Gibbons was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division during WW II with jumps on D-Day in Normandy and Holland. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Belguim.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2011020257
Gibbons served in the United States Army in the occupation forces in Germany.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1
Gibson graduated from Fredericksburg High School, WWII veteran and a life member of the VFW. He was in the Navy Air Corp station on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Bismark Sea. On February 21, 1945 his ship took two Japanese suicide planes and sank off Iwo Jima. The ship was abandoned after twenty minutes due to uncontrolled fires and exploding ammunition. Two thirds of the ship’s crew and squadrons lost their lives.
Gibson, Robert Lee
Born: 27 Nov 1895 Died: 27 Sep 1985 Service: PVT U.S. Army WW I Burial:Garden of Memories
Gideon enlisted in the Army / 1st Bn, 83rd Artillery, Fourth Army for three years. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant in 1964. Mel met and married his wife, Brigit, while stationed in Nuremburg, Germany in February 1963.
Gideon enlisted March 30, 1962. Basic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Advanced Artillery Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. From August 1962 to June 1964 was overseas assignment in Nuremberg, West Germany, in Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 39th Artillery. From June 1964 to march 1965 was stateside on assignment in Fort Sill Ok. Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 83rd Artillery.He attained the rank of Specialist 5th Class (E-5), acting Staff Sergeant; Personnel Division. Special Classification-top Secret Security Clearance while assigned to the 3rd Bn. 39th Artillery in Nuremberg. The 250mm guns assigned to the unit were capable of firing Atomic warheads at a range of 36 miles. He received Honorable Discharge with Good conduct Medal,discharge on March 31,1965.
Born: 23 Mar 1921 Died: 19 Feb 2004 Service: SSgt U.S. Army WW II Burial:Greenwood Cemetery
Gilbert, Vasco Keith "Keith", Sr.
Born: 28 May 1940 Died: 22 Jul 2022 Service: CWO4 U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam; served 1957 - 1993 Burial:Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
He first deployed to Vietnam in 1965 as a PFC. He returned in 1969 as a Chief Warrant Officer. During his two tours in Vietnam, he received two Navy Commendation medals with Valor, two Bronze Stars with Valor, three Purple Hearts, and the Silver Star. Over the course of his career, he earned over 40 additional medals, ribbons, and commendations. He retired as Chief Warrant Officer 4. Many Marines and other service members were able to return home from Vietnam due to his heroic actions. In 1974, he left active duty and became a reserve officer. He returned to active duty in the Marine CorpsReserve in 1987 and completed his 20 years’ active service requirement, allowing him to retire from the Marine Corps in 1993.
Gillen, James John, Sr.
Born: 10 Mar 1916 Died: 14 Sep 1956 Service: SSGT U.S. Army WW II; served 13 Nov 1939 - 7 Sep 1943 Burial:Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section AJ Site 982
Gillet, Ronald Allen
Born: 21 Dec 1941 Died: 13 Aug 2019 Service: U.S. Army; served 3 years Burial:Not stated / Unknown
Gilluly, George T.
Born: 29 Nov 1914 Died: 20 Nov 2009 Service: U.S. Army, WW II Burial:Cremated
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 362
Gillet was a member of Special Forces Airborne and was a parachutist.
Born: 26 Oct 1921 Died: 22 Apr 2014 Service: Col. (Ret.) U.S. Army Air Force WW II Korean Conflict Vietnam, served Sep 1942 - 30 Nov 1971 Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 5 006 067
Gipson, James Ray
Born: 7 Apr 1834 Died: 25 Oct 1895 Service: Tx PVT Mtd. Texas Ranger CSA Burial:Rocky Creek Cemetery
Gilpin enlisted in the Army Air Corp. and was a flight instructor at Waco, Lubbock, and Barksdale LA.
After the war, he was selected for assignment to Military Government in the Occupation Forces of Japan to inspect and report compliance with the policies of General Douglas McArthur. He was assigned as a B-26 Aircraft Commander of a select combat crew (and later a B-36 Combat Crew Aircraft Commander) at Walker AFB.
