Cuero was a small town of around 4,000 in April of 1917 when the United States officially entered World War 1, or the Great War.
While the world was fighting against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empires, young men and women were enlisting or being inducted into military duty here in the States. One of those young men was 23-year-old William Anton Dinter.
The son of Henry and Emma, Willie worked as a carpenter and was a member of the volunteer fire department. His family included his parents and his siblings, Carl, Marion, Florence and Henry, Jr.
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