Alamo Heights High School
Class of 1971
WWII Honor Roll
WWII Honor Roll Case Restoration Project
A Gift to the Alamo Heights Community
from the Class of 1971
Restored case, bronze plaque installed in new bldg 2026
1945 Case
The Honor Roll Case was restored for the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. The Bronze Marker was commissioned in 2025, to perpetuate the significance of the case and stories of 800+ Alamo Heights students and residents who served.
YOU CAN HELP by sharing this list of over 800 names - we suspect that there are hundreds who are unaware that their relative or family friend is listed. Please contact Toni Schmid with information on missing Veterans or Veteran biographical information which can be added
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WWII HONOR ROLL
Click for entire alphabetical listing 800+ Veterans
KIA - Killed In Action / Combat (22)
In the 1945 Case, several men were listed as Missing In Action.
They were later re-classified as Killed in Action or POW Returned
WILLIAM A. BECK, JR Class of '35, 1918-1944, died age 25. 1st Lieutenant, Pilot, Army Air Corp, 455th Bomb Group, 742nd Squadron Roster, B-24 Liberator “Cowtown Blonde” Ser # 42-52282. On May 6, 1944, Cowtown Blonde departed base at San Giovanni, Italy, destination Campina Marshalling Yards & Military Installation, Romania. Beck's aircraft was observed by an American fighter pilot, being attacked by 3 Fockewulf 190 German fighters. The aircraft was smoking heavily and rolled up on its side with a large fire under the nose. A total of 7 parachutes were seen to leave the aircraft, 4 of which opened, and 3 failed to open. 2 were taken prisoner and were returned after the war. Cowtown Blonde was lost in the area BOR Copper Mines, Yugoslavia. Missing Aircraft Report Seven, including Beck, perished
Awards: Air Medal with Oakleaf Cluster Distinguished Flying Cross with Oakleaf Cluster
Beck and his crew are interred together at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri
Beck is tall man standing, center The Crew were interred together in Missouri
WILLIAM A. BECK files on Google Drive
LOUIS W BENORE Resident of Alamo Heights 1914-1944, died age 30. Pvt, US Army, 120th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division, Battle of the Bulge. His daughter, Sandra A. Benore, was AH Class of 1943. Louis was born in Ohio 1914. During the Battle of the Bulge, Louis's Regiment was shifted to the Malmedy-Stavelot Sector where it manned roadblocks to help contain the German advance. It was just south of Malmedy at Baugnez crossroads where Louis was killed on Christmas Day 1944. He was Buried in Belgium.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Bronze Star Medal Link: Battle of the Bulge 120th Infantry 30th InDivision,
In the early 1940s, prior to enlisting, Benore worked for Joske's in the Drapery Dept. He also taught Textiles & Fabric at San Antonio Vocational and Technical School (which later bacame Fox Tech.)
LOUIS W. BENORE files on Google Drive
HUGO OTTO "Borgy" BORGFELD JR, Class of '37 1921-1945 died at age 23. US Army Air Corp, 2nd Lt, Navigator, B-24J Liberator, 389th Bomb Group, 566th Sq. 1937 Hoof Print Staff. Member of the Corps at Texas A&M. Aircraft went down over Dartmund, Germany. Target was Hamm, Germany. Aircraft was seen to break in half after a flak burst entered the bombay. Aircraft SN 44-40476. On 29 Jan 1945, just after dropping their bombs, their aircraft was seen taking a direct hit into the bombay, at which time, the aircraft broke into two halves, the nose with Borgfeld was observed falling straight down, while the tail section fluttered down. Two crew members were able to bale out and were captured. One crew member was seen to have been thrown out of the plane without a chute, and another was captured, but died later in a hospital on 29 Jan 1945 Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Obituary & more of Borgy's story Fort McPherson National Cemetery Memorial
H.G. BORGFELD files on GOOGLE DRIVE
JOHN E. BRINKMEYER, JR. 1919-1945, died at age 26 ~ resident of Alamo Heights. 1st Lt US Army, Company G, 359th Infantry, 90th Division. John enlisted March 1943. On 29 Mar 1945, after crossing the Main River east of Frankfurt, region of Hessen, the 90th engaged the German army in several towns, during which time 1st Lt John Brinkmeyer was killed. NOTE: John's father and brother are also listed in the Honor Role Case - J.E. Brinkmeyer, Sr and William Henry Brinkmeyer below in main list. Memorial
JOHN BRINKMEYER, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
DICK (Richard A) CALLAN Class of 38? 1921-1944, died age 22. 1st Lt, Army Air Corp, Pilot
Dick graduated from AHHS and St. Mary's University. In March 1943 he married Karrie "Dolly" L Kuntz (She had been Duchess of the Arabian Knights at the 1940 Fiesta Coronation, and 1941 Queen.) Dick obtained his "wings" at the Lubbock Army Flying School, Class 43-B. From there he went to Gowen Field, Idaho. B-24H Liberator #41-29290, with the 741st Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group, and piloted by Lt. Richard Callan, departed San Giovanni airfield near Cerignola, Italy on a mission to strike enemy shipping at Santo Stefano. Nearing the target area, B-24H #42-64456, piloted by 1LT Jerome E Slater Jr was struck by anti-aircraft artillery fire and went out of control and struck Lt. Callan's plane flying below. Both aircraft crashed. Source: Missing Air Crew Report № 4620.
Burial - Crew Buried together at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri
Also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
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DICK (RICHARD A) CALLAN files on GOOGLE DRIVE
NORMAN Wilder CARDWELL 1921-1943 died at age 22 SoM2, Soundman, US Navy Reserve.
Norman's family lived on Abiso Ave, Alamo Heights. He joined the Navy Reserve, was assigned to USS Abner Read (DD-526). While in Aleutian Islands, he was classified as missing, date of loss August 18, 1943.
The Abner Read was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read (1821-1863), who fought in the American Civil War. The ship saw action in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and in 1943 she survived hitting a mine that blew off her stern. Action Report for 18 Aug 1943 After repairs, she returned to service operated in support of Allied forces in the New Guinea campaign and the Battle of Leyte. Norman is Memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii. F-a-G
NORMAN W CARDWELL files on GOOGLE DRIVE
VERNE M. CLOPTON, JR. Class of '38 1921-1943, died age 21. 1st Lt, Pilot, Army Air Corp. After two years at St Mary's University, he enlisted Jan 2, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor. 1st Lt. Clopton was assigned to the 91st Bombardment Squadron, 27th Fighter Group. Based at Korba Field, Tunisia, Africa. On July 11, 1943, the 27th Fighter Group, flying A-36 Apache dive bombers (an early version of the P-51
Mustang,) actively supported the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky). Due to their exceptional accuracy in pinning down enemy tanks at Gela, the 27th Fighter Group was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation. It was during these intensive support missions of the Gela beachhead in Sicily, Lt. Clopton’s aircraft went down in the Mediterranean Sea. Awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Memorialized in Tunisia North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Délégation de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, Tablets of the Missing Memorial Wall
Verne is also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
VERNE CLOPTON files on GOOGLE DRIVE
WILEY L. DIXON, JR Class of '34 1915-1943 died age 27 Capt, Infantry, US Army. Wiley attended AHHS & Westmoreland College in S.A. Upon graduating from West Point in June 1939, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry, and reported for duty with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Wiley received his orders for the Philippines and left for what was to be his last station in April, 1941. Stationed with the 12th Military Police Company at Fort McKinley, he was later transferred to 2nd HQ on Bataan after war broke out. His company earned two citations for gallantry before surrendering to the Japanese on April 8, 1942. Eleven months later Wiley's family was notified that he was a prisoner of war. Nothing further was learned until the last of September 1943, when a card supposedly written by him was received saying he was interned at Osaka, Japan. A few days later a message from the War Department came saying that he had died on 2 Jan 1943 of pneumonia in Zentsuji Prisoner of War Camp, Japan.
