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1LT Jindrich L "Henry" Chovanec
8 Jul 1914 – 30 Apr 1943
| Birth | 8 Jul 1914 |
| Death | 30 Apr 1943 |
| Cemetery | Fayetteville Catholic Cemetery Fayetteville , Fayette County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Skip Farrow on 04 Mar 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33895467 |
Bio
Served with 90th Bomb Group 321st Squadron KIA in New Guinea In civilian life he was a teacher and basketball coach ---------- Military re-interment services for First Lt. Henry L. Chovanec, 28, will be held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chovanec Sr. of Fayetteville, R1, Sunday, at 9 a.m. Services will be continued at St. John Catholic church at Fayetteville, Rev. Frank L. Matustik officiating and Koenig Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. All local Legionnaires and VFW members are requested to attend the services, and should be at the church in Fayetteville by 9:15 a.m. Everyone is asked to wear their cap; but it you don't have a cap, get your poppies at the church. Firing squads of both organizations will participate. Lt. Chovanec was born near Fayetteville on July 8, 1914. After graduating from Fayetteville High School, he attended and graduated from Texas University, where he was a basketball star. He taught school and coached basketball for several years, the last few at Moulton. He received his flight training at Hicks Field. He married Miss Betty Pasley in California on Aug. 21, 1942. Lt. Chovanec lost his life in New Guinea on April 30, 1943. Besides his parents and widow, he leaves five sisters, Mrs. Mary Zapalac and Mrs. Sophie Slansky of Sealy, Mrs. Anna Novak and Miss Albina Chovanec of Fayetteville, and Mrs. Julia Novak of Beasley; and two brothers, Ludvik of Crosby and Peter Chovanec Jr. of Fayetteville. La Grange Journal, La Grange, Texas, Thursday, February 24, 1949 ************************************************ U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-437926 321st Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group, Heavy Henry L. Chovanec is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Fayette County, Texas.
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HENRY L CHOVANEC TEXAS 1ST LIEUT 321 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II JULY 8 1914 APRIL 30 1943
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- Mary Anna Chovanec Zapalac 1899–1974
- Sophie Chovanec Slansky 1901–1987
- Annie Chovanec Novak 1903–1996
- Julia F. Chovanec Novak 1905–1998
- Peter A Chovanec 1907–1978
- Eddie Chovanec 1909–1917
- Ludvik M Chovanec 1912–1995
- Albina Antonia Chovanec 1917–2005
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