Pvt. Ted Bacilek, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bacilek, Rockford, IL, died on January 13, 1946 in the hospital at Fort Sheridan. His death was due to a cerebral hemmorhage resulting from injuries sustained in an automobile accident two months previous. When he was injured, he suffered what was diagnosed as a minor head bump and showed no ill effects at the time. Several days before his death, he complained of severe headaches and death came in a few days. The accident occurred a short distance east of Belvidere (IL) when he was returning to visit his home in Rockford on a short leave. Ted went into the Army August 28, 1945 and was a member of the permanent personnel at Fort Sheridan at the time of his death. Ted is the second East High Gold Star Boy who lost his life as a result of an automobile accident near his home community. Sometimes we take lightly the warning that Death lurks on the highway, but through no fault of his, one of our own has lost his life while in the service of our country.
Ted graduated from East High on June 8, 1944. He carried ROTC three years, was a member of the Student Council and President of his homeroom in his senior year. He carried a college prepatory cource and ranked high in his class. Following graduation he worked in the Engineering division of the Rockford Machine and Tool Co. He, too, had planned to go to college but was called into service...and we pay honored tribute to his memory.*
*This is a eulogy written by Harry Muth, the EHS principal during the WWII years. East High School, Rockford, IL, displays a memorial to the Gold Star Boys in the lobby just outside their library.
Ted graduated from East High on June 8, 1944. He carried ROTC three years, was a member of the Student Council and President of his homeroom in his senior year. He carried a college prepatory cource and ranked high in his class. Following graduation he worked in the Engineering division of the Rockford Machine and Tool Co. He, too, had planned to go to college but was called into service...and we pay honored tribute to his memory.*
*This is a eulogy written by Harry Muth, the EHS principal during the WWII years. East High School, Rockford, IL, displays a memorial to the Gold Star Boys in the lobby just outside their library.
Pvt. Ted Bacilek, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bacilek, Rockford, IL, died on January 13, 1946 in the hospital at Fort Sheridan. His death was due to a cerebral hemmorhage resulting from injuries sustained in an automobile accident two months previous. When he was injured, he suffered what was diagnosed as a minor head bump and showed no ill effects at the time. Several days before his death, he complained of severe headaches and death came in a few days. The accident occurred a short distance east of Belvidere (IL) when he was returning to visit his home in Rockford on a short leave. Ted went into the Army August 28, 1945 and was a member of the permanent personnel at Fort Sheridan at the time of his death. Ted is the second East High Gold Star Boy who lost his life as a result of an automobile accident near his home community. Sometimes we take lightly the warning that Death lurks on the highway, but through no fault of his, one of our own has lost his life while in the service of our country.
Ted graduated from East High on June 8, 1944. He carried ROTC three years, was a member of the Student Council and President of his homeroom in his senior year. He carried a college prepatory cource and ranked high in his class. Following graduation he worked in the Engineering division of the Rockford Machine and Tool Co. He, too, had planned to go to college but was called into service...and we pay honored tribute to his memory.*
*This is a eulogy written by Harry Muth, the EHS principal during the WWII years. East High School, Rockford, IL, displays a memorial to the Gold Star Boys in the lobby just outside their library.
Ted graduated from East High on June 8, 1944. He carried ROTC three years, was a member of the Student Council and President of his homeroom in his senior year. He carried a college prepatory cource and ranked high in his class. Following graduation he worked in the Engineering division of the Rockford Machine and Tool Co. He, too, had planned to go to college but was called into service...and we pay honored tribute to his memory.*
*This is a eulogy written by Harry Muth, the EHS principal during the WWII years. East High School, Rockford, IL, displays a memorial to the Gold Star Boys in the lobby just outside their library.
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