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1SG Bobby Mendez STB, 2BCT 27 Apr 2006
CPL Robbie G. Light 1-67 AR 1 May 2006
CPT Shane Mahaffee 489th CA 5 May 2006
MSG Carlos Saenz 490th CA 5 May 2006
SGT Nathan J. Vacho 489th CA 5 May 2006
SPC Teodoro Torrer . . . — — Map (db m304659) WM
Dedicated to All Veterans of Central Texas who served our country with eternal honor and valor, sacrificing all for every American. — — Map (db m304660) WM
AmVets Department of Texas and Amvets National Service Foundation dedicated this Memorial Carillon as a living memorial to America's veterans who served their country honorably for the cause of freedom.
"...As these bells ring... Honored dead . . . — — Map (db m305083) WM
Constructed to replace an earlier brick schoolhouse destroyed by fire, the present Avenue D School was built in 1923. C.J. Leinbach of Dallas designed the three-story building, which features decorative stonework and separate entrances for girls and . . . — — Map (db m117551) HM
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church originated in the Palo Alto Community, which was located about 3.5 miles northeast of present Killeen. Organized about 1864, the congregation met in a Union Church building shared with other denominations.
When . . . — — Map (db m234566) HM
Although this cemetery is the last remnant of the Blackburn Estate, it gives visitors a glimpse of the history of a long line of Texans who served in many wars and once owned land that now makes up part of Fort Hood. John Porter Blackburn, veteran . . . — — Map (db m287756) HM
When the tracks of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad were extended from Temple to Lampasas in the early 1880s, a switching station was installed near the midway point. The settlement that grew up around the site became the town of Killeen, . . . — — Map (db m133597) HM
This bell was cast in the C.S. Bell and Company Foundry in Hillsboro, Ohio between 1889-1892. It was placed in the first tower of the church in 1905 following other building programs of the church it was placed in the bell tower of Clements Chapel . . . — — Map (db m287764) HM
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SPC Wilfredo Perez Jr. 26 Jul 03 HHC
SGT Daniel K. Methvin 26 Jul 03 HHC
SPC Jonathan P. Barnes 26 Jul 03 HHC
CPT George A. Wood 20 Nov 03 B Co.
OIF 05 - 07
CPL Aaron M. Forbes 28 Dec 05 E Co
CPL Scott M. Bandhold . . . — — Map (db m304842) WM
This fellowship was established in 1873 as the Baptist Church of Christ at Palo Alto. In 1883, one year after Killeen was founded on the rail line, the congregation moved three miles southwest to the new town. The Rev. Thomas H. Bacon served as . . . — — Map (db m287763) HM
Chartered on Feb. 27, 1901, the First National Bank of Killeen is the oldest continuously operated bank in Bell County. It first served a primarily agricultural economy, but as Killeen began to develop the bank led in the town's dramatic growth. Its . . . — — Map (db m133596) HM
Dedicated to all members of the U.S. Army Special Forces, the 1st Special Service Force, and the OSS of World War II, "The Green Berets," who made the ultimate sacrifice in Europe, Southeast Asia, Central America, and Southwest Asia for . . . — — Map (db m304859) WM
The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation was formally organized. The Rev. H.F. Daude (1850-1924), who served as first pastor, deeded land here . . . — — Map (db m121279) HM
James H. "Screwdriver" Arnold, a native of Killeen, son of Jim and Velma Arnold, a farming family in the community.
Arnold graduated from Killeen High School in 1935, and worked as a plumber during the following years prior to entering the . . . — — Map (db m287768) HM WM
John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912) was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908) first stopped with other family members in Williamson County, then moved to Bell County in 1854. . . . — — Map (db m287762) HM
W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners of the newspaper included W.T. Carter, an active civic leader who served as publisher and editor from 1907 to 1950. Begun . . . — — Map (db m121286) HM
On this site stood Killeen's first brick school, a Richardsonian Romanesque building. Constructed in 1902-03 and facing the railroad, Killeen's link to the world. The building was destroyed by fire on March 15, 1923, and replaced by the present . . . — — Map (db m287770) HM
Although an inventory of marked gravesites indicates that the first person buried here was Michael Young, local tradition claims that distinction actually belongs to Young's daughter. She is believed to have died of sickness near this location . . . — — Map (db m304740) HM
Established in the 1860s to serve the rural community of Pleasant Grove, this cemetery is one of the oldest in Bell County. Land for the graveyard was given by Frank N. McBryde, Sr., whose 1883 application for a post office for the community . . . — — Map (db m121241) HM
Mancel T. McBryde (1821-1896), who brought his family here from Georgia in the early 1860s, began this family cemetery in 1885 upon the death of his wife, Jane W. Goar McBryde (1826-1885). A farmer and rancher, McBryde selected a site south of his . . . — — Map (db m121235) HM
Oveta Culp Hobby served as the director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Her organizational skills and leadership helped make the WAC a respected part of the American military and opened new possibilities for women in U.S. . . . — — Map (db m288758) HM
Founded in 1882 as a shipping point on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad, Killeen was named for railroad official Frank P. Killeen. After the first depot was destroyed by fire, Santa Fe workers used standard plans to build this structure in . . . — — Map (db m287765) HM
Emily Leseur Haynes Sharp (1824-1880) came to Texas from Alabama with her first husband, William Glenn Haynes. They settled in Harrison County, where they owned a large amount of land and operated a cotton gin. William Haynes died in 1849, and . . . — — Map (db m304739) HM
"The country that sent us off to war was not there to welcome us home," stated by H. Moore and J. Galloway and sums up what occurred to many Vietnam Veterans.
In 2008 Congress passed Public Law 110-181§589 authorizing the Secretary of Defense . . . — — Map (db m304892) WM
Organized by twelve charter members in September 1906, this organization was originally known as the Ladies Literary Society of Killeen. The name was changed one month later to the Wednesday Review Club. Pursuing studies in American and . . . — — Map (db m121291) HM
To Honor All Women Who Have Served Our Country
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We, the members of the Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association, humbly petition the blessings of our Heavenly Father upon all our activities that we may grow . . . — — Map (db m304862) WM
