People: WWII Honor Roll

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.

  • Roettger, Charles Jacob, Jr. - Hometown: Flint Hill Army 29 DEC 1944 until 21 NOV 1946 Died 13 MAY 2009; buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Troy, MO Continue Reading
  • Roettger, Lester - Hometown: Flint Hill Army - 1945 POW 22 months, wounded in Sicily and captured in Italy and taken to Germany. Purple Heart Worked at Y Cafe. After war worked as… Continue Reading
  • Roettger, Orville Elmer - Hometown: Flint Hill, MO Army - Infantry 28 APRIL 1945 until 03 JAN 1947 Before war Weldon Spring Ordnance; after war sales manager sporting goods. Died 01 SEPT 1993, buried… Continue Reading
  • Ross, Joseph Edward - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - TEC4 28 DEC 1942 until 18 MARCH 1946 Before war worked Missouri Union Telephone. Died 18 JAN 1997, buried in Memorial Gardens, St. Charles, MO Continue Reading
  • Ross, Paul L. - Middle name: Lawrence Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - SGT, Germany 06 NOV 1942 until 03 JAN 1946 After war metal fitter for McDonnell Douglas. Died 01 MAY 1990, buried Memorial… Continue Reading
  • Rothermich, Fred P. - Name: Frederick Peter "Fritz" Hometown: Flint Hill, MO Navy 06 OCT 1942 until 10 DEC 1945 Before war worked for Fraser Brace Engineering Co. Died 10 JUNE 1984, buried St.… Continue Reading
  • Rothermich, Henry A. - Middle name: Alois Hometown: Flint Hill, MO Army 06 NOV 1942 until 03 JAN 1946 Died 26 JAN 1984, buried Our Lady Cemetery, Lake St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
  • Rothermich, Sly J. - Name: Sylvester Joseph Hometown: Josephville, MO Army - TEC4 26 JAN 1943 until ? Before war worked for Laymens Retreat League. Died 2 DEC 2012, buried St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery,… Continue Reading
  • Rueter, D. Elaine - Name: Dorothy Elaine Hometown: Wentzville, MO Marines Reserves - 247th Headquarters Public Relations Office Atlanta, 9th Reserve District Dallas 01 APRIL 1943 until 1945 The only female Wentzville Homecoming Queen.… Continue Reading
  • Rufkahr, Albert Joseph - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT 30 DEC 1944 until ? After war Pepsi Cola Distributor. Opened St. Charles County Bank. On Board of Directors of Mercantile Bank. Died 16… Continue Reading
  • Rufkahr, Elroy Herbert - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT 30 DEC 1944 until ? Died 02 MAY 2009, buried Our Lady Cemetery, Lake St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
  • Rufkahr, Emmet Henry - Hometown: Flint Hill Army - Germany 05 JULY 1943 until 15 NOV 1944 Died 12 JAN 2009, buried Assumption Cemetery. Continue Reading
  • Sachs, Bertram Gottleib - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Earl Sachs and Maurice Sachs are his brothers. Died 17 JAN 2017, St. Theodore Continue Reading
  • Sachs, Clar S. - Name: Clarence Simon Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army 15 AUG 1944 until 29 JUNE 1946 Purple Heart; wounded in shoulder in Germany by a land mine. Orville Sachs is his brother… Continue Reading
  • Sachs, Earl Francis - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army 23 FEB 1945 until 01 OCT 1945 Died 13 JULY 1987, buried St. Theodore Continue Reading
  • Sachs, Maurice Bernard - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Earl Sachs and Bertram Sachs are his brothers. Died 06 APRIL 1984, buried St. Theodore Continue Reading
  • Sachs, Orv. J. - Name: Orville Joseph Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - T-5 Signal Corps, England, Holland, France 04 JAN 1943 until ? Before war worked for Fraser Brace. Clarence Sachs is his brother.… Continue Reading
  • Sanders, Den R. - Name: Denver Ray Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - Combat Medic 08 NOV 1943 until ? At least 112 days constant combat, Philippines, Pacific. Purple Heart, Bronze Star Before way worked… Continue Reading
  • Schaeffer, Rich L. - Name: Richard Louis Hometown: Wentzville, MO Navy 11 AUG 1943 until 29 MAY 1949 Manager Insurance Company at time of death. Died 07 AUG 1990, buried Assumption, O'Fallon, MO Continue Reading
  • Schellert, Frank Joseph - Hometown: Foristell, MO Army - 15th Army and 3rd Army, Germany - Infantry 15 AUG 1944 until 07 MAY 1946 Died 15 MARCH 1994, buried Immaculate Conception, Old Monroe Continue Reading
  • Schierbaum, Ivan H. - Middle name: Herbert Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - AC - SGT 1886th Aviation Engineers, Guam 18 SEPT 1943 until DEC 1945 Before war foreman for Porter-DeWitt Construction, also a rock… Continue Reading
  • Schipper, Wilbert Henry - Nickname: Bert Hometown: Gilmore, MO Navy Died 14 SEPT 1966, buried Trinity Center Cemetery, CA Continue Reading
  • Schlueter, Melvin Ewald - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Navy - F2C, Pacific, Okinawa 1944 until 1946 Was living in KS going to National Defense School when he registered for the draft. Continue Reading
  • Schmidt, Harold William - Hometown: Foristell, MO Army - PVT AUG 1943 until 1945 Died 24 SEPT 1994, buried Linn, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
  • Schmucker, Clyde - Middle name: Louis Hometown: Gilmore, MO Navy - S3C - Expediter Aircraft Industry 04 NOV 1943 until 31 MARCH 1946 Died 14 DEC 1963, buried Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