Obit / Interred in Kentucky
WILEY L. DIXON files on GOOGLE DRIVE
WILLIAM Gerard "Jerry" FRASER, JR. 1919-1943 died age 24 Pvt USAAF Jerry lived on West Mulberry, and later on Cambridge Oval. Graduate of Jefferson in '38. Jerry was Gunner/Armorer on the San Antonio Rose, a B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress Ser # 41-24458, 43rd Bomb Group, 64th B Squadron. Link to the final mission of San Antonio Rose San Antonio Rose, the B-17 carrying General Walker, was seen trailing smoke and diving through clouds. A Fifth Air Force message stated, “Later B-17 was observed heading south just east of Vunakanau [10 miles (16 kilometers) south-southwest of Rabaul] at about 5,000 feet, left outboard engine smoking but later appeared alright, was being closely pursued by four to five Zekes and last seen going into clouds.” A Japanese fighter pilot wrote that the B-17 was seen flying to the south, about 25 miles south of Rabaul. It was not seen again. San Antonio Rose and its crew never returned from the mission. Searches over the next several days were unsuccessful. The 11 airmen were listed as Missing in Action 5 Jan 1943. They were re-classified as Killed in Action on 12 Dec 1945 Link #2 San Antonio Rose AMAZING VIDEO of 5 Jan 1943, final mission of San Antonio Rose Awards: Silver Star, Oak Leaf Cluster for gallantry in action. Later awarded Citation of Honor & Purple Heart. Memorialized in the Phillipines: The crew disappeared in New Britain, Papua New Guinea and are listed here in the virtual cemetery for B-17F #41-24458. Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
WILLIAM G FRASER, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
SAM G FULLER JR 1920-1944 died age 24 Capt USAAF, Pilot 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group G4-S. in 1936 he attended Jefferson H.S. In 1940, Sam age 19, lived with his family on Klaus Rd aka Eisenhauer Rd. In 1941. His father, Maj. Sam Fuller, Sr was on the faculty of Schreiner Institute. Sam registered for the Draft in '41. His parents lived on Funstun Place at the time of Sam's death in 1944. On 18 Nov 1944 he was piloting his P-51D Mustang #44-13596 "Screamin' Demon." On that strafing mission to the Lechfeld area, Germany, he was hit by small arms fire while strafing Mengen airfield. He attempted to reach Switzerland but crashed south of Ertingen, Germany. Missing Crew Report MACR 10300. Burial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Département de la Moselle, Lorraine, France. Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, The Purple Heart Sam's Profile more on 362nd Fighter Squadron
SAM G FULLER, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
JACK BRUCE HOWARD, Class of '36 1920-1943 died age 23 Ensign, US Navy
in 1940, lived on Charles Rd in Terrell Hills. Jack was National Honor Society, Hoof Print Editor, Jr Class President, Quill & Scroll, Most Representative Boy, Extemporaneous Speaking Olmos. At Univ of Texas Jack was Editor of The Daily Texan, President of Sigma Delta Chi, Member of Cowboys
The U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer USS Strong (DD-467) was sunk on July 5, 1943, in the Kula Gulf of the Solomon Islands during World War II. Struck by a Japanese "Long Lance" torpedo fired from an incredible distance of about 13 miles (20 km) by the destroyer Niizuki. Of the 280 crew, 46 Sailors were lost. 5 July 1943 • Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands
His headstone reads "Went down with his ship Destroyer U.S.S. Strong, Battle of Kula Gulf - Solomon Islands in the South Pacific" Images of USS Strong
Memorial stone is in Weimar, Tx 50 sec video diving wreckage of USS Strong
1936 Olmos Univ of Texas Editor USS Strong Crew photo
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JACK BRUCE HOWARD files on GOOGLE DRIVE
HENRY A. JUDMAIER, JR 1922-1943 died age 21 Class of '39 Tech Sgt US Army Air Corp.
Henry served with the India China Air Transport Command. On 10 June 1943, Henry was a crew member on a C-47 which had departed Chabua, India for Jorhat, India. On approach, as the aircraft circled the field preparing to land, low cloud cover obscured a radio tower. Their right wing struck the tower approx 5 ft from the top, causing them to spin 180 degrees, crashing to the ground. All four passengers were killed on impact. Henry, his father (WWI), and younger brother, Jack (WWII USN) are buried at Ft Sam Houston Natl
HENRY A. JUDMAIER, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
BEAVER A. KINSEL, 1922-1945 died at age 22 1LT USAAF, Pilot, 45th Ftr Sq, 15th Ftr Grp
He had lived at 831 Wiltshire Ave, Terrell Hills. Graduate of Jefferson H.S, and St Mary's University. He was reported missing, and a few days later as killed, when he and his plane disappeared while on a mission over Iwo Jima. His wingman witnessed Beaver's plane turn sharply and it disappear inside a cloud. A search was conducted but neither plane nor pilot were ever found. Honolulu Memorial
Also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
"The Rose" Kinsel's P-51D, Iwo Jima PHOTO #1 PHOTO #2
BEAVER A. KINSEL files & photos on GOOGLE DRIVE
CHARLES A. RAGSDALE 1924-1944 died age 20 Class of '42, a Senior at AHHS when USA entered the war. Charles died at age 20. SSgt Army Air Corp 98th Bomb Group * 345th Squadron Staff Sergeant Ragsdale, age 20, a Tail Gunner with the 98th Bomb Group, died when his plane collided with another near Munich, Germany on September 12, 1944. Germany. Gravesite Sunset Memorial
CHARLES A. RAGSDALE files on GOOGLE DRIVE
LOUIS JEROME RODRIGUEZ Class of '44. 1925-1945 died at age 19, USN Seaman 2nd Class. Lived in Alamo Heights at 123 Chichester. He played AHHS football '42, '43. He registered for the draft on his 17th birthday, 30 Sep 1943.In the 1944 Olmos, Louis stated that he wanted to join the Marines after graduation. He served in the US Navy on a Landing Craft Support, LCS(L)(3)
S2c Louis Jerome Rodriguez (S/N 843 10 76) died from wounds received when his USS LCS(L)(3) #7 was hit and sunk. On February 16, at approximately 0320, the Flotilla was attacked by about 30 suicide boats, and by heavy shore-based gunfire that appeared to come from Cabello Island. About 30 Japanese motorboats attacked LCS(L)(3)s in Mariveles Harbor in the Philippines. The explosive motorboats hit Louis's ship and three others. In a matter of minutes LCSs 7, 26 and 49, after receiving multiple hits, were sunk with the loss of around 75 lives, with many more wounded. Source: US Navy Muster Rolls - USS LCS (L) (3) 7 - 16 February 1945.
Eye witness account by Louis's ship's officer on deck: "Ensign D.C. Demeter described what was happening on the Seven: “By the time our radar operator interpreted the signal, there wasn’t much time for shooting. When I ordered the crew of our ship’s gun nearest to the oncoming ship to fire, they failed to do so. I then fired two shots from a rifle and two more shots from my .38 revolver when a blinding explosion knocked me unconscious. When I regained consciousness the conn (bridge) was a mass of wreckage. The entire port side and superstructure were ablaze. Ammunition was exploding all around. Men were lying about the decks with burns and broken bones. The ship was sinking.” About LCS(L)(3)
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Louis's two brothers also served in WWII
LOUIS JEROME RODRIGUEZ'S files on GOOGLE DRIVE
GENE SENG JR 1922-1943 died at age 22. Pvt, 2nd Marine Division, US Marine Corps,
The Seng family lived on Circle Street in Alamo Heights. Graduated Central Catholic High Class of '39, and attended St Mary's University. He enlisted 3 Feb 1942. He died 20 Nov 1943, at Tarawa
Marines in Tarawa - Tarawa Cemetery The Marine Assault of Tarawa Purple Heart
The Christmas Letter - In researching Gene's story, we discovered a tragic letter, dated 28 Nov 1943, from Mrs. Seng to her son, Pfc Gene Seng, Jr. expressing her worry and concern for his safety. She did not know that he had died 8 days earlier, along with his good friend mentioned in the letter. This tragic story began on Feb 3, 1942, when Gene volunteered for the Marines along with his high school friend, Charlie Montague. These two friends served together and died together on 20 November 1943, in Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Both were originally buried in field graves on Tarawa. Gene's remains were ultimately moved to Fort Sam Houston Natl. Charlie's to Honolulu, Natl Cem of the Pacific
Gene (L), Charlie Tarawa graves & Semper Fideles memorial click images to enlarge
GENE (EUGENE GUSTAV) SENG, JR Files on GOOGLE DRIVE
DENNIS PATRICK SHERIDAN, JR. Class of '30 1914-1945 died age 30, Graduated St Mary's University at the age of nineteen with a degree in business, along with a reserve officer’s commission.
Captain US Army, POW, KIA. Bataan Death March, 2 escapes, died in a Japanese Hell Ship explosion
Denny Sheridan's Biography written by his sisters is a MUST READ, please view here: Biography
Memorialized on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Taguig, Southern Manila District, National Capital Region, Philippines
Also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
DENNIS P. SHERIDAN files on Google Drive
BEN C. TAPPAN Class of '38 2nd Lieutenant. AAF Pilot P-38 Lightning
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
BEN C. TAPPAN files on GOOGLE DRIVE
JAY HARRY TAPPAN, JR..Class of '36 1st Lieut, AAF Pilot P-38 Lightning 27th Fighter SQ Pilot P-38 Lightning
Memorial
J HARRY TAPPAN, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
WILLIAM "Bill" L TINGLE, Class of '34 1917-1942 died age 25 Bill enlisted 11 Jul 1941. He and his new wife lived at 201 Cloverleaf Ave in Alamo Heights. 1st Lt USAAF 8th Air Force, Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress, 97th Bomber Group, Heavy, 342nd Squadron. Assigned 326BS/92BG at Bangor 31-Jul-42; Transferred to 326BS/97BG Polebrook 12-Aug-42. Aircraft:"FRANCIS X". Missing in Action 21-Oct-42 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient . 6KIA 4POW. Metals & Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Memorial Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
"A War-Torn Tale - A World War II bomber copilot never made it home to his bride, but she kept his love letters for life. by his cousin https://planeandpilotmag.com/a-war-torn-tale/
Crew of B-17 124441 - Francis X - Bill bottom row, far left
WILLIAM L TINGLE FIles on GOOGLE DRIVE
(George) CLAIBORNE VERNON, JR Class of '42, 1924-1944 died age 20 PFC, US Army
The Vernons lived at 808 E Euclid when Claiborne was born. In 1930 they lived at 720 Aganier. He was a Senior at AHHS when we entered the war. He was involved with Hi-Y Club, Assemblies, Tennis, and Bowling Clubs. In 1940 they lived at 222 Young, (which, after his death, was renamed Claiborne Way, most likely named in Memory of Claiborne.) His father died in 1941. Claiborne registered for the draft on 30 Jun 1942. He served with 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. They landed in France on 23 Sep 1944. They fought continuously into Germany. Immendorf and the high ground to the north the 16th of Nov after seven days of hard fighting. Claiborne was killed somewhere around Beeck, Germany some time during this offensive. During the Rhineland Campaign the 405th was attached to the 84th Infantry Div and experienced heavy fighting. HonorStates.org Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands Purple Heart ★ Combat Infantryman Badge ★ Marksmanship Badge ★ World War II Victory Medal ★ American Campaign Medal ★ Army Presidential Unit Citation ★ Army Good Conduct Medal ★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ★ Bronze Star
Also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
GEORGE CLAIBORNE VERNON, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
GUY B. "GB" WYRICK, Class of '41 1924-1944 died age 20. 2nd LT, Army Air Corp,
He left Texas A&M in 1943 to enlist in Air Force. Advance Training Pilot Class 44-C, Frederick Army Air Field in Okla. 1259 AAF Base Unit, Pilot Air Transport Command. It is said that Guy was the youngest Advanced Pilot Instructor in the US Army Air Force. Guy died in North Africa, Sidi M’hamed District Algiers, Algeria when his plane crashed while flying critical supplies to Sardinia for French Air Force. Originally buried in Africa (site of plane downing); reinterred in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Posted on Texas A&M: Lt. Guy Booth Wyrick, ’45, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Guy Wpyrick, 323 Evans Ave., Alamo Heights, San Antonio, was killed about forty miles east of Algiers on September 19 when he and his crew were returning to their base in a great storm. Lt. Wyrick entered the Air Corps in February 1943, and was co-pilot at the time of his death. He attended A. & M. from ’41-’43, taking Mechanical Engineering,
Guy's father, Lt Col Guy Wyrick also served in WWII and WWI, and was in charge of the construction of Brooke Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston.
