Remembering Their Sacrifices - Rockdale Reporter

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Milam County, Texas

Remembering Their Sacrifices

Rockdale Reporter - 2013-05-30

Monday program at Wolf Park honors 236 Milam County war dead

County’s war dead were honored in a Memorial Day Ceremony. Relatives and friends

answered “here” in memory as 236 names were read at Wolf Park in the annual observance

sponsored by Rockdale’s Carlyle American Legion Post 358 on Monday. They ranged from

World War I to the Global War on Terror. Joe Twohig, Carlyle Post 358 commander, served

as master of ceremonies.

Les Davenport, vice-commander, gave a veterans tribute and Dave Phllips gave a POW/MIA

remembrance.

Names were read by RHS students Nick Klecka, Justin Offield, Cody Mynar, Baley Helton,

Breann Breithaupt, Caroline Wilde and Kaley Dodd.

Communities in Concert Band provided music and a moving trumpet duo of “Taps” was

played by Lee Thomason and Rob O’Dell. Boy Scout Troop 790 presented and retired the

colors and Cub Scout Pack 789 led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Milam County’s war dead were listed as follows:

WORLD WAR I - John H. Andrews, John M. Batey, Harry W. Beavers, Ben Bennett, Joe Brown

Jr., Jesse J. Bullard, Lenon T. Burgess, Hicks R. Carlyle, James W. Carlyle, Samuel T.

Childress. Lloyd W. Clarke, William M. Craben, Fred David, John T. Davis, Mahan H.

Doggett, Rudolph Fieseler, Jesse L. Flemming, Rogers Franklin, Charles Green, William

E. Hardy, Ollie Henderson. Emil Hengst, John T. Hill, Theodore Hoes, Jake G.

Hollingsworth, Floyd A. Jackson, Adolf F. Klement, Edmond Krull, Joseph A. Kunz, John

T. Lanier, Oliver H. Lankford.

Frank Larza, Edd Lowery, Robert A. Martin, Jesse Matthews, Roy W. May, Branch Miller,

Joseph P. Micak, Lee H. Mullinax, Willie A. Roberts, Joe V. Salac, James Seaton, Frank

W. Sefcik. William L. Sefcik, Sandy Shepard, Daniel N. Smith, Aubrey Storey, David V.

Tapp, Lee Thompson, Ira W. Walker, Leonard T. Warren, Elbert S. Westbrook, Kelly M.

White, Manuel White, Charlie M. Williams, George L. Wright.

WORLD WAR II - Elton L. Abernathy, James C. Allen, L.C. Angell, George Aplin, Willard

M. Avrett, William E. Baggett, Henry A. Baker, Wade H. Bankston, Victor J. Barchenger,

Owen J. Barker.

Paul C. Bartlett, Clyde D. Batte, Aldine Beard Jr., Johnnie E. Beard, Morris J.

Beasley, Robert J. Bennett, Tommy S. Blake, Homer D. Bland, Otto D. Breitkreuz, James

P. Brown, Billy B. Bryan, Aaron Burns, Wilma T. Caldwell Jr.

Elbert Callaway, E. H. Caywood, Frank C. Chernoskey, C. W. Critchfield, Jesse M.

Critchfield, Ernest A. Davis, James R. Dobson, Leon G. DuBois, John Dunnam, Woodrow W.

Ermis, Marvin L. Ethridge.

Elton Fisher, Homer D. Frazier, J.B. Fulcher, Howard Galbreath, Edward Gandy, Clifford

D. Garner, William C. Gillis, Thomas H. Gilliland, George Goodwin Jr., Robert N.

Griffin, Julius S. Hardin, Dillard D. Harris, James T. Harris.

Jessie Hernandez, John Hernandez, Vincente Y. Hernandez, Joseph J. Hubner, Wesley

Howard Hoover, Howard G. Hickman, Burton A Hill, Curtis E. Hill, William D. Horton,

Gilbert L. Hughes. Howard V. Isbell, Harry Johnson, Don L. Johnson, Roy W. Jones, Loma

T. Judkins, Van Kennon, Joe E. Kleypus, George R. Knight, Johnnie C. Krause.

Frank J. Kutnak, Edwin E. Kuzel, Thomas P. Lane, Clayton D. Lassiter, Guthrie F. Layne

Jr., Otto W. Lehmann. William A. Lewis, Calvin C. Lively, Major R. Looney, Albert E.

Lumpkins, Wayne H. McCallum, Dudley V. McGuyer, John C. McGregor, Wilburn D. McKay,

Alvin C. Manning, Rufus P. Marin.

Albin C. Martinek Jr., Frank Meeks Jr., Gilbert O. Menzel, Thomas A. Merritt, Marvin

Mode, Edward E. Moerbe, Pedro Moreno, Johnny M. Morton, Melvin A. Moses, Thomas M.

Nelson, Roger T. Newton, William J. Newton.

Joe Novotny Jr., Sam Oliver, Jose Ordonez, George H. Peets, Del Posival, Jesse D.

Pratt, Charlie A. Reimer, Homer F. Reimer, Roy Reyes, Jose M. Rivera, Earnest Ross Jr.,

Winfred R. Russell, Wesley E. Scheer, Laurence C. Schiller.

Ewald E. Schroeder, Elmer Schwinger, Max Schwinger, John W. Sebek, Ferol Server, O.V.

Sheffield, Max L. Shelton, James T. Shuemate, Ralph Sides, Lee Simmons Jr., Jay W.

Smith.

Howard K. Stallcup, Claborn A. Steele, Graham H. Stringer, Arthur Taylor Jr., Frank M.

Tepera, Frank M. Terry, Stephen D. Terry, Jerry F. Tomek, Claude Turner, James S.

Tyson, Walter J. Ulicnik.

Quintin Vasquez, Otis Walker, John H. Wallace, Coy M. Weems, Delbert Wells, Marvin J.

Wentrcek, Robert White, Vernon Willeford, Milton T. Williams, Orville D. Williams, E.

F. Wolle Jr., William Worcester, Halfred P. Wutrich, J.Z. Young, August J. Zavodny.

KOREAN WAR - Ivy O. Backhaus, Nicolas Garza, John Hale Jr., Charlie E. Hux, Robert D.

King, Tom King, Joe McMurray, Frank Meek Jr., Frank H. Thompson.

VIETNAM WAR - Albert L. Bell, William R. Binker III, Howe K. Clark Jr., Tommie J.

Clark, Charles W. Clinard, Felix M. Conde-Falcon, Robert M. Dauphine, Weldon D.

Davenport, Dennis W. Fisher, James T. Griffin Jr., Billy J. Holt, John L. Rosemond,

Allen P. Weaver.

WAR ON TERROR - Darryn D. Andrews, Michael Cahill, Charles L. Price III.

Above, veterans listen as named of Milam County war dead are read. Below, American Legion Carlyle Post 358 officers salute the flag. From left: Donald David, chaplain; Les Davenport, first vice-commander; Joe Twohig, commander; Ken Clark, adjutant.

Photos - Mike Brown - Rockdale Reporter

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