Died of wounds received during World War II. Served with 453rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapon Battalion.
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One of four brothers in service
Husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein
"Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded."
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T-5 Harry Klein Died of Wounds In Germany April 18 One of four sons in service; Wife and two children survive. Technician Fifth Harry T. Klein, husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein and son of Christian Klein, died of wounds in Germany on April 18, 1945, according to word received by local relatives on Sunday. Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded. He entered the service in Gillespie County on November 11, 1942, receiving his training at Camp Wallace, Texas, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Camp Stewart, Ga., the Tennessee Army Maneuvers, Ft. Fisher and Camp Davis, North Caroline. He arrived overseas in February 1944 and served in England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Germany during his fourteen months overseas. Tech. Klein was born in Gillespie County on July 1, 1914, the son of Mr. Christian and Mrs. Emma Mosel Klein, and was thirty years of age at the time of his death. He was united in marriage with his surviving widow, Rita Roeder, on February 7, 1942. Two children, Dennis John, 2, and Shannon Jerome, 1, survive, in addition to his wife. Shannon was born after Klein arrived overseas and he never saw his son. Survivors include his father, three brothers in the service: Eugene, somewhere overseas with the Army; Clemens, overseas with the Army in Italy and Francis is with the Marines somewhere in the Pacific. Additional brothers and sisters surviving are : Meta, Mrs. Alfons Klein, Fredericksburg; Mabel, Mrs. Elgin Kunz; Elizabeth, Mrs. Herman Koening; Cora, Mrs. Robert Lang, all of San Antonio and Chester Klein of Morris Ranch. One brother, Harvey Klein, preceded him in death.
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One of four brothers in service
Husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein
"Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded."
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T-5 Harry Klein Died of Wounds In Germany April 18 One of four sons in service; Wife and two children survive. Technician Fifth Harry T. Klein, husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein and son of Christian Klein, died of wounds in Germany on April 18, 1945, according to word received by local relatives on Sunday. Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded. He entered the service in Gillespie County on November 11, 1942, receiving his training at Camp Wallace, Texas, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Camp Stewart, Ga., the Tennessee Army Maneuvers, Ft. Fisher and Camp Davis, North Caroline. He arrived overseas in February 1944 and served in England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Germany during his fourteen months overseas. Tech. Klein was born in Gillespie County on July 1, 1914, the son of Mr. Christian and Mrs. Emma Mosel Klein, and was thirty years of age at the time of his death. He was united in marriage with his surviving widow, Rita Roeder, on February 7, 1942. Two children, Dennis John, 2, and Shannon Jerome, 1, survive, in addition to his wife. Shannon was born after Klein arrived overseas and he never saw his son. Survivors include his father, three brothers in the service: Eugene, somewhere overseas with the Army; Clemens, overseas with the Army in Italy and Francis is with the Marines somewhere in the Pacific. Additional brothers and sisters surviving are : Meta, Mrs. Alfons Klein, Fredericksburg; Mabel, Mrs. Elgin Kunz; Elizabeth, Mrs. Herman Koening; Cora, Mrs. Robert Lang, all of San Antonio and Chester Klein of Morris Ranch. One brother, Harvey Klein, preceded him in death.
Died of wounds received during World War II. Served with 453rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapon Battalion.
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One of four brothers in service
Husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein
"Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded."
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T-5 Harry Klein Died of Wounds In Germany April 18 One of four sons in service; Wife and two children survive. Technician Fifth Harry T. Klein, husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein and son of Christian Klein, died of wounds in Germany on April 18, 1945, according to word received by local relatives on Sunday. Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded. He entered the service in Gillespie County on November 11, 1942, receiving his training at Camp Wallace, Texas, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Camp Stewart, Ga., the Tennessee Army Maneuvers, Ft. Fisher and Camp Davis, North Caroline. He arrived overseas in February 1944 and served in England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Germany during his fourteen months overseas. Tech. Klein was born in Gillespie County on July 1, 1914, the son of Mr. Christian and Mrs. Emma Mosel Klein, and was thirty years of age at the time of his death. He was united in marriage with his surviving widow, Rita Roeder, on February 7, 1942. Two children, Dennis John, 2, and Shannon Jerome, 1, survive, in addition to his wife. Shannon was born after Klein arrived overseas and he never saw his son. Survivors include his father, three brothers in the service: Eugene, somewhere overseas with the Army; Clemens, overseas with the Army in Italy and Francis is with the Marines somewhere in the Pacific. Additional brothers and sisters surviving are : Meta, Mrs. Alfons Klein, Fredericksburg; Mabel, Mrs. Elgin Kunz; Elizabeth, Mrs. Herman Koening; Cora, Mrs. Robert Lang, all of San Antonio and Chester Klein of Morris Ranch. One brother, Harvey Klein, preceded him in death.
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One of four brothers in service
Husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein
"Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded."
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T-5 Harry Klein Died of Wounds In Germany April 18 One of four sons in service; Wife and two children survive. Technician Fifth Harry T. Klein, husband of Mrs. Rita Roeder Klein and son of Christian Klein, died of wounds in Germany on April 18, 1945, according to word received by local relatives on Sunday. Tech. Klein was the 23rd. Gillespin to pay the supreme sacrifice in World War II and was serving in the Army as a cook with an anti-aircraft outfit in the Coast artillery at the time he was mortally wounded. No information was given on where or how he was wounded. He entered the service in Gillespie County on November 11, 1942, receiving his training at Camp Wallace, Texas, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Camp Stewart, Ga., the Tennessee Army Maneuvers, Ft. Fisher and Camp Davis, North Caroline. He arrived overseas in February 1944 and served in England, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Germany during his fourteen months overseas. Tech. Klein was born in Gillespie County on July 1, 1914, the son of Mr. Christian and Mrs. Emma Mosel Klein, and was thirty years of age at the time of his death. He was united in marriage with his surviving widow, Rita Roeder, on February 7, 1942. Two children, Dennis John, 2, and Shannon Jerome, 1, survive, in addition to his wife. Shannon was born after Klein arrived overseas and he never saw his son. Survivors include his father, three brothers in the service: Eugene, somewhere overseas with the Army; Clemens, overseas with the Army in Italy and Francis is with the Marines somewhere in the Pacific. Additional brothers and sisters surviving are : Meta, Mrs. Alfons Klein, Fredericksburg; Mabel, Mrs. Elgin Kunz; Elizabeth, Mrs. Herman Koening; Cora, Mrs. Robert Lang, all of San Antonio and Chester Klein of Morris Ranch. One brother, Harvey Klein, preceded him in death.
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