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PFC Leander D. Hoelscher
24 Oct 1925 – 8 Jun 1945
| Birth | 24 Oct 1925 |
| Death | 8 Jun 1945 |
| Cemetery | Saint Mary's Cemetery Westphalia , Falls County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Karen Neal Morey on 24 Jun 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38701519 |
Bio
PFC 17 INF 7 INF DIV WWII Pfc. Leander Hoelscher, son of Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Hoelscher of West, graduated from Tokio High School. He entered the Army in 1944 and trained at Camp Hood, Texas. He served in Hawaii and Okinawa. He was awarded GCM, Purple Heart and Inf. Badge. He was killed in action in Okinawa in 1945. Pvt. Hoelscher To Be Reburied At Westphalia The body of Pvt. Leander (Dick) Hoelscher will arrive in Rosebud at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, February 26th. Nicholson Funeral Home will take the body to the residence of his parents at Westphalia where it will lie in state until time of burial. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Father Schertz, cousin of the deceased, officiating. Services will be in the Church of Visitation in Westphalia, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, where members of the Westphalia VFW will be in charge. Rosary will be recited at the residence of the family at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Private Hoelscher was killed in action June 8, 1945 while serving with the Infantry on Okinawa. He was born October 24, 1925 near West and spent his entire life here. He attended West Public schools, St. Mary's Parochial School and graduated from Tokio High School where he was a star basketball player. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Hoelscher of Lott; six sisters, Miss Elsie Hoelscher, Mrs. J.C. Moeller, Lott, Mrs. Eddie Miller, Mrs. Bill Cypert, Waco, Mrs. Mike Glatter, Mrs. Wm. Berger, West; two brothers, Robert and Otto Hoelscher of Lott. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 59, No. 41, Edition 1, Friday, February 25, 1949, Page 1 Contributor: Betty Fajkus Marek Army Service No. (ASN): 38635193 Please update this soldier's Army Service Number (ASN, aka "serial number") in the Bio Information section. Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • [email protected]
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TEXAS PFC 17 INF 7 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
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- Magdalena Josephine "Lena" Hoelscher Glatter 1906–2000
- Hildegard Clara "Hilda" Hoelscher Berger 1907–1997
- Elsie Mae Hoelscher Fuchs 1910–1998
- Dora Elizabeth Hoelscher Moeller 1912–2010
- Alma Jo Hoelscher Harris 1915–2011
- Robert John Hoelscher 1918–1988
- Mary Hoelscher Cypert 1920–2012
- Otto Frank Hoelscher 1922–1992
- PFC Leander "Dick" Hoelscher 1925–1945
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