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Personal info

Full name
HAVLICEK, Emil
Date of birth
15 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36301140
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Campholz Woods, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 37

Immediate family

Members
Frank Havlicek (father)
Anna (Stastny) Havlicek (mother)
Frank Havlicek (brother)
Rudolph Havlicek (brother)
John Havlicek (brother)
Arthur Havlicek (brother)
Eileen (Vander Moler) Havlicek (wife)
Nancy L. Havlicek (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Emil Havlicek attended high school for 4 years and was a semiskilled switchman railroad before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 10 October 1941.

He was leading his platoon after his commanding officer was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Havlicek Family Tree / Texas County Marriage Records, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune Illinois - 6 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery