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Personal info

Full name
HAVLAT, Charley
Date of birth
4 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska
Hometown
Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37153423
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 May 1945
Place of death
Near Volary, Czech Republic

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 75

Immediate family

Members
Anton M. Havlat (father)
Antonia (Nemec) Havlat (mother)
Rudolph Havlat (brother)
Lumir Havlat (brother)
Matilda Havlat (sister)
Lillian Havlat (sister)
Adolph A. Havlat (brother)

More information

Pfc Charley Havlat went overseas in June 1943.

During a reconnaissance patrol, he and his comrades were ambushed. The gunfire from concealed German positions killed Pfc Havlat only minutes before a cease fire order reached both the American patrol and the German soldiers. Only a few hours after the ambush, Germany formally surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces, ending World War II in Europe.

The memorial marker can be found in Dorchester, Nebraska.

His parent were Czech immigrants.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Al Rasof / Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Find a Grave / Linda
Photo source: Herman Wolters, www.findagrave.com - Mr D / Anthony S / Linda