Leo L. Westerholm at the Mid-Winter
Department of Texas Convention on 2-2-2002
Last
Name:
Westerholm
First Name Middle Initial:
Leo L.
Nick
Name:
Street: P.O. Box 44
City
& State: Port Lavaca, TX
E-Mail:
Zip:
77979
Phone: 361 552-4680
Spouse:
Conflict:
World War II
Service
Branch: Army
Unit:
Theater:
ETO
Where
Captured: Normandy
Date
Captured: 6-6-44
Camps
Held In: On the road - 60 days, Stalag XII A -6 days, Stalag
IVB til the bitter end plus 50 days
How
Long Interned: Germans - 329 days, Russki - 50 days
Liberated
/ repatriated:
Date
Liberated:
Age
at Capture:
Medals
Received: PFC by Act of Congress, ETO one star, Combat Medic
Military
Job: Platoon Medic and Bn Aid Sta. supply Sgt.
Company:
Occupation
after War: Finished College - 1948; Ag. Teacher -
LaGrange for 3 years; Restaurant Manager for 2 years; Insurance- Southland
Insurance Co. for 45 years - Port Lavaca; Retired- volunteer work in
American ExPOW, VFW, DAV, Boy Scouts of America, Lions Club, American Red
Cross, Hospice of South Texas, and Methodist Church.
