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	Price, Thomas Mason Born: 17 May 1916 Died: 6 Nov 1998 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: St. Barnabas Columbarium	Priddy, Oscar Truitt, Jr. Born: 21 Apr 1899 Died: 29 Nov 1979 Service: U. S. Navy WW I Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery	Priess, Alex Henry Born: 25 Dec 1891 Died: 9 Jun 1972 Service: Pvt U.S. Army WW I; discharged 16 Apr 1919 Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: M, 06, 13
Price got the ships ready for service. "Ship outfitting, final completion, commissioning, and then he decommission the ships and put them in mothballs at the end of the war."
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 237
	Priess, Charles F. Born: 17 Nov 1848 Died: 24 May 1900 Service: Pvt.-Frontier Forces Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: D, 05, 01	Priess, Clarence Alfons Born: 18 Nov 1924 Died: 24 Jul 1991 Service: SI U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Plot: Section 18 site 270	Priess, Edgar Otto Born: 15 Oct 1895 Died: 27 Jun 1950 Service: Pvt Co. D 9 MTR supply TN QMC WW I; served 27 Jun 1918 - 18 Feb 1919 Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: G, 23, 25
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 227
	Priess, Edmund A. Born: 23 Jan 1891 Died: 21 Nov 1959 Service: Sgt. U.S. Army Camp Veterinary Detachment Co. WW I; served 13 Sep 1918 - 21 Dec 1918 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 205 SWQ	Priess, Harry Charles, Jr., Dr. Born: 21 Oct 1917 Died: 28 Feb 1988 Service: CAPT. U.S. Army WW II, Medical Department; served 17 Aug 1942 - 7 May 1946 Burial: Resthaven Cemetery (Brady TX)	Priess, Hugo Felix Born: 20 Jan 1889 Died: 13 Dec 1952 Service: U.S. Army WW I; discharged 3 Mar 1919 Burial: Mission Burial Park South (San Antonio)
Announcement was received last week by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Priess Sr. of Fredericksburg that their son Harry Jr. had been promoted on April 3rd. to the rank of Captain in the U. S. Army Medical Detachment, at Camp Claiborne, La. Capt. Priess age 25, is a graduate of the Texas Dental Collage at Houston, year 1941. He was commissioned a First Lieutenant in August, 1942, after he had served with an inactive commission with the US Public Health Service at Springfield, Missouri at which time he was transferred to Camp Barkeley, Texas. He remained at Camp Barkeley until last October when he was sent to Camp Claiborne, La. where he has been in the Dental Department for the U. S. Army.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1, p. 208
	Priess, Johann Jacob Born: 30 Jul 1817 Died: 23 Jun 1882 Service: Pvt. Co. B (II), Gillespie County, 3^rd Frontier District TST 1864 Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: B, 10, 05	Priess, Nolan Clayton James Born: 8 Oct 1930 Died: 30 May 2012 Service: U.S. Army Korean War Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 5 007 069	Priess, Victor Elgin Born: 29 Oct 1936 Died: 10 Aug 2009 Service: U.S. Navy; served 1956 - 1960 Burial: Memory Gardens (Brea CA)
Name & Rank: Priess, Jacob, Pvt. Com. off: Schuetze, L., & Krauskopf, E., Capt. Organ: Co. B (II), Gillespie Co., 3^rd 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 45 Remarks: R&F 84; En. & Mus. Off. W.J. Locke; 1 shotgun & 1 pistol; 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.
Priess served in the U.S. Navy as a gas engine repairman from 1956-1960. He received an Honorable Discharge and a Good Conduct Medal.
	Priess, Wesley Alex Born: 24 Jul 1926 Died: 20 Oct 2003 Service: CPL U.S. Army Korea; served 10 Oct 1950 - 21 Jul 1952 Purple Heart Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 4 004 011	Priestley, Neal Merle Born: 3 Nov 1936 Died: 28 Mar 2018 Service: U.S. Army, National Guard Burial: St. Barnabas Columbarium	Prince, Charlie Joe Born: 18 Apr 1930 Died: 8 Sep 2019 Service: 2nd Lt. U.S. Marine Corps Burial: Glen Rest Cemetery
Neal graduated from Norwich University, having won the Patton Award for outstanding armor student three times and earning a regular commission in the U.S. Army. Neal earned his Ranger tab and served in Air Defense Artillery and commanded the All Army pistol team. A disciplined competitor, he qualified as both a distinguished pistol and rifle shot. During this time, Neal participated in the Pan American Games and served in the National Guard as coach and teammate in the All Guard pistol and rifle teams. Several times the All Guard team would beat the All Army and other service teams upsetting the Commanding General of the Army. This brought a special kind of glee to his teammates and the Commanding General of the National Guard.
