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Personal info

Full name
PETRICKA, George James
Date of birth
4 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Montgomery, Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Hometown
Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37306872
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Engineer Combat Battalion,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 14 17

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Petrika (father)
Albina J. (Kotek) Petricka (mother)
Celia (Tikalsky) Petricka (wife)
George Petricka (son)

More information

S/Sgt George J. Petricka graduated from the Sherman High School with the Class of 1933. Following his graduation he attended the University of Minnesota and later took a course in the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. In June 1940 he opened the Petricka Cleaners, a dry cleaning establishment in the neighboring city of New Prague. On 14 January 1941 he was united in marriage to Miss Celia Titkalsky at the Catholic church in New Prague.

He enlisted on 21 September 1942 and was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com - Social Security Death Index, Montgomery Messenger 23 and 30 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1920/1930 Census, www.coulthart.com/134

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.familysearch.org - Bob Baldwin