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Submitted: 7/27/22 • Approved: 7/28/22 • Last Updated: 7/31/22 • R527884-G0-S3
US Army Air Corps
World War II
August 3, 1921-September 22, 1987
Loving Father and Husband
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Le Roy Oswalt, 65, of Hereford died Monday.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Mack McCarter, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Oswalt was born in Wheeler County. He was married to Laudene Ward in 1942 at Sayre, Okla. He moved to Hereford in 1966 from Ruidoso, N.M. He was past owner of E-Z Way Grocery Stores in Hereford. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a member of First Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Larry of Vernon; two daughters, Kim Bigham and Vickie Otiz, both of Hereford; his mother, Mrs. Bobby Lee Oswalt of Hereford; a sister, Mrs. Stacy Arnold of Shamrock; and eight grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 88th Year, No. 58, Deaf Smth County, Hereford, Tx., Tuesday, September 23, 1986, Page 2)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Leroy Oswalt
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1921
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Employer: Roy Oswalt
Weight: 171
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Bobbie Lee Oswalt
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Leroy Oswalt Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Le Oswalt
Death Date: 22 Sep 1986
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Leroy Oswalt
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1921
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: Sep 1986
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