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	Brookshire, Raymond Manning Born: 30 Sep 1923 Died: 19 Jul 1998 Service: T SGT U.S. Army WW II; discharge 30 Nov 1945 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 7 021 026	Brown, Anson Lloyd Born: 11 Jun 1917 Died: 1 Dec 1995 Service: U.S. Army WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 7 016 008	Brown, Caleb M. Born: Aug 1833 Died: 13 Jan 1864 Service: PVT Confederate States Army; 30 Texas Cavalry Burial: Harper Community Cemetery Plot: 02, 01, 015
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2010020140
	Brown, Charles Eldane Born: 13 Jun 1933 Died: 27 Sep 2019 Service: U.S. Army; discharge 31 Aug 1955, release 31 Aug 1955 Burial: Harper Community Cemetery	Brown, Don A. Born: 20 Jun 1912 Died: 25 Oct 1997 Service: TEC 4 U.S. Army WW II; discharge 28 Oct 1945 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 002 035	Brown, Dorliska Wadsworth "Dor", Jr., M.D. Born: 23 Feb 1920 Died: 9 Feb 2008 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 7 012 012
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 336, Book 5 p. 117
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2011020224
	Brown, Erven Robert "Ervin" Born: 20 Jan 1895 Died: 10 Sep 1988 Service: U.S. Army WW I Burial: Harper Community Cemetery Plot: 01, 05a, 475	Brown, Eugene Carlton Born: 26 May 1922 Died: 8 May 1987 Service: Sgt. U.S. Army WW II; enlisted Nov 1942; re-enlisted 16 Nov 1945 Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section 14 Site 1608	Brown, Everton A. "Shorty" Born: 9 Oct 1918 Died: 1 Apr 1995 Service: WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 3 002 009
Pvt. Eugene Brown son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie C. Brown of Kerrville, with his wife the former Miss Dora Klein, daughter of Ed. Klein of near Harper. They were married on 22 Nov 1941. A year later, last November, 1942 he enlisted at the same time as his brother in law, Walter Allen Bennett, they enlisted in the Army at San Antonio. he was transferred to the Hondo Army Air School where he engaged in the commissary.
	Brown, Hollie Gene "Buz" Born: 8 Aug 1925 Died: 1 Feb 2006 Service: Tech Sergeant U.S. Army WW II; served 1943 - 1949 Burial: Harper Community Cemetery Plot: 04, 04, 210a	Brown, Horace Frank Born: 21 Jul 1924 Died: 21 Apr 2007 Service: U.S. Navy WW II served on board USS Jenkins DD-447 Burial: Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery	Brown, Jerry Jackson Born: 26 Jun 1933 Died: 22 May 2016 Service: U.S. Air Force; served 20 years Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 3 006 023
He was stationed in Japan, Germany and San Antonio.
	Brown, Kenneth Born: 20 May 1923 Died: 26 Dec 1988 Service: LT. Radio Operater U.S. Air Force WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 005 026	Brown, Lorenzo Born: 9 Aug 1907 Died: 25 Jul 1967 Service: TEC 5 U.S. Army WW II; served 29 Sep 1943 - 8 Nov 1945 Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: section P F site 330-G	Brown, Marshall Freelin Born: 21 Nov 1920 Died: 13 Jun 1997 Service: PVT U.S. Army Air Force WW II, enlisted 22 Aug 1942 Burial: Noxville Cemetery
Prisoner of Germans Lt. Kenneth Brown, husband of the former Miss Alvina Klaerner and son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Klaerner of here, who has been reported a prisoner of the Germans, according to word received by his wife through the International Red Cross. He had been missing over Augsburg, Germany on April 28. He is the son of Mrs. Ellen Brown, Niagara Falls, N.Y. and W. G. Brown, Washington, D. C. He is a graduate of Niagara Falls High School, entered Officers Candidate School at Victorville, California in 1942 and in 1942 received his wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in October 1943. He was a bombardier on a Flying Fortress. Before entering the service he was employed by the Fort Worth News Agency. Lt. and Mrs. Brown were married on January 30 at Dalhart, Texas, where he took final combat training before going overseas.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 17
Private First Class Marshall F. Brown, age 22, son of E.R. Brown of Harper, is in the Quartermaster Corps, Aviation Supply Department of the US Army Air Force at Nashville Texas. From Ft. Sam he was sent to Greenville Mississippi then to Nashville Texas where he is now stationed.
