Veteran's History Interview List
One Veterans' Story
David Ogas Tellez was born on February 12, 1920 in Anthony, New Mexico. He volunteered for the United States Army on March 25, 1941 and completed Basic Training at Fort Bliss, Texas. In July 1941, he was sent to San Francisco, California to prepare for deployment to the Philippines. He arrived in Manila on September 16, 1941 and was stationed at Fort Stotsenburg near Clark Field. The Japanese attacked the air field, destroying all of the aircraft, and the Americans were forced to deploy to the jungle north of the Bataan Peninsula. Corporal Tellez performed many critical missions as a truck driver with the 200th Coastal Artillery, moving supplies and personnel in and around the island until the surrender of the island to the Japanese. He survived the rigors of the infamous Bataan Death March, ending up in Manchuria, where he remained until the end of the war. He returned to Las Cruces in October 1945, and remained in the reserves until 1946. He eventually became a successful insurance agent, and was a member of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corrigidor (Philippines), Disabled American Veterans and an honorary member of the Special Forces Chapter 80 of Las Cruces. He was a constant fixture at all veterans’ activities until his death on October 4, 2006. Corporal Tellez’s is just one of many stories of the men and women who have served our country in times of war.
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LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
WAR |
BRANCH |
Adams |
Herbert H. |
WWII |
Army |
Alshouse |
Wesley |
Korea |
Marines |
Ancker |
Frances Casey |
WWII,Korea,Vietnam |
Civilian (Spouse) |
Ancker |
Jack P. |
WWII,Korean,Vietnam |
Army |
Anderson |
Amil |
WWII |
USAF |
Arndt |
Elizabeth |
WWII |
Army Nurse Corps |
Avilucea |
Procopio |
WWII |
Army |
Baker |
Elsa J. |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Baker |
Nina |
WWII |
Army Nurse Corps |
Baker |
Walter F |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Bardwell |
Stanley A. |
WWII |
Army |
Barkley |
Howard |
Korea |
Army |
Bartlett |
Laurence |
Korea |
Army |
Beasley |
Harlan |
WWII |
Army |
Beaty |
Billie |
Cold War |
Air Force |
Becchetti |
Al |
WWII |
Army Infantry |
Beckett |
Archie |
WWII |
Navy |
Bell |
Robert W |
WWII |
Army |
Bertrand |
Shirley |
Korean |
WAC |
Bianco |
John |
WWII, Korea |
Navy |
Bloom |
Terry R. |
Cold War |
Army |
Bolents |
Eva Jane |
WWII |
Navy Nurse Corps |
Bosselait |
Paul |
Vietnam |
Army |
Boykin |
Ben |
Korean |
Airforce |
Boykin |
Ed |
Korean |
Airforce |
Boykin |
James L. |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Brazil |
Donald Richard |
Navy |
|
Brizzee |
Darla |
none |
Army |
Broderick |
John P. |
WWII |
Navy |
Brookey |
Dorman C. |
Korea |
NM NatGuard |
Buls |
Milton |
WWII |
USAF-CBI |
Burleson |
Hugo S. |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Butler |
Frances |
WWII |
Marine Corps |
Campbell |
Martin |
Berlin Wall |
