Date: Jul 2 1948
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Rybka, Pvt. Ted J., beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rybka, of 2099 Robbin Ave., brother of Mrs. Bertha Buchko of Cal., killed in action Jan. 4, 1943, at New Guinea. Friends received at the Paul W. Misencik Memorial Funeral Home, 12900 Madison Ave. Services at St. Hedwig's Church, Sat., July 3, at 9 a. m. Interment Soldier's Plot, Calvary.
Pvt. Ted J. Rybka, 35047338, Company E, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. Killed in Action on 4 January 1943 by gun shot wounds at Buna, New Guinea. Born on 26 September 1919, he entered the service from Lakewood, Ohio.
Pvt. Rybka with all three regiments from the division fought in the Battle of the Buna-Gona beachhead on 19 November 1942. After several other engagements, Pvt. Rybka took part in the Battle of Buna Mission between 24 December 1942 and 1 January 1943 and near the Government Plantation near Giropa Point on 2 January 1943. It was two days later that Pvt. Rybka was killed when he was struck by Japanese bullets.
Date: Jul 2 1948
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #070.
Notes: Rybka, Pvt. Ted J., beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rybka, of 2099 Robbin Ave., brother of Mrs. Bertha Buchko of Cal., killed in action Jan. 4, 1943, at New Guinea. Friends received at the Paul W. Misencik Memorial Funeral Home, 12900 Madison Ave. Services at St. Hedwig's Church, Sat., July 3, at 9 a. m. Interment Soldier's Plot, Calvary.
Pvt. Ted J. Rybka, 35047338, Company E, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. Killed in Action on 4 January 1943 by gun shot wounds at Buna, New Guinea. Born on 26 September 1919, he entered the service from Lakewood, Ohio.
Pvt. Rybka with all three regiments from the division fought in the Battle of the Buna-Gona beachhead on 19 November 1942. After several other engagements, Pvt. Rybka took part in the Battle of Buna Mission between 24 December 1942 and 1 January 1943 and near the Government Plantation near Giropa Point on 2 January 1943. It was two days later that Pvt. Rybka was killed when he was struck by Japanese bullets.
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