GUY B. "GB" WYRICK files on GOOGLE DRIVE
MIA - Missing In Action
In the 1945 Case, several men were listed as Missing In Action.
They were later re-classified as Killed in Action or POW Returned
DIS - Died While In Service (13)
LOUIS ALBERT, Capt, US Army. Resident of Alamo Heights. Emigrating from Russia, Louis became a US citizen in 1917. At age 31, lived on Fort Sam Houston, 1930 he was living at 117 East Magnolia with Wife, Nett, and young daughter Phyllis, who graduated AHHS Class of 1941. Louis died 25 Jan 1944, of a heart attack at Fort Benning, GA. He was buried at Fort Sam Houston. Quote from Obit: "In 1914, after being stationed at Fort McKinley, Philipines, Captain Louis “Kid” Albert was a lightweight boxer for the US Army in the Orient."
LOUIS ALBERT files on GOOGLE DRIVE
EDWIN P ARNESON, JR Class of '33 1917-1943 age 25 1st Lieutenant, Pilot, Army Air Corp Texas A&M Graduate. In 1940 Ed lived at 301 Grandview, Terrell Hills. On 1 Jan 1943, ouside of Stockton Field, California, Ed was killed when his P-38 Lightening crash landed, nosed over, caught fire, as he was trying to land to assist a fellow piliot who had made an emergency landing. Ed's father, Edwin P. Arneson, Sr was a regional Engineer, who worked with Works Projects Administration on building Arneson River Theatre. He died in 1938 prior to its completion.
EDWIN P ARNESON, JR files on Google Drive
WILLIAM "Bill" S. BUSBEE, JR. Class of '37 1920-1944 died at age 23 2nd Lt US Army Air Corp, Flight Instructor, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo. Bill died in an accidental aircraft crash during a training mission. Hoof Print Club with his classmate, H.O. Borgfeld. Burial
1937 Hoof Print Staff 1940 University of Texas
WILLIAM "BILL" BUSBEE files on Google Drive
JAMES Rutherford CARDWELL, 1887-1943 died age 56 US Army, Major. 1943 resident of Alamo Heights. Originally from TN, James enlisted in the US Army three times, the first in 1912, the second in 1917, and then for WWII. During his WWI duty in France, he married Amelia Courtiade, on Dec 6, 1919. In 1943, they lived at 721 Imlay Street, Alamo Heights, at which time he served as a Major at Fort Sam Houston in the Ordinance Dept. James died of heart disease Sep 1943 buried at Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery.
MORGAN A GIFFIN, PILOT, Army Air Corp Lt Col, West Point graduate Link to Biography Record
Morgan A Giffin had served as a pilot with the AAF in Europe and the Aleutian Islands. He was awarded the DFC in June 1943 for his service in the Aleutian Islands by Lt Gen Simon B Buckner, Jr, Commanding General of the Alaska Defense Command. Giffin later served as Pilot Instructor, Commander, 247th Army Air Force Base Unit, Salina Army Air Field, KS. On 30 Nov 1945, after the war had ended, he was one of two men, both experienced pilots, aboard the Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor #44-7632 when they crashed approximately three miles northeast of McCook, NE. Awards - DFC, Air Metal w Oak Leaf Cluster, French Croix De Guerre. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in June 1943 for his service in the Aleutian Islands. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
MORGAN A GIFFIN Files on GOOGLE DRIVE
GORDON E. HOUSTON 1916-1942 died at age 25. 2nd Lt Army Air Corps. P-43 Pilot, 38th Pursuit Squadron, 55th Pursuit Group. Originally from Dallas, In 1940 Gordon's family relocated to Alamo Heights and lived on Evans Ave. He attended St Mary's University. From 1937 to 1940 Gordon had played professional baseball. He enlisted in the peacetime on 3 Nov 1940, alongside his younger brother, Charles, with the shared ambition of becoming pilots. Gordon earned his wings after training at Moffett Field and Stockton Field, CA in the months leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. In Sep 1941, Gordon Houston was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) and assigned as a flight leader with the 55th Pursuit Group, under the Western Defense Command, stationed at McChord Field. primary role involved piloting the Republic P-43 Lancer, a pre-production fighter aircraft, on routine coastal patrol sorties along the U.S. West Coast. He was killed in a training flight accident on February 10, 1942. After landing his Republic P-43 Lancer at McCord, his aircraft hit a ditch that had been prepared that day along the runway and flipped over killing him instantly. His final resting place is at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
Gordon is also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
GORDON E. HOUSTON files on GOOGLE DRIVE
EVERETT F. JOHNSON 1904-1942 died at age 37. 1st Lt USAAF, Pilot. AHHS Student in 1922.
In 1940, his family lived on Park Lane in Olmos Park. Everett registered for the draft in 1940. He completed an air training course in Florida and another at Harrisburg, Pa. He died on 5 Oct 1942, when his Douglas C-39 transport #38-524 struck a mountain near Coamo, Puerto Rico. He was one of 22 on an administrative flight. About the accident Johnson served on the 57th Judicial District Court in San Antonio during the 1930s and was appointed by Governor James V. Allred. He was the youngest district judge in Texas when Gov. Allred appointed him to the bench at the age of 32. He was re-elected twice without opposition.
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EVERETT F JOHNSON files on GOOGLE DRIVE
ZIM E. LAWHON, SR 1890-1943 age 52 WWI & WWII US Army Col. Graduate of Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, OK, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and the Army War College, Washington. For nine years he was a professor of military science and tactics at Princeton Univ. After the US entered WWII, Col. Lawhon was on duty w the War Department General Staff for a year and on May 22, 1943, became CO of Camp Reynolds, then known as the Shenango personnel replacement center. In the fall he passed away from a resiratory illness, two days before unofficial word was received that Col. Lawhon had been nominated for appointment to the temporary rank of Brigadier General. Camp Reynolds BIO Lawhon was an Alamo Heights resident in 1930 when son Zim, Jr was school-age. Arlington National Cemetery
ZIM E LAWHON, SR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
FAYETTE LAVERN PASS 1922-1944 died at age 21, 1st Lt USAAF Pilot. Resided at 312 Harrison Ave, Alamo Heights. He joined the Cadet Corps at Tarlton College. Enlisted in the US Army Air Corps 20 March 1942. He earned his wings at Ellington Field Class 43-B. Instructor at AAF Navigation School in San Marcos. LaVern died when his AT-7 colided with another trainng aircraft.
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F. LAVERN PASS files on GOOGLE DRIVE
GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, JR. 1906-1944 died age 37 Captain US Army Infantry
In the mid-1930s he served with the Civilian Conservation Corp in Calif. He and his wife moved to San Antontio and at some point he was assigned to Reception Center at Fort Sam Houston. In 1940 they lived at 222 Evans St, Alamo Heights. George died of cardio complications 1 Jan 1944, age 37, at Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston. At the time of death, they lived on Routt St. in Alamo Heights. Rodney, his brother Richard (WWII), their father (WWI), are buried at Fort Sam National
GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, JR. files on GOOGLE DRIVE
JOHN M. SALLEE, JR. Class of '36 1918-1945 died at age 26. Capt USAAF Graduate of Alamo Heights, attended St Mary's University and graduated from University of Texas at Austin. He received his wings and commission at the Air Corp Advanced Flying School, Stockton Field, Calif 31 Oct 1941. Going overseas 6 Oct 1943, he was, at the time of his death, serving as the engineering officer and test pilot with an air service squadron in the Pacific. Before going to the Phillippines, he had served in New Britain, New Guinea, and on Blak Island. John died 13 May 1945 • Mindora Island, Philippines. He is also listed on St Mary's University WWII Memorial
JOHN M SALLEE files on GOOGLE DRIVE
HERBERT C. STUCKE Class of '37 1921-1943 died at age 22 1Lt US Army Air Corps
Herbert's father had died when he was age 7. He started at Jerfferson, and soon transferred to Alamo Heights where he was Class Treasurer '36, '37, Student Council, Hi-Y Club, Football Team, "Most Popular Boy", In 1940 the family Lived on Rosemary St. He enlisted 12 Nov 1941, a few weeks before Pearl Harbor.
He was based in Wichita, KS where was a test pilot for Cessna. On 15 May 1943, near Newton, KS, his UC78 Bobcat #42-71762 crashed for unknown reasons.
