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Personal info

Full name
SEDLACEK, Joseph
Date of birth
18 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Genesee County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978383
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stadtkyll-Junkerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 2

Immediate family

Members
Frank Sedlacek (father)
Katrina (Cocis) Sedlacek (mother)
Frank Sedlacek (brother)
Emil Sedlacek (brother)
Cyrl Sedlacek (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph Sedlacek was employed as a machinist in Detroit, Michigan before he enlisted in May 1944. He was overseas for three months when he was killed.

At the age of 3 moved to Moravia, Czechoslovakia for 18 years before moving back to Michigan.

His mother and two brothers stayed in Czecho-Slovakia. His brother Frank also served in Europe.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Susan Linton - Flint Journal - 28 March 1945, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Flint Journal - 28 March 1945