DIAZ, Lupe 1919-1944

DIAZ, DA BILLO

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/30/2011 at 18:49:47

Lupe Diaz Dies
After Operation
At Des Moines

Lupe Diaz, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Baldo Diaz, died at the Veterans Hospital at Des Moines last Friday morning at 1:30 o'clock. Lupe had suffered from a nervous disorder since his discharge from the army in 1942. He entered the hospital April 13, and on Memorial Day had an operation for goiter.

Pneumonia developed and he died within a short time. His mother was with him until after the operation. She came home and Mr. Diaz left to be with his son, but Lupe died before he reached him.

Lupe was born November 22, 1919, at Lexington, Nebraska. When he was a small boy the family came to Osage. He was graduated from the Osage High School, where he made a good record as a student. He played trombone in the high school band, and like all of the Diaz children, was an excellent musician. His instructors say that he was always pleasant and cooperative in every way.

He entered the army air corps in December, 1940, and trained at Jefferson Barracks. He was then transferred to Miami, Florida, wehre he received his medical discharge. He returned home and had been able to work at odd jobs until this spring.

Surviving are his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Llamas and Mrs. Carmel Torres, Osage; his half sister, Mrs. Donald Albert of Eugene, Oregon; his brothers, Pvt. John Diaz, who has been a Japanese prisoner since he was taken at the Philippine Islands in 1941; Sgt. Richard Diaz, in Corsica; Tech. Sgt. Philip Diaz in England; Sgt. Felix Diaz, Peterson Field, Colorado; two half-brothers, Pvt. Alvin Da Billo, overseas destination unknown; Joe Da Billo, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

His body is at Champion Funeral Home.

[Mitchell County Press, June 8, 1944]

(See also, Waterloo Courier, June 4, 1944, for a similar article).

Photo of Lupe is from Mason City Globe Gazette, Jan. 4, 1945, page 10.

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