He transitioned into B-52's and logged some 1,250 hours in that aircraft. After promotion to Colonel, he went to Dyess AFB as Deputy Commander for Maintenance, Strategic Air Command, and later was assigned as Base Commander in Ankara, Turkey, with responsibilities for service to personnel in Turkey, Iran, India, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
He retired after 30 years of distinguished service and holds the AF Commendation Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2009020010
Gipson, Roy Henry
Born: 6 Oct 1928 Died: 27 Dec 2014 Service: U.S. Army Korean War; served 1950 - Nov 1952 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: I, 12, 01
Givigliano, Albert "Al"
Born: 3 Feb 1919 Died: 20 Aug 1996 Service: U.S. Army WW II, served 12 Sep 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: M, 03, 11
Glascock, Charles L.
Born: 19 Feb 1919 Died: 28 Jun 1986 Service: Lt. Col U.S. Army WW II / Korea Burial:Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section PG site 554-A
In 1950 he had to take a leave of absence as he was drafted into the United States Army where he spent his time in California, Japan and then on the front lines of Korea.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 220
Charles and his wife Betty returned to Germany in 1949 - 1951 and again in 1955 - 1958 as part of the American Army of occupation in Germany. They served in Germany during WW II.
Born: 6 Aug 1936 Died: 26 Dec 1987 Service: U.S. Air Force Vietnam Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 3 001 045
Glazener, James Vernon "Jim", Jr.
Born: 9 Feb 1927 Died: 24 Apr 2022 Service: U.S. Navy WW II; served 3 Mar 1945 - 30 Aug 1946 Burial:Greenwood Cemetery
Upon graduation from Santa Rosa Nursing School as a registered nurse, she was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army. She cared for combat casualties in hospitals in Wales and England from late 1943 to the end of WW II in 1945. In the summer of 1945, she was assigned to the first American units to enter Berlin and helped establish American hospitals there.
He served on two destroyers in the Pacific under Admiral Nimitz and trained in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska for the prepared attack and invasion of Japan. Then the atomic bombing of Japan ended the war.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, File # 2009020082
Glinkman, Jack V.
Born: 19 Jun 1932 Died: 5 Mar 2011 Service: 2nd. Lt. U.S. Army Korean War Burial:Not stated / Unknown
Godfrey, William Phillip
Born: 18 Feb 1893 Died: 11 Jan 1970 Service: PVT U.S. Army Infantry WW I Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 007 053
Goehmann, Ben Charles, Sr.
Born: 28 Apr 1895 Died: 15 Aug 1956 Service: PVT U.S. Army 97 Balloon Co. Air Service WW I Burial:Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section 2S Site 494
Goehmann, Charles
Born: 29 Dec 1866 Died: 21 Oct 1948 Service: Spanish American War 1898 - 1902 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: A, 01, 01
Goehmann, George
Born: abt Jan 1818 Died: bef 1910 Service: Pvt. Co. B (II), Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier District TST 1864 Burial:Missing Grave Project
Goehmann, Jackie Walter
Born: 31 Oct 1935 Died: 24 Dec 2008 Service: U.S. Air Force Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 001 034
Name & Rank: Goehmann, George, Pvt. Com. off: Schuetze, L., & Krauskopf, E., Capt. Organ: Co. B (II), Gillespie Co., 3rd Front. Dist. BG J.D. McAdoo commdg., TST Enlist: Jan. 28-64 in Gillespie Co.; mus. in Jan. 28. Disch: Serv. Jan. 28 to Je. 1-64: 30 days at $2--$60. Descrip: Age 47 (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. Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Goehmann, Larry Lou
Born: 10 Aug 1933 Died: 18 Mar 2014 Service: U.S. Air Force Korea, discharge 5 Jun 1957 Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 7 007 008
Goehmann, Otto Alfred, Jr.
Born: 24 Jan 1904 Died: 16 Apr 1968 Service: WW II, served 17 Jul 1942 - 5 Mar 1943 Burial:Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 001 006
Goehmann, Werner Joseph, Sr.
