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Personal info

Full name
CERVENKA, Cyril Sidney
Date of birth
19 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bellville, Austin County, Texas
Hometown
Austin County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38418096
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Bourheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 13 22

Immediate family

Members
Frank Cervenka (father)
Veronika S. (Vesely) Cervenka (mother)
Mary Cervenka (sister)
Joe Cervenka (brother)
August Cervenka (brother)
Alois Cervenka (brother)
Sofhie Cervenka (sister)
Bertha Cervenka (sister)
Lillie W. (Reichle) Cervenka (wife)
Geraldine Cervenka (daughter)

More information

Pfc Cyril S. Cervenka was employed at the Mosher Steel Company.

He enlisted on 8 March 1943 in Houston, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Katharina Bokx, Walter Wilholt