Body of Sgt. A. Janek Returned for US Burial
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Janek, Sr., Rt. 1, Abbott, Texas, received a message from the War Department this week advising that the body of their son, T/Sgt. Anton Janek, Jr., who was killed in action in China, had been returned to the United States for burial.
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Army Service No. (ASN): 18025529
[ASN provided by James Durham (Find a Grave Contributor 46994633)]
As a mechanic in the Air Force, Sgt. Janek served in Africa, India, and China. On December 10, 1944, he was reported "missing in action over China." For one year the War Department entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed dispelling the uncertainty surrounding his absence. It was not until thirteen months later that the plane wreckage in which Sgt. Janek and three others died was discovered.
According to the message this week, Sgt. Janek and others who died in the plane crash in China will be buried together at Chattanooga, Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 7th. The father of the deceased will attend the service.
Sgt. Janek, age 25, was born in this community and after graduating from the Treadwell School, assisted his father in farming until the time he entered the Air Force in June, 1941.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Louis, Charles, Albin and Frank Janek, all of this section; a sister, Mrs. Louis Divin of West.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 58, No. 25, Edition 1, Friday, November 7, 1947, page 1
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Janek, Sr., Rt. 1, Abbott, Texas, received a message from the War Department this week advising that the body of their son, T/Sgt. Anton Janek, Jr., who was killed in action in China, had been returned to the United States for burial.
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Army Service No. (ASN): 18025529
[ASN provided by James Durham (Find a Grave Contributor 46994633)]
As a mechanic in the Air Force, Sgt. Janek served in Africa, India, and China. On December 10, 1944, he was reported "missing in action over China." For one year the War Department entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed dispelling the uncertainty surrounding his absence. It was not until thirteen months later that the plane wreckage in which Sgt. Janek and three others died was discovered.
According to the message this week, Sgt. Janek and others who died in the plane crash in China will be buried together at Chattanooga, Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 7th. The father of the deceased will attend the service.
Sgt. Janek, age 25, was born in this community and after graduating from the Treadwell School, assisted his father in farming until the time he entered the Air Force in June, 1941.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Louis, Charles, Albin and Frank Janek, all of this section; a sister, Mrs. Louis Divin of West.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 58, No. 25, Edition 1, Friday, November 7, 1947, page 1
Body of Sgt. A. Janek Returned for US Burial
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Janek, Sr., Rt. 1, Abbott, Texas, received a message from the War Department this week advising that the body of their son, T/Sgt. Anton Janek, Jr., who was killed in action in China, had been returned to the United States for burial.
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Army Service No. (ASN): 18025529
[ASN provided by James Durham (Find a Grave Contributor 46994633)]
As a mechanic in the Air Force, Sgt. Janek served in Africa, India, and China. On December 10, 1944, he was reported "missing in action over China." For one year the War Department entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed dispelling the uncertainty surrounding his absence. It was not until thirteen months later that the plane wreckage in which Sgt. Janek and three others died was discovered.
According to the message this week, Sgt. Janek and others who died in the plane crash in China will be buried together at Chattanooga, Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 7th. The father of the deceased will attend the service.
Sgt. Janek, age 25, was born in this community and after graduating from the Treadwell School, assisted his father in farming until the time he entered the Air Force in June, 1941.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Louis, Charles, Albin and Frank Janek, all of this section; a sister, Mrs. Louis Divin of West.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 58, No. 25, Edition 1, Friday, November 7, 1947, page 1
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Janek, Sr., Rt. 1, Abbott, Texas, received a message from the War Department this week advising that the body of their son, T/Sgt. Anton Janek, Jr., who was killed in action in China, had been returned to the United States for burial.
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Army Service No. (ASN): 18025529
[ASN provided by James Durham (Find a Grave Contributor 46994633)]
As a mechanic in the Air Force, Sgt. Janek served in Africa, India, and China. On December 10, 1944, he was reported "missing in action over China." For one year the War Department entertained the hope that he survived and that information would be revealed dispelling the uncertainty surrounding his absence. It was not until thirteen months later that the plane wreckage in which Sgt. Janek and three others died was discovered.
According to the message this week, Sgt. Janek and others who died in the plane crash in China will be buried together at Chattanooga, Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 7th. The father of the deceased will attend the service.
Sgt. Janek, age 25, was born in this community and after graduating from the Treadwell School, assisted his father in farming until the time he entered the Air Force in June, 1941.
Surviving besides his parents are four brothers, Louis, Charles, Albin and Frank Janek, all of this section; a sister, Mrs. Louis Divin of West.
The West News, West, Texas, Volume 58, No. 25, Edition 1, Friday, November 7, 1947, page 1
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