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PVT Leo S. Pavlicek

21 Nov 1931 – 28 May 1951

Birth	21 Nov 1931
Death	28 May 1951
Cemetery	Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery West , McLennan County , Texas , USA
Added by	Andrea Berger Walston on 28 Aug 2025
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44518802

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Korean War Casualty, Private E-2 Leo S. Pavilcek was a Browning Automatic Rifleman with the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on May 28, 1951. Private Pavilcek was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Korean War Service Medal. Data Source: Korean War Veterans Honor Roll Provided by A Walston ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pvt. Leo Pavlicek Buried Monday Funeral services were held Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. for Pvt. Leo Pavlicek, 20, at the St. Martin's Church in Tours. The reburial of Pvt. Pavlicek, killed in Korea on July 21, was at the St. Mary's Cemetery in West. The Rev. J. T. Geiser officiated at the services. Rosary was recited at 7:30 Sunday evening at the Aderhold Chapel. Pvt. Pavlicek was the second West fatal casualty of the Korean fighting. His body was accompanied to West by Sgt. James B. Adkinson. Graveside military honors were extended by the West VFW Post 4819. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pavlicek; five brothers, Frank, Alvin and Joseph Pavlicek of Tours, James Pavlicek of West and Edward Pavlicek of San Antonio; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Pustejovsky and Mrs. Frances Enders of Abbott, and Mrs. Vlasta Svoboda of Tours. The West News, West, Texas, Volume 62, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1951, page 1 Betty Fajkus Marek, Find A Grave Contributor 48445083 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pavlicek Services to Be Held in Tours Saturday Memorial services will be held in Tours on Saturday, July 21, for West's second fatal casualty of the Korean conflict, Pvt. Lero Pavlicek. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Pavlicek of Route 2, Pvt. Pavlicek was killed in Korea on May 26, 1951. His parents were notified of his death on June 15. The memorial services will be he3ld Saturday at Tours at 8 p.m. in the St. Martin's Church. Father Gaiser will officiate at the Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Pavlicek received a letter this week confirming the earlier telegram that notified them of their son's death. It was sent by Major General William E. Bergin who is the acting adjutant general of the Army. He wrote that the notices sent by telegram are necessarily short and have only the essential facts stated in them, but that Pvt. Pavlicek's commander or chaplain would send any and all details of the mishap as soon as conditions were favorable. The writer of the later letter will also tell of the burial place of Pvt. Pavlicek. Pvt. Pavlicek was 20 years of age at the time of his death. He was a former student of West High School and went into the infantry of the U.S. Army only eight months before his death. He underwent basic training in Kansas and spent a 15-day furlough with his parents and relatives here before reporting back to duty in California. He remained in California for two weeks and was shipped to Japan, thence to the Korean fighting. He is survived by his parents, five brothers, and three sisters. All five of the brothers have served in the armed forces and Edward is now in the Air Force at Lackland Air Base in San Antonio. Surviving brothers are Frank, Jim, Albin, Joe, and Edward. Sisters surviving are Mrs. Ervin Enders, Mrs. E. Pustejovsky, and Mrs. Henry Svoboda The West News, West, Texas, Volume 62, No. 10, Edition 1, Friday, July 20, 1951, page 1. Contributor: Betty Fajkus Marek (48445083)

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