  • Schmucker, Lester Joseph - Hometown: Gilmore, MO Army - S/Sgt 30 DEC 1944 until 1946 Continue Reading
  • Schmucker, R. C. - Name: Ralph Charles "Bud" Hometown: Gilmore, MO Army ? until 09 OCT 1945 Before war worked for Heady Farm Machines. Died 16 JAN 1995, buried Pearce, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
  • Schnieder, Orville J. - Middle name: Jacob Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT - 16 NOV 1942 until 01 FEB 1946 Stationed in Wiengarten, MO a POW camp and then at a hospital in… Continue Reading
  • Schnyder, Frank - Middle name: Arnold Hometown: Josephville, MO Army - S/Sgt, Holland Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge Died 06 JULY 1995, buried St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery. Continue Reading
  • Schroeder, Vincent William - Hometown: Foristell, MO Army 31 DEC 1943 until ? Living in St. Louis when registered for draft. Before war worked Jacks & Evans Manufacturing. After war Mechanic International Harvester. Died… Continue Reading
  • Schuette or Schutte, Frank - Middle name: Leo Hometown: Flint Hill, MO Army - SGT, Saipan Invasion ? until OCT 1945 Name spelled Schutte on Draft Registration Carpenter Continue Reading
  • Schulte, Elroy - Middle name: Elroy Hometown: Gilmore, MO Army - PVT CoH20 Infantry 6th Division - 19 MAY 1941 until 03 JULY 1941 Killed in car accident around Fort Leonard Wood with… Continue Reading
  • Schulte, Frederick J. - Middle name: Joseph Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - TEC4 753 Tank Battalion 200 consecutive days of combat, Sicily, Italy, France, Galea, Salerno, Riverian Wilbert Schulte and Norbert Schulte are his… Continue Reading
  • Schulte, Norbert H. - Middle name: Henry Hometown: Josephville, MO Army - Sgt 357 Infantry 90th Infantry Division - MARCH 1942 until 26 JUNE 1944 Killed in France 26 JUNE 1944 at the age… Continue Reading
  • Schulte, V. A. - Name: Vincent August Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - 24th Infantry Division 10 APRIL 1944 until 15 JULY 1946 Died 20 JUNE 1984, buried Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
  • Schulte, W. J. - Name: Wilbert John Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - TEC 5 17 DEC 1942 until 04 FEB 1946 Frederick Schulte and Norbert Schulte are his brothers. Died 22 MAY 2004, buried… Continue Reading
  • Sederwall, Wendell Eugene - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Navy 13 JUNE 1943 until 01 MARCH 1946 Died 25 FEB 2006, buried in Park Wood Memorial Gardens Continue Reading
  • Sederwell, Charles Ross - Hometown: Gilmore, MO Marine - 26 Marine 5th Marine Division Graduated WHS 1943. Parents first told he was wounded. Died 25 FEB 1945 on battlefield in Iwo Jima Vulcano Island.… Continue Reading
  • Sherman, William NMI - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army 30 DEC 1944 until Continue Reading
  • Simms, Clifford - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PFC 10 JULY 1942 until 08 OCT 1945 Before war worked for AM Ruebling Trucking. Died 11 FEB 1998, buried Peace, Wentzville, MO Continue Reading
  • Simms, Winston - Middle name: McReed Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army Before war worked at Southern Air Cafe. Died 06 MARCH 2006, buried Hopewell. Continue Reading
  • Simpson, Eugene - Middle name: Mathews Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - TEC5 20 DEC 1945 until ? Before war worked at Green Lantern. Died 08 SEPT 1997, buried Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO Continue Reading
  • Simpson, Frank - Name: Frank, Jr. Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PVT 20 DEC 1943 until ? Died 17 OCT 1969, buried Hopewell, MO Continue Reading
  • Singer, Lester - Name: Sr.; had 3 children in 1940 Hometown: Wentzville, MO Navy - F2C Fireman second class, New Guinea, China Seas 27 MARCH 1944 until 11 JAN 1946 Died 02 OCT… Continue Reading
  • Sinklear, Joseph Clarence - Hometown: Josephville, MO Army 23 AUG 1946 until 30 DEC 1946 Died 09 FEB 1991, buried St. Joseph Continue Reading
  • Smith, Marvin - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - PFC 743rd MPBN 10 JULY 1942 until 12 DEC 1945 Before war worked for Boaz Donaldson Stove Co. Upholster Killed in a car accident near… Continue Reading
  • Smythe, Paul J. - Middle name: James Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - Infantry 174th Armor Division 5th Army ? until DEC 1945 Purple Heart; wounded 04/15/45 in Italy. Presidential Citation Ribbon, Combat Infantry Badge,… Continue Reading
  • Sommer, Bern A. - Name: Bernard Aloysius Hometown: Wentzville, MO Marine 06 OCT 1943 until 15 JULY 1946 Died 24 APRIL 2001, buried St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery. Continue Reading
  • Stahlschmidt, Al - Name: Aloysius William or Alphonse; later used Alan Hometown: Dardenne, MO Army - Medic Pearl Harbor - Medical Corps, Pacific FEB 1941 until OCT 1945 Died 11 JULY 2006, buried… Continue Reading
  • Starkey, Leroy Grant - Hometown: Wentzville, MO Army - SGT (TEC5), Japan, Korea 12 JAN 1945 until 11 FEB 1947 Died 01 JUNE 2005, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO Continue Reading