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PFC Leander "Dick" Hoelscher
24 Oct 1925 – 5 Jun 1945
| Birth | 24 Oct 1925 |
| Death | 5 Jun 1945 |
| Cemetery | Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | CLC on 30 Oct 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44517285 |
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NOTE: Pfc. Leaner Hoelscher was reburied in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Westphalia, Falls County, TX. This memorial is a Cenotaph. ∼ WWII Memorial Memorial Services Held For Pfc. Leander Hoelscher Memorial services for Pfc. Leander (Dick) Hoelscher, who was killed in action on Okinawa on June 5 were held at the Church of the Assumption in West at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, July 12, with Rev. E.J. Polcak officiating. Word of the death of Pfc. Hoelscher reached his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Hoelscher, last week. The report stated that he was killed in the final stages of the furious fighting at Okinawa Island. The nineteen-year-old infantryman was inducted into the service at Ft. Sam Houston on September 15, 1944. He received basic training at Camp Hood for three months, spent a short furlough at home, and was then shipped overseas via Ft. Ord, California. He spent one month on the Hawaiian Islands, and was then shipped to Okinawa, where he arrived on May 12. At the time of his death he was attached to the 7th Infantry Division of the 10th Army. Born in this community, Pfc. Hoelscher attended Tokio school, graduating shortly before entering the service. He was chosen star player of the 1941-42 basketball team. Two of his brothers were also members of the army. Robert Hoelscher received an honorable discharge after serving with the army two years. O.F. Hoelscher, still a member of the army, is now stationed at the San Marcos Navigation School. Other survivors are his six sisters, Mrs. M.J. Glatter, Tours, Mrs. Wm. Berger, Tours, Mrs. J.C. Moelen, Lott, Mrs. E.H. Miller, Waco, and Misses Elsie and Mary Hoelscher of West and Waco, respectively. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 56, No. 8, Edition 1, Friday, July 13, 1945, page 1. Contributor: Betty Fajkus Marek (48445083)
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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 D. Hoelscher 1925–1945
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