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Pvt Julius George Zetocha Jr

12 Dec 1923 – 30 Nov 1945

Birth	12 Dec 1923
Death	30 Nov 1945
Cemetery	Saint John Nepomucene Cemetery Weston , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	RBaker on 26 Feb 2014
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Julius George Zetocha died in a US Army Hospital in Kobe Japan November30, 1945. Contributor: Loren Bender (47060026) • PVT. JULIUS G. ZETOCHA JR. I remember my tomboy days spent with my brother, Julius George Zetocha Jr. One summer we built a go-cart and sped it down hill, past the house and towards the hog shed at the bottom of the hill. We never minded pulling it back up to do it again. Julius was born Dec. 12, 1923, two years after I arrived, at the home of Julius and Frances Zetocha on a farm four miles north of Milford, Nebraska in Seward County. He was the first son but the fifth child of a family of seven. There are five girls and two boys, namely -- Irene Tvrdy, Bettye Hall, Margaret Tomsicek, Frances Matejcek, Julius Jr., Ernest, and Bonita Arney. Julius, with his parents and family, moved to Saunders County in 1928. He entered kindergarten in Dist. III at Touhy, Nebraska, then went to Dist. 17, and finally graduated from the 8th grade from Dist. 113 in 1938. Julius was baptized in the Catholic faith in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Bee, Nebraska. His godparents were George (Jiri) and Celestine Walla Bartek of Dwight, Nebraska. Julius helped his parents farm with horses in the Valparaiso area in Newman township. He drove a 1929 Model A Ford Sedan to country dances and the outdoor free movies. His hobbies were playing cards with families in the neighborhood. A winter sport was to hunt rabbits in neighborhood fields. During the depression it was a welcome hobby. In 1944, he traveled by bus to Ozark, Alabama to drive a Ford coupe home for me (Frances) and my baby, Donna Rae, as my husband, Sgt. Joe Matejcek, left us to serve time in the European Theater of War. Driving through the cities was a very trying experience, as Julius never drove a car in a city before. The mountains -- that was something else -- I recall the sign reading "PROCEED IN GEAR" at the top of a mountain in Alabama. Julius shifted into second and we prayed all the way down into Birmingham. On January 15, 1945, Julius was drafted into the army and took training at Camp Hood, Texas. In July he left for overseas duty in the Philippines and Kobe, Japan. He entered the U.S. Army Hospital in Kobe, Japan on Nov. 26th and died November 30, 1945. He was buried at the U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery, Yokohama #1, Japan. He was transferred to St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Weston, Nebraska on Dec. 20, 1948. Submitted by Frances Zetocha Matejcek

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NEBRASKA PVT 3119 SIGN SVC BN WORLD WAR II

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