Prince earned his wings in Pensacola and served as a flight instructor there before moving on to jet aircraft. He flew A4 Sky Hawks and F4 Phantoms while stationed aboard aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Ocean and the Sea of Japan. He completed over 50 night carrier landings and never lost an aircraft.
	Prochnow, Marvin Willie Born: 9 Nov 1922 Died: 31 Jul 2020 Service: Col. U.S. Army Air Corps U.S. Air Force WW II, enlisted 27 Nov 1942, U.S. Air Force Korea & Vietnam Burial: Greenwood Cemetery	Prochnow, Victor Albert Born: 29 Oct 1919 Died: 24 Dec 1956 Service: Sgt 2532 Base Unit U.S. Army Air Corps WW II; served 26 Jan 1942 - 12 Sep 1945 Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: H, 09, 24	Pruett, Charlie Dois "C.D." Born: 9 Feb 1922 Died: 26 Jul 2010 Service: aviator U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Pleasanton City Cemetery
Prochnow served in the European Theater. He joined the Army Air Corps on 28 Nov 1942 and remained in standby status until 8 Feb 1943. He then went on Active status, completed pilot training in the West Coast Training Command. He received commission and wings on 8 Feb 1944. He was sent to Kingman Arizona for advanced Pilot Training for a B-17, and then went to Ardmore, Oklahoma for combat crew training. At the completion of training he was informed to take his crew and flight check a new B-17; at the conclusion he presented his report that all systems were operational. The next day they left for England alone, once in England they were assigned to the 8^th. Air Force; 3^rd Air Division; 93th. Bombardment Wing; 385^th. Bombardment Group (Heavy); 550 SQ, Based at Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England. Some of their flight missions included the Artenells and the Battle of the Bulge. On 9 Nov 1944 they were assigned to the Lead Squadron, of 36 B-17 squadrons assigned to Bomb the Germans at Merseburg, France. When they approached the target area the cloud cover opened, but it was too late for their Bombardier to sight on the target. They had to make a 360 degree rotation and come in at the rear of the formation. When they were dropping their load of bombs they were hit, wounding the Bombardier and Navigator. After completing the 35 required missions they were returned home in a convoy, when on 13 May 1945 they were informed the War in Europe was over. During WW II, Prochnow was a pilot in the European Theater. He served in 8^th AF, 3^rd Air Div, 385 Bomb Squadron. He retired from the Military. U.S. Air Force Col. Marvin W. Prochnow has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and his seventh award of the Air Medal, at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Prochnow was cited for meritorious Achievement at Anderson AFB, Guam, as deputy commander for operations with the 4133^rd Bombardment Wing. U.S. Air Force Col. Marvin W. Prochnow has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and his seventh award of the Air Medal, at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Prochnow was cited for meritorious Achievement at Anderson AFB, Guam, as deputy commander for operations with the 4133rd Bombardment Wing. [Fredericksburg Standard, 26 Feb 1969]
Home From Pacific Sgt. Victor A. Prochnow,. son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Prochnow, who arrived home this week after spending 34 months in the South Pacific with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
	Pruitt, R. Neil Born: 19 Apr 1932 Died: 11 Sep 2019 Service: U.S. Army; served 1959 - 1961 Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Puckett, Orman Layton Born: 4 Feb 1938 Died: 10 Mar 2014 Service: U.S. Army; joined 1957 Burial: Cremated	Puffer, William James "Bill" Born: 7 Dec 1938 Died: 13 Apr 2014 Service: U.S. Navy, U.S. Merchant Marines Burial: Not stated / Unknown
	Pugh, Homer Harold Born: 16 Apr 1945 Died: 29 Jul 2021 Service: Lt. Col. U.S. Army Vietnam; served 20.5 years Burial: Harper Community Cemetery	Putnam, Kimberly Sue (Davis) Born: 29 Aug 1968 Died: 8 Sep 1995 Service: U.S. Navy Persian Gulf Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 318 NWQ	Pyka, Felix John "Drexie" Born: 23 Jan 1919 Died: 8 Dec 1991 Service: U.S. Army WW II, enlisted 17 Feb 1942 Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery Plot: SMG I 01 005 C
Pugh flew helecopters, earning 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and 36 Air Medals, including one for valor.