Born: 1 Nov 1907 Died: 1 Nov 1954 Service: PFC CO A 27 Infantry WW II Bronze Star Medal Burial:Los Angeles National Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 5 p. 229
Born: 29 Apr 1897 Died: 28 Dec 1923 Service: U.S. Army WW I, discharge 5 Feb 1919 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: A, 15, 05
Goins, A. J.
Born: 11 May 1926 Died: 24 Mar 2012 Service: U.S. Navy Burial:Squaw Creek Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 129
Goins, James Worth
Born: 6 Nov 1951 Died: 12 Jan 1996 Service: SGT U.S. Air Force Vietnam Burial:Squaw Creek Cemetery Plot: R 05
Goins, Larry Elliot
Born: 19 Jun 1949 Died: 28 Aug 2017 Service: Sgt. U.S. Air Force; served 1967 - 1975 Burial:Squaw Creek Cemetery
Gold, Alvin Harvey Erwin "Mooney"
Born: 27 Jan 1925 Died: 17 Jan 1999 Service: U.S. Army WW II, discharge 6 Jul 1946 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: N, 04, 15
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 2 p. 447
Gold, Archie Dean
Born: 11 Jan 1940 Died: 15 Apr 1999 Service: U.S. Navy 1958 - 1961 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: N, 04, 19
Gold, Beverly Martin, Sr.
Born: 10 Sep 1920 Died: 25 Mar 1996 Service: PVT U.S. Army WW II, enlisted 11 Aug 1940, Purple Heart Burial:Sisterdale Cemetery
Gold, Clarence William "Jiggs"
Born: 23 Dec 1916 Died: 20 Oct 1968 Service: Pfc. U.S. Army; 9th. Army Air Force Service Command Unit; WW II Burial:Kermit City Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 4 p. 9
Pvt. Beverly M. Gold, son of Mrs. Hulda Gold was wounded in action in France, on June 16. His Mother has received the Purple Heart awarded for him for his wounds. Private Gold enlisted in 1940. He was formerly employed by Haller's Feed Store in San Antonio. He has two brothers in the Army.
On French front
Pfc. Clarence W. "Jiggs" Gold shown above adjusting the timing system of a semi-tractor at a 9th. AAF Service Command Unit in France commanded by Lt. Col. S. H. Crooping with vital supplies to 9th AAF tactical fighters and bombers. Pfc. Gold was employed by Shell Pipeline Company, Houston prior to "joining up" in October 1942. He is the son of Thekla Herbort Gold of here.
Gold, Curtis Harry
Born: 5 Mar 1932 Died: 26 Aug 2003 Service: FA U.S. Navy Korea Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: N, 05, 18
Born: 17 Jul 1935 Died: 19 Feb 2010 Service: A1C U.S. Air Force Military Police 1955-1959 Burial:Sutherland Spring Cemetery
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 4 p. 99
Gold, Erwin H.
Born: 26 Mar 1897 Died: 12 Jan 1971 Service: U.S. Army WW I, discharge 26 Feb 1919 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: H, 15, 02
Gold, Felix
Born: 14 Aug 1896 Died: 29 Jan 1993 Service: SGT U.S. Army WW I, discharge 16 May 1919 Burial:Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section 21 Site 780
Gold, Harley Emil
Born: 4 Mar 1929 Died: 5 Apr 2019 Service: U.S. Army, discharge 2 Apr 1955 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: N, 04, 16
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 236
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 101
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 328
Gold, Jacob, Jr.
Born: 13 Jan 1842 Died: 18 May 1914 Service: Pvt.-Ranger Co. for Gillespie, Kerr and Hays Counties, Frontier Regt., TST 1862 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: D, 06, 26
Gold, Jakob, Sr.
Born: 11 Jan 1842 Died: 12 Sep 1930 Service: CSA Co. E, Buechel's 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: E, 05, 20
Texas Civil War Service Records Of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
Name: Jacob Gold aka Jr.
