If you have a relative from the area who served during WWII, we would like to have their photo and biographical information. Please email to info@wentzvillehistoricalsociety.org.
- Harris, Rob’t J - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC Engineer Gunner Air Plane Mechanic - England, Italy Air medal and 4 oak clusters, 34 combat missions, 250 flying hours. Before war worked for… Continue Reading
- Hemmer, Clarence - Hometown: Dardenne, MO Navy 29 NOV 1942 until 29 DEC 1945 Before war worked at Wagner Electric. Reginald Hemmer is his brother. Died 22 OCT 2009, buried Jefferson Barracks, St.… Continue Reading
- Hemmer, Reginald Francis - Hometown: Dardenne, MO 29 DEC 1944 Clarence Hemmer is his brother. Continue Reading
- Henke, Oscar Joseph - Nickname: Pat Hometown: Flint Hill, MO Army 19 OCT 1945 until 09 FEB 1947 Died 30 APRIL 1982, buried Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Hepperman A. (Alphonses) - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 20 JAN 1942 until 27 OCT 1945 Died 18 JAN 1994, buried St. Theodore, Flint Hill, MO Continue Reading
- Hepperman, Elroy Steven - Nickname: Dick Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - S/SGT, South Pacific, Okinawa, Japan - Telephone Wiring School, Field Artillery 02 JAN 1945 until 01 NOV 1946 Died 09 OCT 2009, buried… Continue Reading
- Hepperman, Melvin Simon - Nickname: John Hometown: Wentzville, MO Died 05 NOV 1991, Peace, buried Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Hoeber, Berdell Alphonse - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - CPL 10 NOV 1942 until 03 DEC 1945 Died 02 FEB 1986, buried St. Theodore Continue Reading
- Hoeckelmann, A. J. (Arnold John) - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC - mechanic and welder, England Lived in Dula House after displaced in the TNT area. Died 02 DEC 2000, buried Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Holcomb, Albert - Hometown: Foristell, MO WPA Continue Reading
- Houston, John - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Middle name: Wesley Before war was with CCC in Troy. Continue Reading
- Huffman, Henry Samuel - Nickname: Jack Hometown: Omaha Army - AC Went to Wentzville High School. Family moved to Omaha about 1945. Married Fayrene Pogrelis of Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Hughes, Noel C. - Hometown: Foristell, MO Army - 13 JAN 1944 until 04 MAY 1946 Was related to the Hughes who were civilian POW in the Philippines. Died 30 MARCH 1979, buried Cedar… Continue Reading
- Irwin, Chas - May have had a brother living in Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Jackson, James Roy - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC - Major - WW1 and WW2 02 SEPT 1942 until ? Died 12 APRIL 1993, buried Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
- Jackson, Omar M. - Middle name: Marion Hometown: Wentzville, MO Navy - North Atlantic, Iwo Jima Before war worked at Eisenbath Service Station. Vernon Jackson is his brother Died 10 APRIL 2012, buried St.… Continue Reading
- Jackson, Vernon J. - Middle name: John Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - Sgt 9th - driver and mail clerk in Army, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria - 26 NOV 1943 until 09 APRIL 1946… Continue Reading
- Jennings, Robert Raymond - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army 30 DEC 1944 Before war was a Railroad worker. Continue Reading
- Joerling, Clarence Henry - Nickname: Pete Hometown: Foristell Army - AC- Sgt 8th Air Force Carrier Command - European Theater 15 AUG 1942 until 02 NOV 1945 Lawrence Joerling and Samuel Joerling are his… Continue Reading
- Johnson, Frank - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT 3860th Service Command Unit 14 APRIL 1944 until 23 OCT 1945 After war worked at a stave mill in Troy, MO. A stave was… Continue Reading
- Jones, Gilbert - Middle name: Curtis Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT - MARCH 1943 Gilbert Jones is his brother. Continue Reading
- Jones, Henry W. - Middle name: Willis Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT Gilbert Jones is his brother. Died 14 SEPT 1981, buried Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
- Jones, Jess W. - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 30 DEC 1942 until 12 SEPT 1945 Died 27 MAY 1986, buried Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
- Jungermann, Robert Andrew - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PFC, France 24 MARCH 1944 until 02 DEC 1945 POW for 6 months in Czechoslovakia; lost 70 pounds. Died 20 MARCH 2006, buried Immaculate Conception,… Continue Reading
- Kammeier, Carl H. - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - S/Sgt, South Pacific, Philippines, wounded right arm on Island Cebu - JAN 1946 - ? Before war worked for Bill Rueter, blacksmith. Died 09 NOV… Continue Reading