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HERBERT C. STUCKE files on GOOGLE DRIVE
LUCIEN H. TALIAFERRO, JR Class of '39 1922-1944 died age 21 2Lt Army Air Corps
Lucien and his mother lived at 341 Elmhurst Ave when he registered for the draft 30 Jun 1942.
2nd Lt Taliaferro was the pilot of B-24D Liberator Bomber #42-40420, serving with the 330th Combat Crew Training Squadron. On 23 Dec 1943, as his aircraft was taking off at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, on a routine combat training mission, it fell from a low altitude, crashed and burned. Four were killed and six, including Lucien, were injured. A week later, 1 Jan 1944, he died from injuries sustained in the crash.
LUCIEN H. TALIAFERRO files on GOOGLE DRIVE
POWs who returned (7)
In the 1945 Case, several men were listed as Missing In Action.
They were later re-classified as Killed in Action or POW Returned
K. L. (Kearie Lee) BERRY, SR POW for four years. US Army. Greg up in Denton, Tx; played football at Univ of Texas Austin. Career Army WWI & WWII. After the war he resided at 227 Hubbard in Alamo Heights, where his three children graduated Alamo Heights in '37, '38, '40. During the war, He was transferred to the Philippines in November, 1941, just before the outbreak of hostilities with the Japanese. At that time he was promoted to colonel. During the defense of the Bataan Peninsula, Lt Gen Berry and his command distinguished themselves in the battle of the "Pockets," which forced a temporary withdrawal of the Japanese forces. Following the surrender of Bataan on 9 April 1942, Gen. Berry survived the infamous "Death March" and forty months as a prisoner of war. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1946, retired May 1947. Read more here Died at age 71, 27 Apr 1965, Brooke Army Hospital. Book by his daughter Beyond the Bataan Death March * TSHA
KEARIE L BERRY, SR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
GERALD D. BINKS Class of '38
Daniel W. Finlayson II POW 2nd Lt Army Air Corp, 8th Air Force, 390th Bomb Group 568th Squadron. Dan was on the 1936 Alamo Heights Mules district and bi-district champions football team. He transfered to Schreiner Institute in Kerville. He earned his wings as Pilot, Navigator, and Bombardier. He was an expert shot with the M-2 .50 caliber machine gun. Dan was Bombardier / Togglier on the B-17 "Bugs" but due to mechanical problems, his crew was transfered to B-17 Flying Fortress (46491-Y) "I'll Be Around" whose crew was sick. Bad luck for Dan's crew. His aircraft was shot down on 26 Nov 1944 over Hamm, Germany. Dan stayed with the plane from 30k feet to less than 5k feet trying to revive the navigator who was knocked unconscious. He, the navigator, and the crew chief all bailed out at a very low altitude and were captured. Following their capture and interrogation by the Germans, Lt Meyer and Second Lt Dan W. Finlayson were both sent to Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany, where they remained until the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on April 30, 1945. Dan was ultimately held in three camps. Discharged Nov 21, 1945. He returned to San Antonio.
DAN W FINLAYSON, II files on GOOGLE DRIVE
OMAR GONZALES Class of '34 POW US Army Air Corp 1st Lt Omar Gonzales was Group Navigator of the Original 100th Bomb Group B-17s, Crew #A1. The "Bloody 100th", based at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, UK. Prisoner of War (POW). On a mission November 5, 1943 to Gelsenkirchen on B-17 Flying Fortress #42-30088 'Squawkin' Hawk II', pilot William R. Flesh ordered a bail out after plane suffered severe bomb damage. 8 men jumped, but pilot Flesh and Co-Pilot John G. Gossage were able to regain control and landed at the RAF base at Tangmere, Kent. MACR 15553. Omar was a POW in Barth, Germany, Nov 1943. He was liberated on April 1945. POW Omar devised some flexible walking shoes from parts of his wooden bed frame. Post war he made a name as an inventor, writing articles for Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. More about Omar Omar's brothers Abel & Horace, also served.
Interesting tidbit for viewers of the Series, "Masters of the Air" - Remember Harry Crosby, the Group Navigator? Omar Gonzales had served as the original Group Navigator ("The Tent Maker") for the 100th Bomb Group. When he later became a Prisoner of War (POW) following the November 5, 1943 mission to Gelsenkirchen, Harry Crosby succeeded Gonzales in the vital role of Group Navigator, going on to complete his tour. Omar rose to the rank of Captain. Obituary 1916-2005
Links: American Air Museum POS Mission Grave Memorial Original "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group
OMAR GONZALES files on GOOGLE DRIVE
WAYNE H. GOTKE Class of '38 Capt USAAF, Navigator
Resided at 406 Chester St in Alamo Heights. Football, Hi-Y, Tennis,
1940 Kelly Field. 26 Feb 1943 29 April 1945 returned to U.S.
Wayne was Navigator on B-24 Liberator Bomber #41-23777, nicknamed 'Maisie', with the 44th Bomb Group, 66th Squadron. POW : June 1, 1945; DETAINING CAMP: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria, then to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
2nd Lieutenant Wayne Gotke was the navigator of Post's plane. At the urging of Robert Post's father he wrote the following account after he was released from a German prisoner of war camp:
JAMES CULLEN HENDERSON Sgt US Marine Corps, POW 1941 to 1945
Resided at 117 Blue Bonnet Blvd. in Alamo Heights. James served with the 4th Marine Regiment Philippines Islands when the war began. He was named on a Muster Roll of KIA & POWs, Headquarters Company, First Separate Marne Battalion, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Island.Oct 1-31, 1941. He was transferred to Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135 1942 or later
He was liberated 11 Sep 1945 Sons of Liberty He lived to age 80 Burial El Paso, Tx
JAMES CULLEN HENDERSON files on GOOGLE DRIVE
MORRIS L. "Mo" LERNER, Class of '35 - POW Pvt US Army The Lerners lived at 148 Cloverleaf, and family operated Lerners Grocery at 3626 Broadway. Morris registered for the Draft 16 Oct 1940. After one year of college on 25 Mar 1941 after one year of college, he enlisted, serving with the 200th Coastal Artillery Corps. He was stationed in the Phillipines where he was captured at Caregadore, on the Bataan Death March, transported on a Japanese hell ship, to Japan where he spent the rest of the war in Japanese prison camps. He was listed as POW418 at Camp Hiroshima 6B earlier known as FUKUKA1D. He was discharged in May 1946. Morris was on the Rolls of the Missing, but returned to the US after the war.
About the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment and the Bataan Death March
MORRIS L LERNER files on GOOGLE DRIVE
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AHISD FACULTY who served - several teachers and administrators served in the armed forces during World War II. They are not listed in the case, but we wish to salute them here. If you know of an AHISD K-12 faculty member who served our country during the WWII years, please let Toni know.
Col Walter Cinn DeBill West Point Class of '37' US Army, WWII, Korea. AHHS Math Teacher
West Point Biography * Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
LTJG Clara L. “Precious” Gregg, LTJG U.S. Navy WAVE Communications Officer stationed in D.C.
AHHS Librarian 1971 2010 Obituary Ft Sam Houston Natl Cemetery * Files on GOOGLE DRIVE
Lt Col Ned S Hays, US Army Air Corp, Command Pilot, over 5,000 hours, gliders, B-17, B-25, B-29
AHHS Science Teacher, Golf Coach, Obituary * Sunset Memorial Park
Lt Col Lawrence D Williams, US Army, WWII & Korea. AHJS Texas History, AHHS World History
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery * Memories of Mr. Williams
Y2 Harry B. Orem, Class of '44 US Navy; AH Administrator. Served on the USS Maddox,
USS Spangler, & USS Mansfield; US Navy Reserves until 1986.
AHISD 1953-1994. Obituary Fort Sam Houston Natl Cemetery
Lt. Col. Ray M. Clapp, US Army Air Corp, Pilot Served with distinction in the African and European
theaters, receiving numerous awards & citations. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Ann Cain Tibbets After graduating from University of Missouri in 1944, she worked as a stenographer
with the War Department in Washington, D.C. during World War II, deciphering code for the military
. Obituary Cemetery
Lt Col Alex C Smith, US Army, Photo AHJS Drafting Teacher Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Alphabetical by Last Name - Honor Roll
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VICTOR ABADIE
HARRY ADAMS
WYNNE ADAMS
ROAN AICKLEN
LOUIS ALBERT Capt, US Army see DIS section above
ED ALDRIDGE
HENRY BURRALL ANDERSON
JOE ANDERSON
CHARLES ARMBRUST
EDWIN P ARNESON, JR Class of '33 see DIS section above
JOHN ARNETT
DON ASHBROOK
TERRY AVERY
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HAROLD BACKUS
CLARENCE BAILEY
JOHN BAINES
JOHN L. BASKETT
RALPH BATEMAN
F. TYLER BATES
RICHARD C. BATTEE
F. WILLIAM BAUERS, JR
F. W. BAUERS, SR
HENRY A. BAUGHMAN
FRANK S. BAYDEN, Jr.
JAMES BEBINGER
JACK BEBINGER
SAMUEL C. BECHTEL
RALPH L. BECK
WILLIAM A. BECK, JR Class of '35 see KIA section above
CHARLES LEE BECKER Class of '37, Lt. Army Air Corps
PHILIP W. BECKLEY
GEORGE C. W. BELCHER
JOHN THOMAS BELL
WILLIAM F. BELL
WILLIAM F. BENNETT, JR.