	Pyka, Herbert Louis Born: 2 Sep 1933 Died: 20 Oct 2014 Service: Lt. Col. (Ret.) U.S. Army South Korea Vietnam Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery	Pyka, James Matthew Born: 28 Jan 1922 Died: 19 Jun 1945 Service: Flight Officer U.S. Army Air Force WW II, enlisted 20 Nov 1941, 2^nd. Weather Reconnaissance Squadron; Killed over China; Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines; Purple Heart, World War II Honor Roll Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery Plot: SMG H 08 109 A	Pyka, Lawrence A. "Buster" Born: 15 Apr 1917 Died: 25 Apr 2005 Service: U.S. Army WW II, enlisted 26 May 1942 Burial: Assumption Cemetery
Herbert enlisted and served in the Army National Guard, then transferred to the U.S. Army and was called to active duty where he completed tours in South Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the Army on September 2, 1993, at the rank of Lt. Col.
Graduates James. M. Pyka, son of Mr. and Mrs. V.B. Pyka, who on November 20 was graduated with the Class of 44-1 at the Lubbock Army Air Field and received his silver wings as a Flight Officer after intensive training at the Lubbock field. Flight Officer Pyka and Mrs. Pyka at present are spending his furlough with his parents and will report for duty at Randolph Field on December 10^th. The War Department on Wednesday morning notified Mrs. Roberta J. Pyka that her husband, Flight Officers James M. Pyka, has been missing in action over China since June 19^th. F/O Pyka, age 23, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. V.B. Pyka. He completed his flight training in November, 1944 at Lubbock, and went overseas to the China-India-Burma theatre in June, 1945. He was pilot of a B-25 Reconnaissance plane. His wife is the former Miss Roberta Mines, formerly of Lincoln Neb., now of Funk, Neb. They were married on June 17, 1944, in Garden City , MO. Both are members of the Catholic Church. Pyka is a former member of the Fredericksburg Giants and was one of the outstanding players on the team for a number of years. He is a graduate of St. Mary's Parochial School, year 1940. Additional link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56750115/james-matthew-pyka
	Pyka, Matthew Frank "Matt", Jr. Born: 19 Jun 1922 Died: 16 Jan 2007 Service: U.S. Army WW II; enlisted 7 Nov 1942 Burial: St. Mary's Memorial Garden Cemetery Plot: L 05 090 A	Pyka, Robert Valentine Born: 14 Feb 1925 Died: 15 Nov 2005 Service: U.S. Army WW II Burial: St. Mary's Memorial Garden Cemetery Plot: M2 ESS C 005	Pyka, Valentine Blasius Born: 3 Feb 1891 Died: 4 Oct 1949 Service: Cpl Demobilization Detachment, Co. K 312the Inf 78th Div WW I; served 4 Jul 1918 - 3 Jun 1919 Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery Plot: SMG H 08 109
Pfc. Robert Pyka, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Pyka, of Fredericksburg, has been in the U.S. Army for 13 months. Pfc. Pyka has served the entire period as a airplane mechanic at Sheppard Field, Texas.
Source: Master Index of Veterans at the Gillespie Co. Courthouse, Book 1 p. 294
	Pyle, Quinton Edward Born: 28 Feb 1922 Died: 1 Mar 2012 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery	Quagliana, Vincent John Born: 31 Oct 1937 Died: 3 Dec 2018 Service: U.S. Army Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Quindel, Heinrich Friedrich Adolph "Adolf" Born: 25 Nov 1848 Died: 25 Feb 1925 Service: 1^st Texas Cavalry (Union) Civil War Burial: St. Paul Lutheran at Cave Creek Plot: Row 05
Quinton Pyle was a Pearl Harbor survivor and was on the USS Bagley DD-386 on Dec. 7, 1941. He was in the Navy and was present at many of the battles of the Pacific theater, including Guadalcanal and Saipan.