Air Force |
Canada |
Lee |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Cantrell |
Zell |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Capozza |
Vincent |
----- |
Army |
Carlton |
Thomas E. |
WWII |
Army |
Carpenter |
Rex |
WWII |
Navy |
Cauthorne |
Thomas |
Korea |
Air Force |
Chambers |
Orthniel |
WWII |
U.S. Army |
Chapman |
Franklin |
Korea |
Army and Air Force |
Chappell |
John J |
WWII |
Army |
Clancy |
William |
Vietnam |
Army Special Force |
Clem |
Frederick |
Korean |
Army Orchestra |
Coate |
William |
WWII |
Army |
Cobble |
Milan |
WWII |
Infantry |
Cole |
Albert |
Korea |
Army |
Conley |
Karen Sue |
Desert Storm |
Army |
Cox |
Robert |
WWII |
US Army |
Craig |
Robert J. |
WWII, Korea |
US Army |
Crane |
Godfrey |
WAC |
Army |
Crane |
Harry R. |
WWII |
Army Paratrooper |
Danhauer |
Rodney W. |
WWII |
Army |
Daum |
William Boyd |
WWII, Vietnam |
Army Infantry |
Davis |
William J. |
WWII |
Canadian Paratrooper |
Davis, Jr. |
Robert |
Navy |
|
Day |
Marjorie F. |
WWII |
WAAC, WAC |
de Vries |
Charlie |
WWII |
Army |
Decker |
Rita A |
Vietnam |
Army Med Corp |
Decker |
Robert James |
WWII |
Air Force |
Delameter |
James |
WWII |
Navy |
DeuPree |
Betty Sue |
WWII |
Navy Waves |
Dimsha |
Albert S. |
WWII |
Air Force |
Dirk |
Eugene |
Army |
|
Doyle |
Roger |
WWII |
Army |
Dryden |
David |
Vietnam |
Army Medical Corps |
Dziedzic |
Darryl |
Vietnam |
Marine |
Ecsedy |
Joe |
WWII |
Army |
Edd |
Troy |
Iraq |
Army National Guard |
Elgin |
William Russ |
Vietnam |
Army |
Emerson |
Ralph |
WWII |
Navy |
Endruweit |
William H |
WWII |
Civilian-England |
English |
Loreli |
Vietnam |
Marine Corp |
Evaskovich |
Andrew K. |
----- |
Marines |
Evaskovich |
John |
----- |
Navy |
Ferralez |
Herculano |
WWII |
Army |
Fielder |
Clarence H. |
Korean |
Army |
Finch |
Chester |
WWII |
Navy |
Fisher |
George Anderson |
WWII |
US Army Air Corps |
Fitzhugh |
Lillie |
WWII |
WAAC, WAC |
Fleissner |
Conny |
WWII |
USNR |
Fleming |
Ray |
WWII, Korean |
Army |
Flint |
Quinnie |
WWII |
Army |
Ford |
Quentin |
WWII |
US Navy |
Franecki |
John |
WWII |
US Army |
Freyermuth |
John |
Vietnam |
Army Security |
Gaines |
Carol J. |
Cuban Crisis |
Marine Corps |
Gaines |
Robert L. |
Korean |
Marine Corps |
Gall |
Ronald |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Gamboa |
Edward V. |
Korean |
Marines |
Gammell |
Gerald |
RVN |
USAR |
Gassert |
William Morris |
WWII, Korea, Vietnam |
Air Force |
Getz |
Robert L. |
Army |
|
Gibson |
Robert Eggleston |
WWII, Korea, Vietnam |
Army |
Granger |
Beverly |
WWII |
Civilian |
Grayson |
Stanley |
Korea |
USAF |
Griffin |
Robert C |
Gulf, El Salvador, Bosnia |
Army |
Grover |
Kenneth |
WWII |
Navy |
Gundersen |
James Novotny |
WWII |
Army |
Guynn |
Ken P. |
WWII |
Army, USAF |
Hadsell |
John D. |
WWII |
Navy |
Hamilton |
Weldon |
WWII |
US Air Force |
Hanning |
Thomas |
WWII |
Army Infantry |
Harkness |
Elsie |
WWII |
Army Nurse Corps |
Harrell |
William Francis |
Korea,Vietnam |
Air Force |
Hartley |
Carl |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Haynes |