WILLARD L. BENNING
LOUIS W BENORE Pvt, US Army see KIA section above
ALBERT G. BENSON
GEORGE C. BENSON
CHARLES M. BERKEY
PAULA A. BERKEY
ROBERT A. BERMAN
K. L. Kearie Lee BERRY, JR Class of '37 US Army Air Corp West Point, 57th Fighter Group, B-17 Pilot,
In school he was Reporter Senior Class, Football, Track. Commander 398th Bomb Grp, 601st Squadron Crew Photos MIssing Crew Report BERRY CREW (Keary was rescued) His Berry's aircraft was damaged by flak and ditched in channel on 7/8/44 in B-17 42-107096 Forced to jump in the English Channel upon return from a bombing attack on France. Of the nine man crew Captain Berry and his tail gunner Manuel C Ray returned to base. Landed about 50 yards from shore of Goodwin Sands and it took him about 2 hours to reach land because the water was so cold. Once on land, two Grumman Avengers made 3 passes at a sunken boat about 300 yards away. His refuge was a practice target area. After about 4 hours an air/sea rescue launch picked him up. MACR 7220
K. L. Kearie Lee BERRY, SR. POW (father of KL,Tom) US Army - see POW section
THOMAS 'TOM' E. BERRY, Class of '40 Lt Col US Marine Corps
ANTHONY BERUMEN
MIGUEL BERUMEN
MURRAY B. BETTS
GERALD D. BINKS POW - returned home
GEORGE BLAKEY
JOHN E. BLAKEY
CARROLL STERLING BLANCHARD
ROBERT P. BLANKENSHIP
E. JUDSON BLITCH
STEPHEN WILLIAM BLOUNT III
CHARLES L BOATNER, JR.
WILLIAM BOATRIGHT
JACK BOERNER
JAMES BOLLER
JOHN H. BOLLES
PATRICK M. BOOKER
ROBERT A. BOOKER
EUGENE BOGLE
W. W. BONDURANT. JR.
ALFRED G. BOOTH
WALTER B. BOOTH, JR
H.O.BORGFELD JR (Hugo Otto) Class of 1937 see KIA section above
ALEX S. BOURDON
GORDON P. BOWMAN
JOSEPHUS A. BOWMAN
MARVIN S. BOWMAN, JR.
GEORGE R. BOYCE
CHARLES W. BOYD
WILLIAM H. BOYD
JESSE E. BOYLE
DAVID E. BRADFORD
FREDERICK E. BRAMLETTE Pilot Cadet, 1944-1945 Army Air Force Pilot Training School,
Gardner Field, Taft, CA
TIOMAS S. BRAND
FRANK M. BRAY
WILLIAM A. BRAY
ROY BREMER
EOWARD H. BRENDLER
GEORGE R. BRIDGMAN
JOHN E. BRINKMEYER, JR 1st Lt US Army, Co G, 359th Inf, 90th Div see KIA section above
J. E. (JOHN) BRINKMEYER, SR. Veteran of World War I & II. Entered the Army in 1916, for WWI.
In WWII served as a Major and finance officer on Gen. Wainwright's staff at Bataan and Corregidor.
He spent 3 ½ years as a prisoner of the Japanese. He retired from the Army in 1947. OBITUARY
WILLIAM HENRY BRINKMEYER Capt. US Coast Guard WW II, Vietnam.
Meritorious Service Medal CG Commendation Medal And GS Burial
BILL BROUGH
A. BRUCE BROUGH, JR.
A. E. BROWN
BUSTER BROWN
CLINTON G. BROWN JR.
THOMAS C. BROWN
HARRY M. BROYLES
VAL BRUCE
OSCAR J. BRUNNER, JR
WALTER BRUNNEMAN
CARL A. BRYAN
GEORGE R BRYAN
FLOYD H. BUCH
JAMES B. BUCK
EDWARD L. BULLOCK, III
RICHARD F. BULLOCK
HARRY C. BURKHALTER
EDWIN K. BURRITT
WILLIAM H. BURNS
JOHN K. BURR
JAMES B. BURWELL
WILLIAM S. BUSBEE, JR. Class of '37 see DIS section above
ARTHUR P. BUZZINI
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ROLAND CALDWELL
DICK (Richard A) CALLAN see KIA section above
JAMES Rutherford CARDWELL see DIS section above
NORMAN W. CARDWELL see KIA section above
ROBERT N. CAMPBELL, JR. see DIS section above
PEGGY CARDWELL
A. E. CARMICHAEL
RICHARD P. CARR
RICHARD W. CARR, JR.
PHILIP S. CARRINGTON
EUGENE G. CARRINGTON
DOROTHY JANE CARTER
FRANCIS FITZHUGH CARTER
ROY A CARTER
ROY A. CARTER, JR.
CHARLES O. CARUTH
R. O. CATES
T.A. CATES, JR.
FREDERICK VICTOR CERMIN
JAMES B. CHANDLER, JR Army Air Corp, 2nd Lt, Command Pilot B-29 Superfortress
JOE CHAPLES CHAPMAN
JOSEPH P. CHAPMAN
GORDON T. CHARLTON, JR.
GORDON T. CHARLTON, SR.
JAMES CHARLTON
MARY L. CHESNUTT
HERSCHEL N. CHILDERS
M. A CHILDERS, JR.
PAUL CHILDS
WHEATLY CHURCH
WILLIAM C. CHURCH, JR.
FRED G. CIMMERMAN, Jr.
CHARLES B. CLARK, Jr.
CLAYBOURNE F. CLARKE
DAVID G. CLARKE
JOHN L. CLEM, JR.
AUGUSTUS D. CLEMENS
ROBERT A. CLEUTER
KENNETH L. CLINE, JR.
CLOPTON, VERNE J. JR Class of '38 see KIA section above
JAMES E. CLUTTER
JOHN R. CLUTTER
ELMER T. COATES
ORA J. COHEE
R. HOWARD COKER
GENE COLBERT
JOHN W. COLEMAN
E. W. COLGLAZIER
ROBERT W. COLGLAZIER, JR.
CHARLES J. COLLINS, JR.
A. F. CONSTABLE
E. RAYMOND COPPOCK, JR.
E. S. C. COPPOCK
W. D. CORNELISON, Jr.
EVANS W. CORN
LEAVITT CORNING, Jr.
ROBERT N. CORRIGAN
WALTER N. CORRIGAN
MALFORD COTHAM
JAMES H. D. COULTER
EDWARD W. COYLE
CHARLES Z. CRAIN. JR
S. C. CRATCH
R. J. CROCKETT
C. H. CROW
JOSEPH MILTON CROW
CHARLES CRUM
ARTHUR CUESTA
BENJAMIN F. CULPEPPER, JR.
LESLIE T. CUSHING
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CARREL DAKIN
HOWARD H. DAVENPORT.
RALPH STEPHEN DAVIS. JR
RAPIER DAWSON
KENNETH DENGEL
JAMES C. DENNIS
LOUIS C. DENNIS, JR.
JAMES F. DENSON
WILLIAM DEVINE
LESLIE DICK
CONRAD DICKERSON
DAVID B. DICKEY
FIELDING DICKSON
KEMPER DIEHL
BOB DIXON
WILEY L. DIXON, JR see KIA section above
RICHARD W. DOUGLAS
JAMES L. DROUGHT
THOMAS DROUGHT
ALBERT J. DRUCE
HAROLD M. DRUCE, JR
ROBERT W. DRUCE
ERIS DuBOSE
GUNTER DUCKWORTH
HOWARD DUCKWORTH
EDWARD DUERR
CHARLES W. DUKE
DELMAR H. DUNTON
RALPH H. DURKEE
DAVID A. DURKOP
CHARLES DWYER, JR
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JOHN N. EDDINS
WILLIAM N. EDDINS, JR.
ROBERT EICKENROHT, JR Class of 1930 1940 Draft Registr Card AH resident
MARVIN B. EICKENROHT WWI and WWII Memorial Obituary
RALPH ELLSWORTH
CLARENCE E. EPP
EDWARD W. EVERETT
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SUTHERLAND C. FANT
ALBERT FARRIS
ED FARRIS
GEORGE FARRIS
ROBERT E. FAWCETT
MAX N. FEDER
STEPHEN FEY
DANIEL W FINLAYSON, II POW Army Air Corp, 8th Air Force see POW section
ARTHUR F. FISHER,
WILLIAM P. FITCH, JR.
ALBERT VINCENT FITZGERALD, JR.
THOMAS FREDRICK FITZGERALD
O. C. FITZHENRY
MELVIN L. FISER
PAUL A. FLOWERS
ROY E FORSON, JR.
JOHN C. FOSTER
J. B. FOOTE
J. D. FRALEY, JR.
EDWARD FRANKSTONE
BRUCE FRASER
WILLIAM Gerard "Jerry" FRASER, JR. see KIA section above
HERBEMONT F. FRASER
EDWARD J FRAZER, JR.
JOSEPH K. FRAZER
OTTO A. FRISCHNUTH, JR.
WALTER C. FREEMAN, JR.
JACK FROST
FREDERIC L. FULLER
SAM G. FULLER, JR see KIA section above
RICHARD FURMAN
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FRANK J GALLAWAY, JR.
JACK R. GAMBLE
LON D. GAMBLE, JR
RYERSON D GATES
CHARLES E. GARRETT
G.L. GARRETT
THOMAS S. GARRETT, Jr.
LEROY GATLIN
JACK W. GERBER
J.W. GERLICH
JOHN F. GERRITY, JR.
JOHN E. GERRITY, SR.
