the son of Tony and Rose Wolters of New
Baden, Illinois. He entered the service February
26, 1970 and had basic training at Fort Leonard
Wood in Missouri, then to Long Beach,
Californiaia. He was educated at St.George
Grade School_ in New Baden and Mascoutah High
School. |
Gerald B.
Schmidt
Gerald B. Schmidt, 20 year old
Marine Lance Corporal of Albers, became Clinton
County's first casualty of the Vietnam
Conflict.
His parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles V.
Schmidt of Albers, received an official notice of
his being fatally wounded "while on an assault
troop pick-up mission" in the vicinity of Qung,
Ngai, Republic of South Vietnam, March 20,
1966.
The young victim of the tragedy had been
in Vietnam since July 1, 1965, and was to return
home in June 1966. He was a two year veteran
of the Marines when he went to Vietnam and served
in the helicopter group. Burial was in St.
Bernard Cemetery in Albers. |
Junior Floyd
Roniger
Junior Floyd Roniger, 22, son of
Mr.and Mrs. Gilmer Roniger of Rt 2, Trenton, near
St.Morgan, died from wounds received in action in
Vietnam on February 20, 1969.
Sgt. Roniger
serving in the 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry
Division, in the Mekong Delta, lost his life in a
night defensive position. He had been in Vietnam
since June 1968. Previously, he had served 13
months in Korea and re-enlisted at the request of
a buddy who died in Korea.
He was born in
Trenton on March 1, 1946, the son of Gilmer and
Virginia Roniger, nee Hammer. Surviving are his
parents, two sisters, Carol Ann, wife of Thomas
Prange of St. Jacob and Miss Lois Roniger at home.
Burial was in the Highland City
Cemetery. |
Herbert C.
Langenhorst
Herbert C. Langenhorst, 22,
Clinton County's most recent victim of the Vietnam
War, was buried with military honors at Germantown
Wednesday morning.
He was killed Friday,
October 18, 1968, while guarding an airport.
An aircraft landed and exploded on the airstrip
and Langenhorst was killed by flying debris from
the explosion.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Langenhorst of Germantown, were notified Tuesday
of his death and the remains arrived with a
militarv escort. Burial was in St. Boniface
Cemetery im Germantown. The soldier was born
September 21, 1946 and observed his 22nd birthday
only last month. |
Dennis M.
Wobbe
Dennis Wobbe, son of Mrs. and Mrs.
Fremont Wobbe of Breese, was a machine gunner for
the Navy in a helicopter flown from an aircraft
carrier on a rescue mission when the copter was
hit by enemy fire and exploded last weekend.
The date of death was given as July 13,
1968. Dennis was born July 20, 1947, a son
of Fremont and Martha Holtgrave Wobbe, who survive
along with two brothers and two sisters. He
entered the Navy about 18 months ago and had been
in Vietnam since last Thanksgiving Day.
Burial was in St. Dominic's Cemetery in
Breese. |
Ralph B. Ortmann
A
requiem mass will be held at St. Boniface Church
at Germantown at 10:00 a.m. Monday for PFC Ralph
B. Ortmann, 20, who was killed in action in
Vietnam on July 2, 1969. He was Germantown's
fourth victim of the Vietnam conflict. Mr.
and Mrs. Vince Ortmann of rural Germantown, his
parents, were notified by the Defense Department
that their son was killed while on a scouting
mission. He regularly was a gunner on an
Army vehicle. He had been in Vietnam 2 1/2
months before his death. Burial was in St.
Boniface Cemetery in Germantown. |
Norman G.
Toennies
S/4 Norman G. Toennies, 20, son of
Mrs. Margaret Toennies of Albers RR became the
second Clinton County boy to be killed in Vietnam.
He was serving in Company B, 3rd Battalion,
22nd,Infantry.
Mrs. Toennies, wife of the late
Joseph Toennies, who died in 1950, received word
that her son drowned on the night of December 21,
1966 while on an ambush patrol mission.
Norman
was born in rural Albers, August 13, 1946 and left
for the U.S. Army on December 27, 1965 and served
just six days short of a year at the time of his
death. Burial was in St. Damians Church cemetery
in Damiansville. |
Billy D.
Jackson
Marine PFC Billy Dale Jackson, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson, Route 3,
Centralia, was killed in action, March 7, 1968,
while engaged in an operation against hostile
forces at Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
PFC Jackson
was born October 22, 1948, in Centralia. He
was a graduate of Centralia High School and had
attended Kaskaskia College. He enlisted in
the Marine Corps in April of 1967. He was
assigned to duty in Vietnam November 20,
1967. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park
in Centralia, with military rites by the U.S.
Marine Corps. |
Paul W.
Toennies
Paul Toennies, Specialist 4,
U.S.Army disappeared in Germany last Monday July
8, 1968, and his body was recovered the following
day. He was born October 22, 1947, a son of
Tony and Clara Olliges Toennies of Damiansville.
Surviving are his parents, nine brothers and one
sister. Burial was in St. Damian's Cemetery
in Damiansville. |
Daniel E. Rosen
Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin C. Rosen of St. Rose were notified
Saturday, May 17, 1969, that their son, Daniel
Elmer Rosen-, an 18-year old infantry soldier, had
been missing in action in Vietnam since May 14,
1969. He entered service August 14, 1968,
four days before his 18th birthday. He left
California for Vietnam January 19, 1969 and was in
training there before going into combat. The
body was recovered with death listed May 14, 1969
and burial was in the St. Rose
Cemetery. |
Walter A.
Koehler
First Lieutenant Walter Allen
"Butch" Koehler, 23, was killed in Vietnam March
11, 1969.
Lt. Koehler was in the crew of a
helicopter gunship and his family was notified
March 14, 1969, that he had been missing since
March 11. A second message, brought here by a
lieutenant from the Army Depot confirmed the
death.
Lt. Koehler was born here February 24,
1946, a son of Fred C. and Imogene C. Cooley
Koehler. He was graduated from Carlyle High
School and attended the University of Illinois for
one year.
He and Sharon Melton were married
July 11, 1966, and are parents of a 15-month-old
son, Jeffrey.
Survivors include his parents,
his wife and son, and two sisters, Mrs. Doris
Campbell who is in Germany. where her husband is
stationed in the Army and Sandra Lynn Koehler, at
home. |
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Dale Henry
Carlyle,
Illinois |