William |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Hedgecoke |
Wade |
none |
Army, Nat. Guard |
Helfrich |
George |
Army |
|
Helmuth |
Harry |
Vietnam |
Army |
Hill |
Barbara |
WWII |
Army |
Hoffman |
Dolores |
Vietnam |
Marines |
Hopkins |
Jeanine |
WWII |
U.S. Navy |
Hopper |
Gordon |
WWII |
Navy |
Horst |
Evelyn G. |
WWII |
Airforce |
Hosford |
Philip |
WWII |
Navy |
Hunt |
Ruben |
Vietnam |
Army |
Hutson |
Bobbie Gene |
Korea |
Army Medical Serv |
Hutson |
Wilma |
Korea, Vietnam |
Civilian (Spouse) |
Jackovich |
George |
WWII |
Army |
Jacobson |
Donna |
WWII |
AIR WAC |
James, Jr. |
William Edmund |
WWII |
Army |
Jenkins |
Franklin A. |
WWII |
Navy Air Corps |
Jenstrom |
Eino |
WWII |
Air Force |
Johnson |
Richard C |
WWII |
Army |
Johnson |
Walter |
WWII |
Navy |
Jones |
David U |
Vietnam |
Airforce & Army |
Jones |
Frank Meyers |
WWII, Korean |
Navy |
Judkins |
Willa Lee |
WWII |
US Navy Waves |
Kandle |
Charles |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Kaufman |
Robert C. |
WWII |
Army Signal Corps |
Kebbel |
Terry |
Vietnam |
Army Air Corps Aviation |
Kelly |
Ella Frances Goodall |
WWII |
Women's Army Corps |
Kennon |
Laurence (Gene) |
WWII |
Army, Nat. Guard |
Kennon |
Ruth |
WWII |
Marine Corps |
Kidner |
John |
WWII |
Air Force |
Kirkpatrick |
Charles T |
WWII |
Army Air Force |
Kotovsky |
Stanley K. |
WWII |
Navy |
Krall |
Bernard John |
Korea |
Air Force |
Kugler |
Murray |
Army |
|
Langston |
Arnold |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Lape |
Douglas |
Vietnam |
Army |
Larsen |
Richard |
Vietnam |
USAF |
Lassetter |
Stuart |
WWII, Korea, Vietnam |
Army |
Layne |
Richard K. |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Little |
William Martin |
Korea |
Army |
Lopez |
Louis |
Korea |
Navy, Army Special Forces |
Lory |
Robert C. |
WWII |
Army Air Force |
Marble |
Robert |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Martin |
Edward |
Korea |
USMC |
Martin |
James T. |
WWII |
Navy |
Mauer |
Mitchell |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Mayfield |
Bobby M. |
WWII, Korea |
Army Air Corps |
Mayfield Jr. |
Roger E. |
WWII |
Navy |
McCandless |
Dennis |
Korea |
Marine Corps |
McCarter |
Thomas K. |
none |
Army Corps, England |
McCormick |
Flavia |
none |
Air Force |
McLaren |
Mary |
Vietnam |
Army Nurse Corp |
Meehan |
Michael |
Vietnam |
Coast Guard |
Meerscheidt |
Stuart |
WWII |
Army |
MeiKrantz |
Frances A. |
WWII |
Marine Corp |
Meyer |
William & Rosemary |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Miles |
Charles |
WWII |
Army |
Miller |
Roger |
Vietnam |
Army |
Misquez |
Joseph Edward |
Vietnam |
Army |
Miyake |
Ida |
WWII |
Civillian-Internment Camp |
Munro |
William |
Cold War |
USP-Subs |
Nakayama |
Rose |
WWII |
Civilian-Internment Camp |
Neidig |
Kenneth |
Korea |
Army |
Nygard |
Marion R. |
WWII, Korea |
Navy Dental Corp |
O'Brien |
David Paul |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Owen |
Gordon |
WWII |
Army Signal Corps |