PEYTON GIBBS
DOROTHY GIBLER
JOHN O. GIBSON, JR
MORGAN A GIFFIN, Army Air Corp see DIS section above
DONALD C. GLASS
GUY C. GLASSFORD
PELHAM GLASSFORD
JAMES ALLAN GILLL
LUKIN T GILLILAND Class of '44, US Navy
KERMIT F. GOMBERT
ROLAND GOHMERT Class of '37
JOSEPH A. GOLDEN
ABEL "Frito" GONZALES Class of '37 Football Capt, Track, Basketball Capt, Hi-Y, Olmos, Junior Play. 20 Nov 1936 story in The San Antonio Light - Mules beat Lanier to win District 39-B Title. "Abel ("Frito") Gonzales, star of Alamo Heights backfield, is shown coming through a big hole opened in Lanier's line in Thursday's game at Heights ... "
HORACE GONZALES(Z) Class of '35 U.S. Air Corps 1940. Career US Air Force, Lt Col Retired
Brother of Able and Omar. Obituary and Grave Memorial, Diniba, CA
OMAR GONZALES Class of '34 POW US Army Air Corps See POW section above
GLENN GOODWIN
CHARLES W GORDON, III, Class of '44, US Navy; 1944 Olmos Hi-Y Club, Football, Texas A&M
HAROLD M. GORDON
ROBERT F. GOSSETT
WAYNE GOTKE Class of '38 Capt USAAF, Navigator POW see section above
HERBERT B. GREENE, JR
ROBERT S. GREENE
E. HOYLE GRAHAM
KARL GRANBERG
CLIFFORD A. GRAY
B. A. GREATHOUSE JR.
THOMAS H. GREENWELL
MARGARET GREER
CLARA "Precious” GREGG, US Navy, AHHS Librarian 1971 see Faculty section above
F. DEEL GRIFFIN
CARL F. GROOS, JR.Class of '40
ERNEST M. "Ernie" GROOS, JR. Class of '42, US Navy; AHHS National Honor Society, Hi-Y, Football, Jr & Sr Plays, Student Council President, Assemblies, PTA Exec Board.
Ensign Groos was Fourth Officer, Navigator, on LCI(M)-362 (Landing Craft-Infantry) in the South Pacific. 4 Officers, 49 enlisted men. NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo ArchiveUSS LCI(M)-362
Memory of his son, Ernest III (class of '71): "small (less than 160 foot), flat-bottomed ship my father served on during WWII in the South Pacific. He was a 21-year-old ensign on this LCI (Landing Craft-Infantry) that was converted to a mortar ship, LCI(M). Being flat-bottomed, it was able to sail in over the coral reefs that surrounded most of the South Pacific Islands they were attacking. From close-in, they would fire in explosive mortar rounds at targets radioed to them via air reconnaissance. One of his duties was being the navigator, which often had to be done zig-zag without radio signals in order to avoid Japanese submarines. At night, this required navigation by the stars, both of the northern and southern hemispheres. I still wonder at the mettle of a 21-year-old kid with that kind of responsibility and burden, but that pretty much describes all of those that served in WWII. After the Japanese surrender, he was assigned as the navigator on a Destroyer, which seemed like a battleship compared to the boat they sailed (sometimes surfed during huge ocean storms) across the Pacific. ... In the 1944 naval officers group picture, my dad is the skinny kid on the left."
ERNEST M. GROOS, JR files on GOOGLE DRIVE
JOHN F. GROSSMAN, JR.Class of '38
WILBUR G. GUNN
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CLIFFORD L. HAGY
VIRGIL O. HAGY
J. CROSWELL HALL, JR.
JOHN P. HALL
ROBERT L. HALL
EDWARD H. HARVEY
GEORGE G. HARVEY
GARRISON G. HARWELL
FLOYD A. HATFIELD
WAME J. HALLMARK
GUY S. HALTER
RICHARD C. HALTER
EDWARD L. HAMMOND
WENDELL HANABURY
HENRY F. HANZ
EDGAR CHALMERS HARDING
EARL W. HARDING
ROBERT RUGELY HARDING
VICTOR H. HARDING
NORTON B. HARGIS
FRANK R. HARMER, JR.
WILLIAM H. HARMER
JAMES E. HARPER, JR.
JOHN W. HARRINGTON
JOSEPH P. HART
A. W. HARTMAN
WM. HUARD HARGIS
EDGAR O. HASCHKE, JR. T-SGT US Army/AAF WWII, EAME Medal with 5 Bronze Stars
Campaigns: Normandy, N France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
JACK A. HASCHKE. brother of Edgar Memorial
RAYMOND HATFIELD
ROLAND H. HAUN
BILLY HAUSMAN
BOBBY HAUSSER
EARLE HAWLEY, JR.
EDWARD HEARN
HOWARD HEARN
LEO C. HEARN
O. H. HEGEMANN
JAMES HENDERSON see DIS section above
WALTER A. HENSHAW, JR.
HOWARD HENSON, JR.
EDWARD H. HERPEL
JOHN HINTON HEIMAN
TERRY HIGHT, JR.
HILBERT F. HILGERS
PHIL N. HILL
O. C. HIMES
THOMAS HINGLE
JAMES A. HIRSHFIELD
M. F. HITZFELD
HILBERT F. HILGERS
LOUISE HOBBS
EDDIE HOFF
ROBERT HOFF
STUART S. HOFF
FRED W. HOFSTETTER
CHARLES A. HOLADAY
LEO C. HOLBROOK
MERLE HOLDER
NORMAN L. HOLDER
DAN M. HOLLINGSWORTH
TOM C. HOLLERON
JOHN HOLMGREEN
JACK HOLT
GILES N. HOOVER
ODELL HOPPER
FRANK P. HOPWOOD
WILMAR HORN
CHARLES L. HOUSTON, Jr. USAF (older brother of Gordon and Howard)
GORDON E. HOUSTON 2nd Lt Army Air Corps, Pilot see DIS section above
HOWARD F. HOUSTON S Sgt US Army
JACK BRUCE HOWARD, Class of '34 see KIA section above
ROSS HOWARD
D. D. HOWE
EDWARD HOWELL
GEORGE HOWELL
LAURIE M. HUCK
LAURIE M. HUCK, JR.
ROBERT HUEDEPOHL
ALFRED HUGHES
ARTHUR HUGHES
LLOYD D. HUFF
ROBERT Z. HURT
JACK L. HUSSUNG
STANLEY HUTCHINS
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H L. INGERSOLL
BILL IRVIN
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GUY W. JACKSON
NEWTON W JACKSON
LEROY H. JAKEMAN
JOE JEFFERDS
WILLIAM A. JEFFERS
WALTER JESSEE
GLOVER JOHNS
DONALO G. JOHNSON
EDWARD C. JOHNSON Capt, US Army Air Forces
EVERETT F. JOHNSON see DIS section above
JAMES E. JOHNSON
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON
JOHN C. JOHNSTON
JOHN H. JOHNSTON
RICHARD N. JOHNSTON
EDWIN BROOK JONES
GARLAND JONES
JAMES JONES
REGINALD JONES
ROSS DAVIS JONES
ROYCE JONES
JAMES J. JORDAN, JR.
HENRY A. JUDMAIER, JR Class of '39 see DIS section above
JACK JUDMAIER Class of '37 US Navy younger brother of Henry
JACK JUDSON
JACK JUDSON, JR
MALCOLM CAMPBELL JUDSON
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CHARLES F. KALTEYER
DONALD KALTEYER
WALTER W. KALTEYER. JR.
STANLEY KARGER
STANLEY H. KAROTKIN
HOMER C. KEETER
RICHARD KEIR
ROBERT KEIR
JOHN F. KELLEHER
RAYMOND KELLER, JR.
STEVENS KELLER
ROBERT E. KELLY
D. L. KEMPER
CHARLES W. KENDRICK
FRANCIS J. KERFORD
ERNEST KERR
JAMES KERR
HOWARD C. KEY
CHESTER B. KILPATRICK, JR.
RICHARD KING
BEAVER A. KINSEL see KIA section above
JOHN L. KIRBY
FREDERICK T. KIRKHAM. JR
JACK B. KIRKLAND
H. KIRSNER
JOHN D. KIVLIN
FREDERICK H. KLIEFORTH
ROBERT H. KLOSSNER
ROY O. KLOSSNER
LLOYD A. KNEUPER
VAIL QUINTIN KOECKER
CHARLES J. KOERTH, JR.
JOHN R. KOMOROSKI
WILLIAM A. KRATZ
FERDINAND KRAUSE
JOHN H. KRUEGER Class of '37
MAX KRUEGER b1917
ROLAND C. KUPPER
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W. J. LACKEY, JR.
HOYT LACY
LEON C. LAMPE, JR.
RAYMOND G. LANDGRAF
LEONARD O. LANE, JR.
ZIM E. LAWHON, JR. TMI, Princeton US Army Career Col; 86th Army Infantry, Blackhawks
Berchtesgaden in Germany 1945. Arlington National Cemetery PHOTOS
ZIM E. LAWHON, SR see DIS section above
DOUGLAS N. LAWLEY
EVERETT LAWLEY
BRUCE LAWRENCE
RICHARD L. LAWRENCE, JR.
RAY LEEMAN
RAY W. LEEMAN, JR.
CORNELIUS F. LEHMANN
ALEX LERNER
MORRIS L. LERNER Class of '35 see POW section
DONALD J. LIGON
HARRISON SEACORD LILLY
WALTER HARRISON LILLY
BRANCH C. LIPSCOMB, JR.
C. F. LITTLE
WILLIAM LOCKETT
R. J. LOESSBERG
J. T. LOGAN
FRANK H. LONG, JR.
MILTON W. LONG
T. RHODES LONGMIRE
JACKSON B. LOVE
BART G. LUCAS
SAMUEL J. LUCCHESE US Navy. AHHS | UT Austin. Samuel served in the US Navy during WWII. After his discharge in 1945 he returned to SA to work with his father at Lucchese Boot Company, which had been founded in 1883 by his grandfather, Sam Lucchese.
