KOENIGS, William c1918-1945

KOENIGS, MULLENBACH, BELDING, PIERSOL, LACOURT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/22/2012 at 19:44:41

Accident Victim Is
Buried On Monday

Funeral services for William Koenigs, 27, of McIntire, who lost his life in an automobile accident on the Iowa-Minnesota state line early last Saturday morning, were held on Monday at Adams, Minnesota.

William, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koenigs of McIntire, was recently discharged from the army after five years in a medical detachment.

Koenigs was returning alone from Austin, Minnesota, to the Joe W. Wettstein farm, where he was employed, at the time of the accident. He was found pinned in his car, which had run into a ditch and upset about four miles south of Taopi, Minnesota. It is believed that his neck was broken.

Koenigs received his basic training at Camp Roberts, Colorado, and was sent to Hawaii in September, 1942.

After spending several months in a hospital recuperating from an operation, Koenigs was transferred to the 33rd Division just in time to be shipped to New Guinea, where he spent several months in conditioning for future combat. Arriving next at Morotal, Netherland East Indies, his combat team went into action. He was a member of Company "B" 108th Medical Battalion that is a part of the famous 33rd infantry, liberators of the City of Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines.

He received his first contact with the Japs while serving with the 2nd Portable Surgical Hospital on the front lines. In the Luzon campaign he has been up to the front many times, evacuating the sick and the wounded by litter, over tortuous and difficult terrain.

Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers: Pvt. Louis Koenigs, who saw action in the Pacific, and recently received his discharge, and is now at Bay City, Michigan; Pvt. Ernest Koenigs, who saw action in the European theatre of war and is recovering from wounds at the Schick hospital at Clinton, Iowa; Eddie Koenigs of Bay City, Michigan; also eight sisters: Mrs. Elonor** La Court of Bay City; Mrs. Lydia Piersol and Miss Margaret Koenigs of Nampa, Idaho; Mrs. Julia Belding of Austin, Minnesota; Mrs. Helen Mullenback of Adams, Minnesota; and Vivian, Mildred and Dorothy, at home.

[ MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS, Nov. 22, 1945 ]

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NOTES:

** The Social Security Death Index shows this for his sister,
(note the spelling of the first name.):

ELEANOR LACOURT
B: 27 May 1913
D: 29 Jun 1994
AGE: 81
LAST RES: Bay City, Bay, MI 48706
SSN: Michigan 378-58-9595
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1930 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR ADAMS, MINN.:

NAME SPOUSE/PARENTS BIRTH REL.

Koenigs, Joseph (Rose), abt 1888, Head
Koenigs, Rose (Joseph), abt 1888, Wife

Koenigs, Julia (Joseph, Rose), abt 1912, Dau.
Koenigs, Eleanor (Joseph, Rose), abt 1913, Dau.
Koenigs, Lydia (Joseph, Rose), abt 1914, Dau.
Koenigs, Louis (Joseph, Rose), abt 1916, Son
Koenigs, William (Joseph, Rose), abt 1918, Son
Koenigs, Earnest (Joseph, Rose), abt 1919, Son
Koenigs, Helen (Joseph, Rose), abt 1923, Dau.
Koenigs, Vivian (Joseph, Rose), abt 1924, Dau.
Koenigs, Margaret (Joseph, Rose), abt 1927, Dau.
Koenigs, Edmond (Joseph, Rose), abt 1929, Son