PATRIOT BULLETIN - Military Order of the Purple Heart

PATRIOT BULLETIN
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In Memory Of Patriot,
and 2004 National Commander
ROBERT LICHTENBERGER
ARMY, VIETNAM, WOUNDED, CU CHI
20th Artillery, 1st Air Cavalry Div
by both RAY DIAZ and RUFUS DYE 8/10
In Memory of Crew Members of the
12th ARMY AIR FORCE
57th Bomb Wing, 321st Bomb Group
448th Bomb Squadron (B-25’s)
That Made the Supreme Sacrifice in WWII
TOM MATTHEWS 9/09
In Memory Of Patriot
WILLIAM A. BRANT
ARMY, WWII, EUROPE
1st Infantry Division, Wounded, Normandy
Deceased Chapter 1919
Patriots and Ladies
FY — 2010
SAMUEL E. BAKER
TED A. BICKERSTAFF
R.M. (DON) BOSSERMAN JR.
JOE S. CASTRO
CHARLES A. CAVANAUGH JR.
JOE DAN FRANKLIN
TOM GAREFALOS
FLETCHER W. HARRIS JR.
HOWARD M. HICKS
JOHN E. LAW
LEONARD T. MANLEY
FRANK SEGURA
RUFUS DYE 5/10
CLARENCE F. SEIDL
WALTER F. ULBRICH
SERVANDO C. VARELA
GRANVIL R. “G.R.” WILLIAMS
ROBERT E. WILLIAMS
JAMES M. WRIGHT
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Patriot TOM GAREFALOS passed away May 26, 2010 in the
Temple VA Hospital at age 70. He was a Marine Corps First Sergeant,
retired with more than 20 years service. He had been wounded twice
in Vietnam while assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines.
Burial was in the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. He is
survived by his brothers, Nick and Jimmy, and sisters Angie Gibbons
and Elaine Ghazeceh.
Patriot GRANVIL R. “G.R.” WILLIAMS of Kyle, Texas
passed away May 7, 2010 at age 90. Patriot Williams was
Chapter 1919’s earliest wounded member, having been
wounded at Pearl Harbor during the opening moments of
the Japanese attack. G.R. was a crewmember on the
battleship West Virginia and the attack on December 7, 1941
interrupted his approved leave that was to have started that day for
him to return home to San Antonio to be married. The war set back
those plans for two years as he spent time in the hospital and then on
the carrier Enterprise. Finally, he and Helen Creswell were married in
1943 when he got his 30 days sinking survivor’s leave just before the
raised and repaired USS West Virginia was ready to put back to sea.
He and Helen had been married 67 years at the time of his death, and
they have four children and seven grand children. Burial was in the
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
Patriot ROBERT E. WILLIAMS passed away April
27, 2010 at age 85. He was born in Crawfordsville,
Indiana and spent his childhood years in Indiana, but
moved to Texas as a young adult. He joined the Marine
Corps at age 18 and served during WW II and the
Korean War. He was wounded in Korea, three times
between March and September 1951 while serving in
Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He is
survived by; wife, Gloria; daughters Sherry Bowman and Debra
Klaus; son, Michael; and a brother, and two sisters. Burial was in the
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio
Patriot JAMES M. WRIGHT, an Army WW II veteran, passed away
January 9, 2010. He was 89 years old. James participated in the
Southern Philippines Campaign and was serving as a Staff Sergeant in
the 1st Cavalry Division when wounded, October 23, 1944, during
the fighting in Leyte Province.