RUPERT W. LUNDGREN
FRANK J. LUTHER, JR.
JOHN J. LUTHER
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ADRIAN W. McANNENY
JAMES B. McCALLUM
JENNINGS D. McCALLUM
ROY McCLANAHAN
BILLY McCOLLOUGH
CLYDE C. McCOLLOUGH
SHARPE MCCULLOUGH
ERNEST T. McCOUN, JR.
JAMES CLAY McCOY
MALCOLM R. McDANIEL
WILLIAM McDANIEL
THOMAS J. McDONALD, Jr.
GAYLE W. McFADDEN
HERBERT W. McFARLING
THOMAS I. McFARLING
WILLIAM A. McFARLING, JR.
ALEXANDER J. McGOWAN, JR.
J. DOUGLAS McGUIRE
GEORGE CALVERT McJILTON, JR
JOHN McKEE
JAMES F McKINLEY, JR.
RUSSELL M. McKINNEY
JACK McLEOD
EDWARD McLERNON
GEORGE McLERNON
CLEMENTS MEMULLEN
FRANK McMULLEN
WILLIS McMURRAY
JAMES S. McNAMARA Class of '34
DON D. McNAY
BILLY MAGAVERN
MASON MAGILL
A DALTON MAGRUDER
JACK MALLEPELL
CLARENCE MANGHAM
JOHN C. MAPLE
FLOYD C. MARSHALL
LOUIS E. MARSHALL
J. BURRISS MARTIN
JOSEPH MASSERO
EDWARD MASSEY
J. R. MASSEY
RAYMOND MASSEY
GEORGE A. MATTESON JR.
JOHN P. MATTFELDT
T. STEWART MATTHEWS
ARTHUR L. MATYEAR
ALBERT T. MAY
ROBERT L. MAYFIELD
ROBERT T. MELLARD
CARL S. MENGER
ERICH MENGER, JR.
ERICH R. MENGER, JR.
JOHN M. MENGER
NORMAN MENGER
RICHARD W. MENGER
ROBERT W. MENGER, Jr.
STEVE G. MENGER
R. H. MERCER
CHESTER MEYER
GEORGE MEYER
JAMES JOSEPH MEYERS
ARTHUR M. MICHAEL, JR.
FRANK MILLER
JOHN E. MILLER
GEORGE W. MITCHELL, JR.
ROBERT B. MITCHELL
WILFORD R. MOBLEY, JR
GEORGE MONKHOUSE
REX MONTGOMERY
ERNEST C. MOONEY
FRANK E. MOONEY
PAUL F. MOONEY
GEORGE MOELLER
EUGENE D. MOORE
JERRY MOORE
S. FOSTER MOORE
SAMUEL F. MOORE, Jr.
WILLIAM W. MOORE
HAROLD C. MOREAU
LAMAR J MOREAU, Jr.
JOE MORENO
LUCIAN L. MORRISON
CLIVE P. MUELLER
FRED M. MUELLER, Jr.
LeROY MUELLER
ROY M. MUELLER
SAMUEL M. MUELLER
EDWARD D. MUIR
ALFRED MUMME
JAMES H. MURRAY
JOHN G. MURRAY
ROBERT R. MURRAY
W. O. MURRAY, JR.
JOE P. MYERS
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ARTHUR NAGEL
JACOB L. NAGEL
HOLLIS K. NALL
S. H. NEEDHAM, JR.
RAY NEUMANN
ALBERT R. NEWTON
CARL NEWTON
ROY E. NICKSON
TOMMY NICHOLSON
JOHN NIEDER
OTTO C. NIEDER
OTTO H. NIEDER
RHEA S. NIXON, JR.
C. W. NOBILING, JR.
A. W. (DUB) NORTON
HUARD NORTON
JIM NORTON
MARSHALL NORTON
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J. C. O'BRIEN
EARL T. O'DELL
WESLEY W. OGDEN
GEORGE W. OGE, JR.
SLATER W. O'HARE
FREDERICK OPPENHEIMER
JESSE H. OPPENHEIMER
HARRY B. OREM Class of 1944, Y2 US Navy; served on the USS Maddox, USS Spangler,
& USS Mansfield; US Navy Reserves until 1986.Teacher & Administrator AHISD
1953-1994. Obituary Fort Sam Houston Natl Cemetery
MERRITT D. ORR
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DORIS E. PAGE
ELTON T. PAGE, JR.
GUS R. PAPE
RAYMOND F. PARKER
WILLIAM B. PARSONS
LAVERNE PASS USAAF Pilot see DIS section above
FREDERICK K. PEARMAN
GWENDOLYN PEATLING
WILLIAM H. PEEL
JAMES PENDERGRAST
G. WILLIAM PERRIN
JACK A. PETER
LEWIS S. PETER, JR.
ROBERT E. PETER
NORMAN PETERSON
DUKE PHILLIPS
WENDELL PHILLIPS
WILLIAM G. PHIPPS
DONALD GEORGE PICKELS
WAYNE McVEIGH PICKELS, SR.
WAYNE McVEIGH PICKELS, JR.
WALTER J. PIEPER. JR.
JACK PIERCE
THOMAS D. PIERCE
H. J. PITRE
CHARLES W. PITTARD
JAMES C. PITTARD
JOHN A. PLUMBLEY
ROBERT J. PLUMBLEY
STEVE POGUE, JR.
EDWIN R. POLK
RUSSELL S. PONDER
CHARLES MAXWELL POST
FRANK G. PRASSEL
VICTOR PRASSEL JR.
PAUL HYDE PRENTISS, USAF Arlington National Cem
ALBERT M. PRCIN SP5 US ARMY, Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
WILLIAM PROCTOR
WAYNE PROCTOR
HAROLD J. PUNG
HAL PUTMAN
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ADRIN RAGLAND
CHARLES A. RAGSDALE Class of '42 see KIA section above
GUY S. RAMBIE, JR.
WILLIAM RAMSDELL
BILLY RANDOLPH
JACK RANDOLPH
CHARLES O. RATLIFF, JR.
MAX E. REDBURN
WESLEY W. REED
FRED H. REICHERT
LOUIS REIF, JR.
ARTHUR F. REILLY
RALPH ED. REINER
RICHARD W. REINER
THOMAS A. REINER, JR.
EDWARD J. RENTH, JR. US Army Air Corp, Lt. Col. Pilot A-20 & A-26; 416th Bomb Grp,
669th Squadron, West Point Class of.'43 Grave Memorial Obituary
GILES REYNOLDS
JIMMY RHODES, JR.
GEORGE S. RICE
JOHN CLARKE ROBERTS, JR.
CHARLES ROBERTSON
TOMMY ROBERTSON
JOHN E. ROBINSON
GEORGE B. RODNEY, JR. Capt US Army see DIS section above
RICHARD S. RODNEY, II PFC, US Marine Corps. brother of George
JOE RODRIGUEZ, Class of '43, M/Sgt USN - his brother Louis was KIA
JUAN [JOHN A.] RODRIGUEZ, Class of '41 Sgt Maj, USMC Obit - brother Louis was KIA
LOUIS RODRIGUEZ, Class of '44 see KIA section above
JAMES H. ROGERS
STUART McC. ROHRE
WILLIAM ROTZLER, Jr.
J. W. H. ROUSE
JOHN A. ROWE
FREDA ROWLAND
DANIEL A. RUSSELL, JR. TMI 1942, AHISD, U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman 1943-1946.
Dan went on to be a respeced Ophthamologist Obituary
JAMES E. RYAN
JAMES E. RYAN, JR.
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BILLY J. SADESKY
JAMES P. SADESKY
A H. SAEGERT
RALPH SAENZ
FRANCIS R. SALGE
JOHN M. SALLEE, JR. Class of '36 USAAF, Pilot see DIS section above
THEODORE SANDAU
CLARENCE M. SARTAIN
LOUIS L. SAUR
ALBERT SCHIFFERS
RUSSELL SCHRAMM
LESTER R. SCHRIMSHER
FRANKLIN E. SCHROECK
RICHARD A. SCHROEDERS
JOE H. SCOTT
R. E. SCOTT
ERNEST SCRIVENER. JR.
JOHN E. SEALE
KURT SEIDEL
GENE SENG JR 1922-1943 see KIA section above
ROBERT B. SEWELL
MITCHELL T. SHAFER
CHARLES SHANAHAN
ALEXANDER S. SHARPTON, JR.
W. B. SHAUGHNESSY
VERNON R. SHAW. JR
GEORGE B. SHEEL
BEVERLY S. SHEFFIELD
WILLIAM K. SHELDON
ROBERT. SHELLMAN
LAWRENCE SHELLY
BERNARR H. SHELTON
WALDEN SHELTON
CLAIRE H. SHEPHERD
DENNIS PATRICK SHERIDAN, Class of '30 see KIA Section above
EDWARD HUEBER SHERIDAN
MARY LOUISE SHERIDAN
THOMAS JOSEPH SHERIDAN
EARL F. SHERMAN
HERBERT SIERK
FRED G. SILVEY, JR.
WILLIAM F SILVEY
GENE W. SISK
RAY G. SIVLEY
ROY E SIVLEY, JR.
RICHARD SKELTON
HARRY G. SKINNER
WILLIAM H. SKINNER
BILLY M. SLEDGE
HARRY E SMALLEY. SR
HARRY E. SMALLEY, JR
HARVEY P. SMITH. JR.
LEON B. SMITH
THOMAS D. SMITH, JR.
SAM SNELL
ADRAIN W. SNYDER
M. ALLEN SNYDER
BILL SOUTHARD
GEORGE R. SOMERVILLLE, JR.
