HONOR LIST OF DEAD AND MISSING HAS 1,117 FROM CENTRAL TEXAS

The War Department's honor list of World War II dead and missing,sent out Wednesday, contained the names of 15,764 Texans.

The death rate of Texans in the service of their country was exceeded by only five other states, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,California and Ohio.

Among the Texans killed or missing were 1,117 from Central Texas, 232 of them officers and 885 of them enlisted men.

Casualties by Counties were listed as follows:

Austin, 12 officers, 29 enlisted

Bastrop, 7 officers, 52 enlisted

Blanco, 14 enlisted

Burleson, 1 officer, 27 enlisted

Burnet, 8 officers, 24 enlisted

Caldwell, 15 officers, 29 enlisted

Cameron, 35 officers, 147 enlisted

Comal, 6 officers, 22 enlisted

Fayette, 7 officers, 62 enlisted

Gillespie, 5 officers, 17 enlisted

Gonzales, 10 officers, 52 enlisted

Hays, 5 officers, 31 enlisted

Lampasas, 1 officer, 27 enlisted

Lee, 2 officers, 19 enlisted

Llano, 2 officers, 11 enlisted

Milam, 11 officers, 62 enlisted

San Saba, 5 officers, 16 enlisted

Travis, 78 officers, 153 enlisted men

Washington, 2 officers, 37 enlisted men

Williamson, 20 officers, 52 enlisted

For the entire United States the Honor Roll carried the names of308,978 World War II heroes who failed to return.

Texas, which has a 4.78 percent of the population of the United States contributed 5 per cent of the total strength of the US armedforces. Of those who went to war, 2.91 per cent failed to return. The figure also represented 4.72 per cent of the Army's total deadand missing.

The total dead and missing for the United States and its possessions were 2.98 per cent of the 10 million men and women who went to war.

The War Department commented that the Selective Service System, which drew proportionately from all walks of life and all sections ofthe country, had proved to be a democratic system in action. Only three of the Nation's 3,000 counties were without casualties. One ofthese was King County, in Texas.

--Austin American