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UCHYTIL, Gerald "Jerry" - Date of
birth
4 January 1924 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Billings County, North Dakota -
Hometown
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39333426 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 February 1945 - Place of
death
Bergstein, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 8 | 4 |
Immediate family
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Members
Anton Uchytil (father)
Rose (Kolar) Uchytil (mother)
Minnie M. (Tenton) Uchytil (sister)
Elenora (Oakes) Uchytil (sister)
Mary (Ellis) Uchytil (sister)
Anton Uchytil (brother)
Emil Uchytil (brother)
Valentine Uchytil (brother)
Emma Uchytil (sister
Rose Uchytil (sister)
More information
Pfc Gerald Uchytil graduated from Springfield High School and enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 9 June 1943 soon after.He was already a veteran of the campaigns in Sicily, Italy and Southern France.
A letter received from Capt Charles Lynn Brown, the regimental chaplain, said in part: "We have no way of expressing fully what we feel. Every respect and military honor was shown your son. To relieve your mind of anxiety and for your possible consolation, we may tell you that he was fatally wounded by enemy fire near the village of Bergstein, Germany. Everything possible was done for him. He remained unconscious and did not suffer in any way. He is buried in the Allied Cemetery in Belgium where some of us have visited him. We hope that some day you may come here, too."
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.517prct.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Eugene Guard (Eugene, Oregon)
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Eugene Guard (Eugene, Oregon), They Speak-The Voices of Henri-Chapelle