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Personal info

Full name
POLICKY, Emil J
Date of birth
12 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Dwight, Butler County, Nebraska
Hometown
Dwight, Butler County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37127362
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Clemery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 45

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Policky (father)
Mary A. Policky (mother)
Katerina Policky (sister)
Fred J. Policky (brother)
Philip Policky (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Emil J. Policky attended high school for four years and was unemployed before he enlisted in the U.S. Army on 16 October 1940.

He is also remembered at the Assumption Catholic Cemetery in Dwight, Nebraska.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMaRo / Jodi, www.newspapers.com