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Personal info

Full name
SEDLACEK, Edward Emil Jr
Date of birth
6 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Colfax County, Nebraska
Hometown
Colfax County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37737491
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Müllendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 4 10

Immediate family

Members
Edward E. Sedlacek (father)
Emily (Pacas) Sedlacek (mother)
Emilie L. Sedlacek (sister)
Lillian M. Sedlacek (sister)
Alma T. Sedlacek (sister)
Stephen R. Sedlacek (brother)
Viola (Smejkal) Sedlacek (wife)
Dennis Sedlacek (son)

More information

Pvt Edward E. Sedlacek Jr. worked as a farm hand and operated the Sedlacek Bar in Clarkson, Nebraska.

He enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 21 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender, www.ancestry.com - Matulka Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, E.A.C.M Breekpot