 1915 - 1944 (29 years)
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| Name |
Lee William BLECHA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
| Born |
25 Apr 1915 |
Eaton, Clark Co, Wisconsin  [2, 3, 6, 7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
44 |
| Residence |
1920 |
Eaton, Clark Co, Wisconsin [6] |
| Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Son |
| Residence |
1930 |
Reseburg, Clark, Wisconsin, USA [7] |
| Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Nephew |
| _MILT |
Montana [8] |
| Died |
10 Oct 1944 |
Sicily & Rome, Italy [2, 5, 8] |
| Buried |
Nettuno, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy [2, 5] |
| Person ID |
I375798 |
Blecha/McDaniel |
| Last Modified |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Father |
Frank Joseph BLECHA, b. 07 Apr 1878, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin , d. 26 Dec 1918, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Bertha VOLLRATH, b. 13 Feb 1882, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin , d. 06 Oct 1925, Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin (Age 43 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
14 Oct 1908 |
Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin |
| Family ID |
F136295 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 25 Apr 1915 - Eaton, Clark Co, Wisconsin |
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| Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Son - 1920 - Eaton, Clark Co, Wisconsin |
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 | Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Nephew - 1930 - Reseburg, Clark, Wisconsin, USA |
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 | _MILT - - Montana |
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 | Died - 10 Oct 1944 - Sicily & Rome, Italy |
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 | Buried - - Nettuno, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy |
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| Notes |
- !DIED: Lee died in World War II, during the battle of Salerno, while inthe US Navy on the ship USS Buck, 1943 from Lynn Blecha, Sept 1996.
!SOURCE: Clark County Courthouse, Neillsville, WI, visit by Jerry and Rosemarie Konoske June 1995, for place and date of birth. Vol 10 page 93.
!NOTES: Lee had a twin Lynn. Lee was never married.
!BORN: Eaton, Clark County, WI, Vol 10 pg 93, from personal visit to the Clark County Records in Neillsville, WI, June 1995, by Rosemarie and Jerry Konoske Lee was the second born of the twins. Born in the family house on Borgland Ave.
!BURIED: At sea, memorial head stone has name on it at the Greenwood [Public] Cemetery, Greenwood WI, with mother, father and sister. Personal visit in May, 1996 by Jerry and Rosemarie Konoske. Lee was born in the Town of Eaton on April 25, 1915 to Mr. & Mrs. Frank Blecha. His father passed away Dec. 26,1918. Soon after the death of his mother on Oct. 6, 1925, he & his two siblings went to live with his mother's sister & husband, Jim & Clara Metcalf. He graduated from Greenwood High in 1933. He enlisted January 10,1942 and served as a Ship's Cook Second Class. He was on the U.S.S. Buck when it was torpedoed and sunk south of the Isle of Capri in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Lee went down with his ship.
!OCCUPATION: Cheesmaker in White Hall, MT, before enlisting in the navy where he was a cook.
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| Sources |
- [S3926] Researched by Gerry Konoske.
- [S3936] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S3954] World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
- [S3956] U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S3957] Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S3942] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Eaton, Clark, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1979; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 838.
- [S3939] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Reseburg, Clark, Wisconsin; Roll: 2564; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 308.0; FHL microfilm: 2342298.
- [S3955] World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
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