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WWI Victory Medal
 


Private Charles Zajicek
Ser. #3522519

United States Army
Battery C, 125th Field Artillery
34th Division

Born
November 2, 1893
Latium, Washington County, Texas

Died of Disease
December 14, 1918
France

Buried
Suresnes American Cemetery
Plot A Row 16 Grave 20
Suresnes, France

 


1910 Census - Justice Precinct 6, Washington County, Texas.
Zajicek, George, head, M, W, 49, 2nd marriage, m 18 years, b Aust-Bohemian, A-B, A-B, immigrated 1891, naturalized, Farmer
Zajicek, Rosalie, wife, F, W, 37, 1st marriage, m 18 years, 6 children-6 living, b Aust-Bohemian, A-B, A-B, immigrated 1891, Farm laborer
Zajicek, Charles, son, M, W, 16, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B, Farm laborer
Zajicek, Anna, daughter, F, W, 12, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B, Farm laborer
Zajicek, Robert, son, M, W, 8, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B
Zajicek, Emilie, daughter, F, W, 6, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B
Zajicek, William, son, M, W, 4, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B
Zajicek, Julia, daughter, F, W, 1 6/12, single, b Texas, A-B, A-B

 


World War I Draft Registration

Living in Ganado, Jackson County, Texas
Occupation: Farmer
Description: Tall, slender, blue eyes and brown hair
Registered June 5, 1917 in Jackson County, Texas



 

Statement of Service Card

Residence: Ganado, Jackson County, Texas
Inducted at Edna, Texas on July 25, 1918

Organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers:
Co 83 165 Dep Brig July 25, 1918 to August 15, 1918
Cas Det 59 FA Brig to September 1, 1918
Btry C 125 F A to November 12, 1918
Receiving Bat FA Repl Regt to December 14, 1918

Grade: Private

Served overseas from September 24, 1918 to December 14, 1918
Died of Pneumonia on December 14, 1918

Person notified of death: George Zajicek, father, RFD 1, Ganado, Texas

 

Photo of Charles at right courtesy of Zajicek Family
 


Departed from New York, New York on the Saxon, September 24, 1918

Next of kin George Zajicek, father, Route 1, Ganado

Casualty List
Died of Disease

Charles Zajicek, Ganado

The Marshall Messenger, Marshall, Texas, Monday, March 10. 1919
 



 

CHARLES ZAJICEK
PVT. FIELD ART.
TEXAS  DEC. 14, 1918

 

Suresnes American Cemetery
Plot A Row 16 Grave 20
Suresnes, France

 

Courtesy of
American Battle
Monuments Commission


Mother
Rosalie Horak Zajicek

May 27, 1873 - July 17, 1941

Condolences Resolution

We, the undersigned resolution committee of the Order of Perseverance, no. 138, we hereby express our sincere condolences to your survivors for your loss of your beloved wife, mother and grandmother and our fellow sister
                   Rozalie Zajíček,
who left us forever on July 18th. Dear Survivors, We know you have great grief, but let it be your comfort that our order feels with you in your grief because our order is losing sincere compassion. Honor her memory.

     For the Order of Perseverance, no. 138.

     Jan Galla, Anton Popelka, Jan Strohal.

     Done at Ganado, TX on July 22, 1941.

Vestnik, West, Texas

Translation courtesy of Glenn Zajicek.


 

Father
George Zajicek
April 28, 1860 - August
7, 1951

George Zajicek, 91, Is Buried at Ganado on Sunday

George Zajicek, 91, one of Jackson County's oldest residents and a retired farmer, died in the Mauritz Memorial - Jackson County Hospital last Friday at 8:45 o'clock. He was a resident of Ganado.

Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 o'clock from the Ganado Funeral Home and burial was in the Ganado Cemetery. Rev. M. S. Frueh, Lutheran minister, officiated.

Pall bearers were Henry Mercer, Otto Knuppel, Tom Skrla, Frank Jaap, Will Skarpa and Jerry Tomas.

Surviving are five sons, Robert, Willie, Adolph, Bennie and Johnnie Zajicek of Ganado; three daughters, Mrs. Annie Nemec of Houston [Addicks], Mrs. Millie Krajcik of Victoria and Mrs. Edwin Quebe of Ganado, and 23 grandchildren.

Edna Herald, Thursday, August 23, 1951

 

Photo of Rosalie and George Zajicek
courtesy of Zajicek Family


Photo courtesy of Find A Grave Volunteer James # 47607551
 

 

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