	Brown, Ray V. Born: 30 Nov 1920 Died: 3 Oct 2009 Service: TEC 4 U.S. Army WW II; discharge 2 Dec 1945; Purple Heart Recipient Burial: Wilke Family Cemetery	Brown, Robert A, Sr. Born: 28 Mar 1839 Died: 24 Feb 1899 Service: Pvt. Texas Militia CSA Burial: Lange's Mill Cemetery Plot: 16	Brown, Robert Carlton Born: 10 Jul 1942 Died: 20 May 2020 Service: U.S. Navy Sea Bees; served 1959 - 1963 Burial: Cremated
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2009020089
	Brown, Roy Allyn, Sr. Born: 22 Jan 1932 Died: 29 Jul 2022 Service: Col. U.S. Army Burial: Arlington National Cemetery	Brown, Thomas Evans Born: 28 Apr 1926 Died: 21 May 1998 Service: SM3 U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 7 016 023	Brown, Van Chester Born: 26 Apr 1913 Died: 21 Apr 1999 Service: U.S. Army WW II; entered 10 Jun 1942 Burial: Brown Ranch Cemetery
Mr. Brown served his country in the U.S. Army, retired at the rank of Colonel, and worked with the Army Corps of Engineers.
PVT Chester Brown, age 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brown of Harper, was inducted into the service June 1942. He was first stationed at Shepard Filed near Wichita Falls, Texas. From there he was transferred to the Spartan School of Aeronautic of Tulsa Ok. where he is still located.
	Brown, Victor Otto Born: 6 Jan 1909 Died: 22 Feb 1997 Service: MM 1/c Seabees U.S. Navy WW II; served 28 Jan 1943 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Brown, Virgil Lee Born: 28 Mar 1930 Died: 24 Aug 1991 Service: U.S. Navy Burial: Noxville Cemetery	Brown, Wilburn Edo Born: 23 Nov 1915 Died: 13 May 1986 Service: U.S. Army WW II SFC served 28 Jun 1945 - 29 Jul 1946 Burial: Woodland Park Cemetery
Victor Brown, son of Mrs. August Jost, was inducted into the service on Jan. 28,1943 and transferred immediately to the Naval Seabees. He had been working with the Bethlehem Ship Yard in San Francisco as sheet metal smith up until the time of his induction. His training was received at Norfolk, Va., Camp Bradford: Camp Perry, Williamsburg, Va. and Davisville, R.I. from where he went to California to a port of embarkation for overseas duty last August. Victor received a rating of Machinist's Mate, 3/c in April 1943, MM 2/c in June and MM 1/c in July. He is at present engaged with the U.S. Navy Seabee construction units somewhere in the Pacific. He attended Fredericksburg High School up through the ninth grade following which he attended a business college in San Antonio and from 1930 thru 1931 he was employed here by Saenger & Ochs. He married Miss Isabella Turner in California in 1933.
Brown served on the USS Jenkin DDE-447
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 6
	Brown, Willie Loyd Born: 12 Aug 1912 Died: 23 Aug 1961 Service: PFC U.S. Army Company F 253^th Infantry WW II; served 15 Dec 1942 - 16 Mar 1946; Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 318 NEQ	Brundridge, Bertrum Ennis "Bert" Born: 19 Dec 1933 Died: 9 Jan 2008 Service: U.S. Navy Air Force Korea, Vietnam Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 2 004 015	Brune, Edward David "Ed" Born: 6 Oct 1932 Died: 2 Jun 2019 Service: U.S. Navy Korea Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
	Bruner, Robert Alden Born: 2 Nov 1941 Died: 28 Apr 2009 Service: U.S. Army; commander in tank corps and in Davy Crockett Platoon Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Brunet, Thomas John Born: 17 Oct 1935 Died: 24 Aug 2013 Service: photographer’s mate U.S. Navy Burial: Cremated	Bruns, Albert Born: 1838 Died: 10 Aug 1862 Service: Unionist who was killed at the battle at the Nueces River by Confederates Burial: Treue der Union Monument
