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PFC Otis Edward Kovar
5 Aug 1923 – 14 May 1979
| Birth | 5 Aug 1923 |
| Death | 14 May 1979 |
| Cemetery | Ocker Brethren Church Cemetery Zabcikville , Bell County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Anonymous on 06 Nov 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119772764 |
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US MARINE CORPS PFC World War II Otis was the son of Frank and Emma Luksa Kovar. He was born in Rossville, Kansas, and came to Texas in 1923. He graduated from Rogers High School in 1942, attended Texas A&M, and then joined the U.S. Marines for three years. He participated in the consolidation of the northern Solomans, the Treasury Boughainville Operation, and the Bismarck Archipelago Operation during World War II. He stopped at Boughainville, New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, Russell Island, and Emirou before returning home and discharging on November 3, 1945. On December 29, 1945, he married Gladys Ray Matejka, daughter of Frank and Julie Sodek Matejka of Edge. Otis farmed near Rogers until his death, while Gladys worked as a beautician for many years, and was also an employee at Temple Metal and Iron Works. Story of Bell County Texas Vol II Pg 670 1930 United States Federal Census Precinct 5, Bell, Texas: Frank Kovar 30 Emma Kovar 31 Viola Kovar 8 Raymond Kovar 7 Otis Kovar 6 Louis Luksa 24 (Brother In Law) Mother: Emma Luksa Kovar Siblings: Viola Lydia Kovar Chervenka Davis 1921 - 2009 Raymond Frank Kovar 1922 - 1977 .
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