- Kammeier, R. F. (Ray Frederick) - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - TEC 4 England, Germany - 25 MARCH 1942 until 21 OCT 1945 Carl Kammeier is his brother. Died 29 JULY 1991, buried Troy City Cemetery,… Continue Reading
- Keller, L. H. - Name: Leland Henry Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - MC - Major 05 NOV 1942 until 12 APRIL 1946 Was a dentist. Died 25 NOV 1999, buried Wright City Cemetery, Wright… Continue Reading
- Kelley, John A. - Middle name: Arthur Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC, Guam Continue Reading
- Kelly, Rob’t M. (Robert May) - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army Coast Guard - PFC Coast Artillery in Virginia - 10 NOV 1942 until 02 MARCH 1946 Tried out for the Coast Guard baseball team. Died 08… Continue Reading
- Kersting, Paul L. - Middle name: Louis Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - SGT 18 AUG 1943 until ? Before war worked at National Petroleum Products in Wentzville, MO Died 16 FEB 1984, St. Joseph… Continue Reading
- Kessler, Harvard O. - Navy Continue Reading
- Kirsch, Walter A. - Middle name: Aloysius Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PFC 06 OCT 1942 until 05 DEC 1944 Before war worked for Otto Schultz Quarry. Died 17 FEB 1972, buried Holy Rosary,… Continue Reading
- Kleeschulte, Clemons Aloysius - Hometown: O'Fallon, MO Army - CPL Died in France 11/13/1944. His parents were living in O'Fallon, MO but he and his wife had lived in Wentzville. His draft card shows… Continue Reading
- Kleeschulte, Jos. L. - Name: Joseph Lester Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - T-5, Germany 24 NOV 1942 until 26 DEC 1945 Died 22 JAN 1994, Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- Koch, Bert H. - Name: Bertram Henry Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 7th Army 15 AUG 1944 until ? Purple Heart Injured in France, 2/20/45 - 3 broken bones in left hand, sent to… Continue Reading
- Koch, Stanley Anton - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army 28 MAY 1945 until 12 OCT 1946 Died 03 AUG 1999, buried Our Lady Cemetery, Lake St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
- Kohrs, Ed M. - Name: Ed M, Jr. Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC Received Purple Heart Died 06 MARCH 1917, buried Warrenton City Cemetery, Warrenton, MO Continue Reading
- Korte, Vincent Bernard - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT 15 DEC 1944 until 24 AUG 1945 Died 13 DEC 1973, buried Wright City Cemetery, Wright City, MO Continue Reading
- Kothe, Jos A. (Joseph) - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - Italy, North Africa - 21 MARCH 1942 until 19 JULY 1945 Sometime after war was janitor at St. Patrick's. Ted Kothe is his brother. Died… Continue Reading
- Kothe, Lawrence - Middle name: Anthony Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 21 NOV 1942 until 22 MAR 1946 Before war worked at Fraser Brace Engineering Co. Died 15 FEB 1975, buried Oak Grove,… Continue Reading
- Kothe, Theo (Theodore “Ted”) - Hometown: Wentzzville, MO Army - Armored Infantry Division - switch board operator, East India, New Guinea - 06 NOV 1942 until 07 JAN 1946 Joseph Kothe is his brother. Died… Continue Reading
- Krause, Forrest C. - Hometown: Foristell, MO Army 24 MAY 1944 until 28 APRIL 1946 Died 14 JAN 2009, buried Warrenton City Cemetery, Warrenton, MO Continue Reading
- Laumann, Wm E. - Name: William Edward "Bill" Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - wounded in France 02/44; wounded in Germany 01/27/45 - 04 JUNE 1944 until 09 AUG 1945. Married to a Karrenbrock. Died… Continue Reading
- Leitman, William Frederick - Nickname: Dutch Hometown: Troy, MO Army - S/SGT Quartermaster Corps, England 01 JAN 1943 until 05 NOV 1943 Kroger store manager Died 27 FEB 1989, buried Zion UCC, Troy, MO Continue Reading
- Lumsden, Roy J. - Middle name: James Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT Battery B 231st ARMD FA BN JAN 1943 until APRIL 1943 Discharged from service by request of Bell Telephone because he… Continue Reading
- Lunceford, Elger R. - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 1LT - ETO, South Pacific 10 JULY 1942 until 13 MAY 1946 Teacher at the Lincoln School in Wentzville, MO. Died 06 JULY 1980, buried… Continue Reading
- Martin, George A. - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army Wentzville Union said a George A. Martin was inducted in NOV 1942. Continue Reading
- May, Geo. B. - Name: George Byron Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC - SGT, Pacific, Saipan 04 NOV 1942 until ? Before war worked for the Ordinance Dept. Wife was Arline Kohrs. Died… Continue Reading
- May, Warren Walton - Nickname: Buster Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - T/Sgt ? until 05 SEPT 1945 Died 15 DEC 1959, buried in Linn, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
- McGhee, James H. - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC Distinguished Flying Cross Official address was Wentzville; but in 1944 his parents were living in Amarillo, TX. Continue Reading