Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: HHT, 3d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Pond Barracks, Amberg, West Germany
Enlisted: 18 March 1942 at Fort Dix, new Jersey
Date of birth: 7 June 1920
Hometown: Blatnice, Czechoslovakia
Campaign: Cold War
Married: Anne Genevieve
Died: 1976
Age at death: 55
Cause of death: Accident – crushed by Sheridan turret
Location of fatality: Grafenwöhr, West Germany
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Place of interment: Calvary Cemetery in Johnson City, New York
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Note: At the time of draft, he stood 5′ and weighed 164 pounds with blue eyes, blond hair, and light complexion.