	Quindry, Charles Lowell Born: 15 Feb 1918 Died: 2 Oct 2017 Service: Veteran Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Quinn, Glenn I. Born: 14 Jun 1923 Died: 7 Apr 1982 Service: U.S. Army WW II Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 108 SWQ	Rabalais, Lawrence Louis "Larry" Born: 6 Oct 1937 Died: 3 Oct 2018 Service: U.S. Army; served 1960 - 1966 Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery
	Rabke, Oliver Victor Born: 28 Jan 1895 Died: 6 Jan 1971 Service: World War I Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 1 007 004	Rabke, Raymond F. Born: 5 Jul 1899 Died: 7 Oct 1985 Service: U.S. Navy WW I; served 17 Oct 1918 - 30 Sep 1921 Burial: Restland Memorial Park	Rackel, James Kenneth Born: 2 Nov 1928 Died: 30 Nov 1992 Service: 2^nd Lt. U.S. Army Korea Burial: Gillespie County Cemetery Plot: Block 2, L
	Rader, Ellis James Born: 18 Jul 1930 Died: 4 May 2013 Service: Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force Korean Conflict Burial: Grove Hill Memorial Park	Raedig, Adam Born: 21 Apr 1823 Died: 12 May 1903 Service: Pvt. Co. C, 3^rd Frontier District TST 1864 Burial: St. Mary's Garden Cemetery Plot: SMG B 04 057	Ragland, Rayborn Clayton Born: 21 Feb 1927 Died: 30 Dec 2017 Service: WW II; enlisted 29 Nov 1945 Burial: Miller Creek Cemetery
Name: Raedig, A., Pvt. Com. off: Dearing, Jacob, Capt. Organ: Co. C, 3^rd Frontier Dist., BG J.D. McAdoo comdg., TST Enlist: Ap. 14-64 in Gillespie Co. Disch: Served 8 days at $2--$16 Descrip: Age 43 Remarks: R&F 59; En. & Mus. Off. Maj. S.M. Hunter; Co. org. under act of D. 15-63; 1 mus. roll dtd. Ap. 14-64 to Je 1-64. Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. $PGH#, Vol. 2, p 232
	Rahe, Adolph William Born: 4 Nov 1890 Died: 27 Sep 1969 Service: Pvt Co L 24 INF WW I Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: I, 05, 01	Rahe, Alvin Born: 24 Feb 1895 Died: 24 Nov 1973 Service: Cpl U.S. Army WW I Burial: Der Stadt Friedhof Plot: I, 08, 13	Rahe, Dayton Otto Born: 4 Jan 1922 Died: 9 Apr 1974 Service: U.S. Army Air Force WW II Burial: Harper Community Cemetery
Pfc. Dayton O. Rahe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rahe of Harper, has written home letting his parents know he is fine and he hops to be home to visit with his family very soon.
	Rahe, Harold Christian Born: 1 Oct 1925 Died: 29 Feb 2008 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Harper Community Cemetery	Rainbolt, Jack Coalman Born: 28 Oct 1926 Died: 6 Jul 2020 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Cremated	Rainbolt, Tommy Reed, Sr. Born: 13 Dec 1921 Died: 3 Nov 1999 Service: B.M. 2/C U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Cremated
Tommy Rainbolt, Boatswain Mate, second class, is enjoying a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drew Rainbolt, at their home in Corpus Christi after having served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific for the past two years. Tommy is a graduate of Fredericksburg High School and lived here with his parents for most of his young life. He expects to visit his friends and his sister, Mrs. Rubin Beckmann, before returning for further duties with the Navy. He volunteered for Naval service in 1940 and since his last leave in April 1942, he has been in numerous battles, including Guadalcanal, and Santa Cruz. He has also experienced approximately 250 air attacks aboard the big battleship on which he has been stationed. He expects to report to San Francisco on September 18 for further assignments.
	Raines, Dennis C. Born: 18 Jan 1945 Died: 7 Apr 2017 Service: U.S. Army Burial: Not stated / Unknown	Rains, James William "Rusty" Born: 24 May 1945 Died: 21 Aug 2011 Service: U.S. Air Force Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Plot: 8 002 018	Rambin, Ralph Jay Born: 16 Nov 1941 Died: 12 Jan 2016 Service: U.S. Army Burial: Not stated / Unknown
	Ramey, Rex Doyce Born: 12 Jun 1938 Died: 24 Dec 2009 Service: U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Burial: Cremated	Ramos, George Aguero Born: 25 May 1931 Died: 14 Apr 2013 Service: U.S. Army Korean War Burial: Bethel Cemetery	Rampy, Tommy Joe Born: 15 Sep 1935 Died: 14 Jul 2003 Service: Veteran's List Burial: Harper Community Cemetery
	Ramsey, Joseph LeConte, Jr. Born: 4 Feb 1947 Died: 1 Jan 2019 Service: Veteran Burial: St. Barnabas Columbarium	Randolph, Herbert Siedel Born: 17 Apr 1909 Died: 15 Feb 1971 Service: MOMM1 U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Live Oak Cemetery (Manchaca TX)	Rankin, William Gary Born: Died: 21 Aug 2014 Service: U.S. Navy Burial: Not stated / Unknown
	Ransleben, Alex Max Paul Born: 2 Jun 1926 Died: 5 Mar 2007 Service: U.S. Army Korea Burial: St. Mary's Memorial Garden Cemetery Plot: B 01 010 C	Ransleben, Arno Herman Born: 20 Jan 1916 Died: 3 Oct 2003 Service: U.S. Navy WW II Burial: Sunset Memorial Park	Ransleben, Calvin Arno Born: 23 Oct 1941 Died: 15 Jul 2020 Service: U.S. Army; served 1963 - ? Burial: Ransleben Family
He joined the US Navy and became a member of the Military Police/Shore Patrol while serving in World War II.
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