Pace |
William |
WWII |
Navy |
Pacheco |
Leopoldo |
WWII |
Army |
Peckham |
Bertram |
WWII |
Army |
Perez |
Freddie |
N/A |
Marines |
Phillips |
Stephen S |
Vietnam |
Army |
Pick |
Robert |
Vietnam |
Army |
Pierce |
Helen Joy Jennings |
Korea |
Army |
Piland |
Doyle |
None |
Army |
Popp |
Michael E. |
Korean |
Navy |
Post |
Cecil |
WWII |
Merchant Marine |
Preston |
Richard |
WWII |
Marine Corps |
Ranels |
Edwin R. (Randy) |
Vietnam |
Army |
Rawie |
Ruth |
WWII |
Civilian Spouse |
Richter |
Suzanne E. |
Gulf |
Navy |
Roach |
Paul |
Korea, Vietnam |
Army |
Robinson |
Vaughn |
WWII |
Navy |
Robison |
Dale |
Korea |
Navy |
Rogers |
Joe |
WWII |
Army |
Romero |
Pete |
Korea |
Army |
Rose |
Charles |
Vietnam |
Army |
Ross |
Robert |
Vietnam |
USAF |
Rottstedt |
Ethel |
WWII |
Civilian Spouse |
Ruetzel |
Herbert K |
Korea |
Army |
Salazar |
Fernando |
WWII |
Navy |
Schaller |
Henry Charles |
WWII |
Air Force |
Senecal |
Robert |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Shade |
Robert |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Simpson |
Albert P. |
Korea |
Air Force |
Skinner |
Gouverneur Burton |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Smidt |
Pauline |
None |
WAVES |
Smith |
Julie V. |
WWII |
Army Nurse Corp |
Smith |
Robert |
Vietnam |
USAF |
Sneddon |
Malcolm |
None |
USAF |
Sommerville |
Richard D |
WWII |
Marine Corps |
Somppi |
Betty |
WWII |
WAAC, WAC |
Somppi |
James |
WWII |
USAC |
St. George Sr. |
Dennis |
Cold War |
US Airforce |
Stamm |
Lupe Sierra |
WWII |
WAC |
Steen |
Harold (Pete) |
Navy |
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Steffel |
Marilyn |
Korea |
Air Force |
Stephenson |
Henry |
none |
US Army Ord C |
Stern |
Eugene |
WWII |
Navy |
Stickles |
Gerald E. |
Korean |
Air Force |
Sugarman |
Barnett |
WWII |
US Navy |
Sugarman |
Leonard R |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Sweitzer |
Margaret Mary |
WWII |
Navy Waves |
Taylor |
Donald P |
WWII, Korean |
US Airforce |
Taylor |
John Paul |
WWII |
Navy |
Taylor |
Wilbur |
WWII, Korea |
USNR, USMC |
Tellez |
David O. |
WWII |
Army |
Theodore |
Tobby L. |
WWII |
Marines |
Thomas |
Gerald |
WWII |
Navy |
Thomas |
Paul H. |
none |
Navy |
Tobey |
Nelson |
WWII |
Army |
Todsen |
Thomas K. |
WWII |
Army |
Tucker |
Milton |
WWII |
Navy |
Valdes |
August |
WWII |
Air Corps |
Valdez |
David |
none |
Army |
Van Liew |
Ruth M. |
WWII |
Waves, Hospital |
Walters |
Daniel L. |
Vietnam |
Army |
Weehler |
Eldon R |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Westbrook |
Carl |
WWII |
Naval Air Force |
White |
Daniel P. |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Whitehead |
Walter |
----- |
Army Reserve |
Willey |
Darrell S. |
WWII |
Army Air Corps |
Williams |
Eon I. |
Vietnam |
Air Force |
Williams, Jr. |
Thomas Cloud |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Witt |
Frances K |
Gulf |
Navy Security Grp |
Zaklan |
Cynthia Ann |
Vietnam |
Navy |
Zimmerman |
Renee |
WWII |
Army Nurse Corps |
Zuhl |
Herbert |
WWII |
Army |