	Bruns, Albert Joseph "Albert Joe" Born: 27 Mar 1918 Died: 3 Oct 1983 Service: U.S. Army WW II; served 26 Jan 1942 - 2 Nov 1945 Burial: Copperas Cemetery	Bruns, Alton August Christian Born: 30 Sep 1926 Died: 13 Mar 2019 Service: U.S. Army served 1955 - 22 Jan 1957 Burial: Cremated	Bruns, Henry Born: 20 Jun 1891 Died: 10 Dec 1963 Service: Texas / PVT U.S. Army WW I; served 28 Jul 1918 - 26 Apr 1919 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 340 NWQ
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 383
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 298
	Bruns, Martin Benjamin Born: 24 Jan 1919 Died: 9 May 2004 Service: Lt. U.S. Navy WW II; On USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor; Pearl Harbor Survivor Burial: Meadow Wood Memorial Park	Bruns, Robert Lee Born: 18 Dec 1930 Died: 18 Feb 1991 Service: U.S. Army; discharge 7 Dec 1949 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Bruns, William Ludwig "Bill", Jr. Born: 16 Nov 1916 Died: 16 Nov 1956 Service: U.S. Navy WW II, served Jul 1940 - Nov 1956 Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Plot: Section 36 Site 1289
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 216
	Bryant, James Elwood "Woody" Born: 15 Sep 1922 Died: 9 Jan 2011 Service: U.S. Army WW II; 1943 & 1945, Battle of the Bulge Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 5 007 011	Bryla, Louis John Born: 11 Oct 1914 Died: 29 Aug 1961 Service: N.J. PFC 2535 Base Unit U.S. Army Air Force WW II Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery Plot: SMG J 03 038	Bryson, James Edward, Sr. Born: 15 Sep 1915 Died: 23 Feb 1996 Service: U.S. Navy WW II; discharge 29 Jan 1946 Burial: Alice Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 2 p. 72
	Buchanan, Thomas A. Born: 3 Apr 1837 Died: 23 Sep 1918 Service: Confederate States Army Burial: Texas State Cemetery	Buchholz, Theodore Born: 2 Feb 1832 Died: 2 Aug 1922 Service: Pvt. Co. of Mtd. Vol. Tex. Fr. Rgt., TST 1862 Burial: Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery	Buck, Charles Ludwig, Jr. Born: 1 Jul 1926 Died: 25 Apr 2009 Service: U.S. Navy WW II; Philippines / Radio Operator; served 6 Jul 1944 - 15 Jun 1946 Burial: Mission Burial Park North (San Antonio)
Buchanan belonged to Co. I, 3rd Tex. Inf., Scurry's Brig., Walker's Div., Trans.-Miss. Dept.; CSA pension # 01534
Name & Rank: Bucholtz, Theodore, Pvt. Com. off: Davis, Henry T., Capt., Organ: Co. of Mtd. Vol. Tex. Fr. Rgt. TST, Comd. by Col. James M. Norris Enlist: Mr. 4-62 at Gillespie Cty.; Reenlist. D. 24-62 Disch: Co. mus. out F. 7-63; Discharged Remarks: R&F 136; En. Off. Henry T. Davis; Mus. Off. Capt. Joe Walker; Co. sta. at Camp Davis F. 7-63; Co. org. under Act D. 21-61; 1 mus. roll dtd. Je. 30-62 to F. 7-63; 1 mus. out roll dtd. F. 7-63; 1 payroll dtd. Mr. 10-62 to Je. 30-62; Val. H. $100, HE. $25, Arms $75 Serv. 3 mos. 21 days at $12 per mo. - Am't. $44.40, plus $45.20 for use of horse, arms, etc. at 40 cents per day, plus $3.70 for use of arms at $1 per mo. - Total $93.30; Last pad Je. 30-62; Clothing drawn $28.38; Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
	Buckley, Sherman Born: 18 Feb 1893 Died: 8 Oct 1918 Service: PFC U.S. Army WW I; Co. H 370th Infantry Regt 93rd Div; enlisted 17 Jul 1916 KIA Burial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery	Buller, Clifford Leroy Born: 12 Sep 1926 Died: 12 Nov 2013 Service: U.S. Army WW II enlisted 15 Feb 1945 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Bumgarner, Richard L. Born: 25 Nov 1924 Died: 19 May 2006 Service: SSgt U.S. Army Air Force WW II / Korea / Vietnam Burial: Numa Cemetery
	Bunton, Robert Holmes "R. H." Born: 7 Sep 1818 Died: 22 Aug 1895 Service: TST, CSA Burial: Stonewall Community Cemetery	Burch, Robert Earl Born: 16 Aug 1928 Died: 5 Mar 2020 Service: Veteran Burial: Hilda United Methodist Church Cemetery	Burdick, Arthur Ainsworth Born: 10 Oct 1917 Died: 14 Aug 1967 Service: 1st LT U.S. Army WW II Burial: Moore Memorial Garden