Military Service: 1862
Event Type: Military Service
Event year: 1862
Age: 20
Military Unit: 8th Taylor's Battalion Cavalry/ Taylor's Battalion Mounted Rifles
Affiliate: Complied service
Publication Title: Records of Confederate Solder's Who Served in Organization From the State Of Texas
Texas Civil War Service Records Of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
Name: Jacob Gold aka Jr.
Military Service: 1862
Event Type: Military Service
Event year: 1863
Age: 21
Military Unit: 1st Regiment Yager's Cavalry/ 1st Mounted Rifles
Affiliate: Complied Service
Publication Title: Records of Confederate Solder's Who Served in Organization From the State Of Texas
United Stat War Soldiers Index 1861-1865 Texas
Name: Jacob Gold aka Jr.
Event Type: Military Service
Military: Private
Rank Beginning / Rank Ending: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State: Texas
Unit: 8th Taylor's Battalion
Company: C
United States War Soldiers Index 1861-1865 Texas
Name: Jacob Gold aka Jr.
Event Type: Military Service
Military: Private
Rank Beginning / Rank Ending: Private
Military Side: Confederate
State: Texas
Unit: 1st Regiment Texas Cavalry, Yager's
Company: E
CSA Civil War pension # 46792 & 47658
Jakob Gold served with August Arhelger and George Ottmers as noted in pension request by Arhelger's widow.
Gold applied for pension (# 46792) on 19 Jun 1930
resident of Texas since Dec 1850; of Gillespie County since Spring 1851
age 88 years
served from 1862 to close of war
enlisted in 1862 and served 3 years
served Co. E 1st Texas Cavalry, Capt. Frank Vander Stucken Source: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 128
Gold, Lawrence Wesley
Born: 19 Aug 1938 Died: 22 Feb 2023 Service: U.S. Army, served Jun 1958 - 11 Jun 1960 Burial:Not stated / Unknown
Gold, Maurice Oliver, Rev.
Born: 24 Jun 1930 Died: 13 Oct 2015 Service: U.S. Army Korean Conflict; served 7 Dec 1952 - 15 Aug 1954 Burial:Cremated
Gold was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland where he served as a tuba player in the 324th Army Band.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 4 p. 235
On musterroll of Minute Company dated 25 Feb 1861; value of horse is $125.
On musterroll of Minute Company ending 25 Aug 1861; paid $18.00 for 12 days.
On musterroll of Minute Company ending 25 Nov 1861; paid $15.00 for 10 days.
On musterroll of Minute Company ending 25 Feb 1862; paid $15.00 for 10 days.
Gold, Peter Johann, Jr.
Born: 17 Dec 1839 Died: 10 Feb 1918 Service: Pvt.-Minute Co., Gillespie County TST 1861. Pvt.-Ranger Co. for Gillespie, Kerr & Hays Counties, Frontier Regt., TST 1862 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: A, 10, 18
Gold, Peter, Sr.
Born: 8 Dec 1839 Died: 6 Mar 1921 Service: Pvt.-Ranger Co. for Gillespie, Kerr and Hays Counties, Frontier Regt., TST 1862 Burial:Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: A, 02, 05
Gold, Reuben Edwin
Born: 19 Aug 1925 Died: 20 Jan 2016 Service: U.S. Army Korea, discharge 23 Dec 1949, discharge 29 Oct 1951, discharge 14 Mar 1953 Burial:Meusebach Creek Cemetery
CSA, entered 1 May 1862, Book 1 p. 194
Texas Civil War Service Records Of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
Name: Peter Gold
Military Service: 1862
Event Type: Military Service
Event year: 1862
Age: 22
Military Unit: 8th Taylor's Battalion Cavalry/ Taylor's Battalion Mounted Rifles
Affiliate: Complied Service
Publication Title: Records of Confederate Solder's Who Served in Organization From the State Of Texas
As a young man, Reuben served in the U.S. Army, including time in Japan and Korea, working as both an MP and in the signal corps.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 3 p. 233, Book 3 p. 239, Book 3 p. 261