FRED I. SPENCER JR
FRANCIS M. SPICER
E. B. SPILLER
EUGENE C. SPROWI
JACK W. STACKPOLE
ERNEST D. STAKES
ROY D. STANFIELD
HARRY V. STEEL
DAVID L. STEIN
MERLE L. STEIN
FRANK E. STEELE
VIRGIL S. STEELE
FREDRICH W. STEINBERG, US Army, Captain. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
FRANK H. STEPHENS, JR.
SIMON E. STERN
ALBERT STEVES, III
MARSHALL STEVES
WALTER STEVES, II
A. JAMES STOCKER
PETE R. STOVALL
DAVID J STRAUS, II - TMI '42. US Marine Corp 2nd Lt, Pacific Theater Obituary
FRED H. STRAYER, SR.
FRED H. STRAYER, JR.
GEORGE A. STREET
JACK B. STREET
JOSEPH G. STREET
FRED C. STRONG
RICHARD G. STRONG
FRANKLIN B. STUART
SCOTT G. STUBBS
HERBERT C. STUCKE KIA section above
EDWARD B. STURKEN
PATRICK H. SWEARINGEN
EDWARD SWEENEY
EDWIN M. SYKES, JR. AH Class of '?? US Army Medical Corps to 1945, 48th Field Hospital
He volunteered for military duty on December 8, 1941, the day following Pearl Harbor. He served
in the European Theater during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star Medal and four campaign
Stars (Normandy, North France, Rhineland and Central Europe). Obituary
WALTER S. SYMONDS, JR.
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JAMES S. TALBOT
LUCIEN H. TALIAFERRO see DIS section above
RICHARD TALIAFERRO, Class of '35,
BEN C. TAPPAN Class of '38 see KIA section above
J. HARRY TAPPAN, JR..Class of '36 see KIA section above
WILSON A. TAYLOE
ROY LEE TAYLOR
RICHARD G. TEAL
LORAINE THEIS
NORMAN THEIS
ALEX R. THOMAS, JR.
E. RENSHAW THOMAS, JR.
ROBERT P. THOMAS, Jr.
SHELLY EMERSON THOMAS
WILLIAM ROBINSON THOMAS
ARHUR F. THOME
JAMIES THOMPSON
ROBERT H. THOMSON
JOHN J. THORNHILL
JAMES S. THORPE
CHARLES R. TIBBETS
THOMAS J. TIBBETS
BOB C. TIDWELL
WILLIAM "BILL" L. TINGLE, Class of '34 see MIA section above
PAUL E. TODD
JOHN W. TODD
ROLLO A. TODD
JACK E. TOLAR
HARRY E. TRAIL
ROYCE G. TRAUTH
WALLACE G. TRAUTH
IRA A. TRAVIS
SOLON TREAS
LEROY L. TRENTON
GEORGE W. TRIGGS
RICHARD H. TRIPPE, Jr.
ARMAND L. TRUEX
MARSHALL TRUEX
LEO TURNER, JR.
JAMES F. TWEEDY
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JACK H. VANDERWEIDE Class of '39 Capt US Army WWII in France Grave
SAM W. VANDERWEIDE Class of '44 US Army Engineers Grave Memorial Porter Loring Obituary Legacy Obituary "Before finishing the last semester of Alamo Heights High School, out of "patriotic fever" (after Pearl Harbor) he enlisted into the Army Engineers and found himself in New Guinea dodging Japanese bullets and bombs, while constructing MASH-like hospitals and other facilities. He was assigned as a Radio Operator/Gunner on a half-track. He fought in World War II in the Pacific from 1943 through 1946. He was a member of the 1876th Engineer Aviation Battalion and fought in New Guinea, Australia, Morotai, Netherland East Indies, the Philippines, and Japan." He returned home to finish high school. At that time he suffered severe attacks of cerebral malaria, but recovered and enrolled at Trinity University, San Antonio, graduating with a B.S. degree in Physics. He couldn't escape the ever watchful eye of Uncle Sam, he was commissioned in 1951 in the United States Air Force and was recalled to active duty as a Special Investigations Officer USAF/OSI to serve in Hill AFB; Utah, Mountain Home AFB; Idaho, and then Washington, D.C. In 1956 and 1957 he attended the Air Electronics Officer Course at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. In 1958 he returned to civilian status, but still with the government working to a GS-14 supervisory Electronic Engineer and Senior Staff Intelligence Officer. MORE ABOUT SAM's ongoing service to his country in his Porter Loring Obituary
JAMES O VAUGHAN
ROBERT A. VAUGHAN
ROSWELL F. VAUGHAN
GEORGE CLAIBORNE VERNON, JR Class of '42, see KIA section above
GEORGE VIDAURRI
COLEGATE VILLARET
MARY LOUSE VILLARET
PAUL G. VILLARET, III
GAINES VOIGT Class of '37
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M. L. WADE
BURNS E.. WAGGENER, JR. (spelling initial E not F corrected) Obituary
ROBERT C. WAGGENER Class of '42 grave memorial
DUDLEY R. WALKER, Jr.
FRANCIS R. WALSH
EDWARD G. WALSH, Jr.
JOSEPH EDWARD WALSH, JR.
THOMAS J. WALSH
LEON N. WALTHALL, Jr.
CLYDE WANTLAND, Jr.
NEWELL E. WATTS
LEROY WEILBACHER
CHARLES J. WEISS, JR.
THEO F. WEISS
JAMES I. WELCH. JR.
NED M. WELLS
JOSEPH F. WESP
CARL F. WESTPHAL
ARNOLD R. WETZ, US Army 1942, Infantry, Trained at Fort Lewis, WA. Asia Pacific Theatre. Fought in the "hell" of jungle warfare in New Guinea, where the Infantry faced extreme humidity, dense vegetation, tropical diseases (malaria, dengue), and heavily fortified Japanese bunker systems; small-unit infantry tactics relied heavily on close coordination with naval gunfire, artillery, and air support to crack entrenched defensive lines. New Guinea campaign. Arnold was one of 2 or 3 survivors of his unit. Arnold's Army Career spanned 40+ years including military service
Link to ARNOLD R WETZ FILES on Google Drive
HUGH H. WHARTON
TREVOR R. WHAYNE
HOWARD R. WHIPPLE
JAMES A. WHITE
RUSSELL C. WHITE
CLIFFORD K. WHITING
JOHN R. WHITTIER
ENIS WIEDING
MAX H. WIER, JR. US Army Max attended AHHS through 1930. He graduated from Main Ave HS in '31. University of Texas Law 1938. During WW II, he took a leave of absence from work to serve in the US Army for 39 months. He was a Special Agent working under the Provost Marshall's office doing investigative work. He was assigned to the Security Intelligence Corps, a group of attorneys doing investigations in Arkansas,
Texas, Oklahoma, stationed in Pine Bluff, AR and Oklahoma City. Sunset Memorial, Obituary
JAMES M. WIGGS
HERMAN B. WILD
MAC WILSON WILLIAMS
WILL JAMES WILLIAMS
JAMES ARTHUR WILSON
JOHN L. WILSON, Jr.
H. OLIVER WINKENHOWER
J. SAMUEL WOLF
CARL N. WOOD
HERBERT A. WOOD
JOHN W. WORSHAM
GUSTAVE T. WORTHINGTON
GEORGE WRAY
GILBERT G. WRIGHT, Ill
GEORGE FREESE WROTEN
WILLIAM A. WURZBACH. JR.
GUY. WYRICK, Lt Col, US ARMY, WWI and WWII Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
GUY B. WYRICK, Class of '41 2nd Lt Army Air Corp, see KIA section above
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NORRIS W. YATES, Jr.
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ELLIOTT ZELLARS
JOHN T. ZELLARS
JOHN T. ZELLARS, Jr.
EARLE S. ZUCHT
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1936-1937 Alamo Heights Mules Football Team, bi-District Champions
25 of these boys and one coach served their country in WWII
Source: 1937 Olmos Yearbook
Link to Background, Timeline, PHOTOS of the Project
WE NEED YOUR HELP:
Please take time to read the 800+ names of the Veterans. We recognize fathers, uncles, neighbors, family friends.
Can you help us find information as to their participation in World War II?
Can you connect us with living family members of these Veterans?
We hope to learn the following about each Veteran
What was their connection to the community of Alamo Heights during the war years?
AHHS student and/or graduate? If so, what year?
TMI or Schreiner student or graduate? what year?
What branch of the military? Rank? Where did they serve?
IDs of Squadrons, Infantry, Battleships, Fighter Groups, Training Missions, Bomb Groups, Divisions, Aircraft, etc.
HELPFUL RESOURCES: DD-214 service records, Draft Registration Card (found on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org); 1930, 1940, 1950 Census reports, findagrave.com ; 2021 Alamo Heights Alumni Directory (scroll down for 1925-1948 pages); search Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Find-a-Grave TIP: in cemetery location, enter Bexar County rather than San Antonio, for a broader reach. Teachers and Administrators
Would you be interested in joining our research team? Example: research names in the 1930s & 1940s AHHS Yearbooks (most are either in the AHHS Library or in the Admin Office of the high school.)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIST OF WWII VETERAN NAMES
How to get involved with this project:
Gordon Stevenson, AHHS ‘71
Personal Cell 214-616-8723
Toni Schmid Stevenson, AHHS ‘71
Cell 512-796-1123
Email: toni.schmid@gmail.com www.ahhs71.org
below are pages from 2021 AHHS Alumn Directory
1945 HI-Y Club
"The honor roll in the front hall was carefully compiled and tended by the Hi-Y this year.
In this way they have indeed paid tribute to our boys in the service of our country." 1945 Olmos
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Mr. Edward LaGrone was Faculty Adviser for the HI-Y Club
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