Pvt.-Co. B, Cavalry, 25^th Brig., Texas State Troops Aug. 1863. Pvt.-Cav. Co., 25^th Brig., Texas State Troops for Caldwell, Gonzales & Guadalupe Counties Mar. 1864; 17^th Infantry Allen's Regiment TX Group CSA CSA Civil War pension # 06143
	Burell, Halbert Edwin Born: 23 Aug 1919 Died: 20 May 1983 Service: SSGT U.S. Army WW II; served 7 Feb 1941 - 9 Jul 1945 Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery	Burg, Alvin William Born: 24 Oct 1913 Died: 12 Apr 1949 Service: TEC4 U.S. Army Medical Detachment WW II; served 29 Jan 1942 - 1 Apr 1946; Good Conduct Medal Burial: Trinity Lutheran Plot: S 08 06	Burg, Felix Joe Born: 8 Nov 1895 Died: 21 Nov 1984 Service: Corporal U.S. Army France WW I Burial: St. Josephs Society Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 2 p. 282
	Burg, Henry John Born: 25 Dec 1937 Died: 21 Apr 2023 Service: U.S. Army; served May 1957 - Oct 1962 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Burg, John Peter Born: 16 Jun 1935 Died: 10 Dec 2022 Service: U.S. Army; served Jum 1955 - 18 Mar 1957 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Burg, John Rudolph "Johnnie" Born: 19 Nov 1917 Died: 28 Nov 1974 Service: MM1C U.S. Coast Guard WW II; discharge 15 Sep 1945 Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section 2A Site 2406
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 4 p. 17
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 385
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 4 p. 55
	Burg, Peter Born: 16 Sep 1820 Died: 9 Mar 1864 Service: Lieut. Minute Company for Gillespie County TST 1861; 3^rd Sgt. Co. B (II), Gillespie County, 3^rd Frontier District TST 1864 Burial: Peter Burg Cemetery	Burg, Werner Harry Born: 13 Oct 1919 Died: 12 Aug 1987 Service: SGT U.S. Army WW II; discharge 24 Sep 1943 Burial: Trinity Lutheran Plot: S 09 06	Burgess, John D. Born: 21 Jun 1930 Died: 29 Mar 2009 Service: U.S. Navy 1951 - 1955 Lt. Jr. Grade; Submarines USS Mindors & USS Monterey 1960 - 1963 Lt. Burial: Not stated / Unknown
On musterroll of Minute Company dated 25 Feb 1861; value of horse is $75. On musterroll of Minute Company ending 25 Aug 1861; paid $26.00 for 13 days. On musterroll of Minute Company ending 25 Nov 1861; paid $40.00 for 20 days. Name & Rank: Burg, P., 3^rd Sgt. Com. off: Schuetze, L., Capt. Organ: Co. B (II), Gillespie Co., 3^rd Front. Dist. BG J.D. McAdoo commdg., TST Enlist: Jan. 24-64 in Gillespie Co. Disch: Descrip: Age 46 Remarks: R&F 84; En. & Mus. Off. W.J. Locke; 1 shotgun; Co. org. under Act of D. 15-63; 1 MR & PR dtd. Jan. 28-64 to Je. 1-64 & 2 MR dtd. Jan. 27-64 & May '64. Name appears only on MR dtd. Jan 27-64. Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Burg was murdered by the Haengerbande ("hanging gang") in 1864.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 368
	Burkey, Randall Conway "Randy" Born: 21 Sep 1924 Died: 10 Oct 2015 Service: Corporal U.S. Marine Corps WW II, 4^th Marine Division; served 21 Apr 1943 - 19 Nov 1945 Burial: St. Peter Lutheran Church	Burkhalter, Archie Herman "A. H." Born: 14 Oct 1926 Died: 2009 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Burleigh, James Ross Born: 15 Jul 1938 Died: 14 Dec 2020 Service: Tech Sgt. U.S. Air Force; served 21 years Burial: Cremated
Burkey served in the Pacific AZOA from Jan 1944 to Nov 1945. He was in battles of Marshall Islands (RoI & Namur), Saidan & Tinian, Marianas Islands. Citations - Presidential Unit Citation with 2 stars, Asiatic Pacific Ribbon with 3 stars, Good Conduct Medal. Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2009020001
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