Joseph W. Balka
KIA (Killed in Action)
CARTERET - The body of Pfc. Joseph Balka, killed in action in New Britain, Pacific area, December 15, 1943 is on the way home for reburlal, according to word received from the Army by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Balka, 48 Hermann Avenue.
Pfc Balka was wounded on three different occasions in battles in the Pacific. He was overseas for more than a year.
Born in Carteret, he attended the Carteret High School and was employed by the American Oil Company when he entered the service. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth's Hungarian Church.
Surviving, besides his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Bauer and Mrs. Warner (Emma) Gustavson and seven brothers, Frank, Alex Jr., Edward and John, all of whom have seen war service, and William, George and Louis.
Obituary can be found in Carteret Press, January 21, 1949, page 1
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Military Information: PFC, US ARMY
KIA (Killed in Action)
CARTERET - The body of Pfc. Joseph Balka, killed in action in New Britain, Pacific area, December 15, 1943 is on the way home for reburlal, according to word received from the Army by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Balka, 48 Hermann Avenue.
Pfc Balka was wounded on three different occasions in battles in the Pacific. He was overseas for more than a year.
Born in Carteret, he attended the Carteret High School and was employed by the American Oil Company when he entered the service. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth's Hungarian Church.
Surviving, besides his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Bauer and Mrs. Warner (Emma) Gustavson and seven brothers, Frank, Alex Jr., Edward and John, all of whom have seen war service, and William, George and Louis.
Obituary can be found in Carteret Press, January 21, 1949, page 1
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Military Information: PFC, US ARMY
Joseph W. Balka
KIA (Killed in Action)
CARTERET - The body of Pfc. Joseph Balka, killed in action in New Britain, Pacific area, December 15, 1943 is on the way home for reburlal, according to word received from the Army by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Balka, 48 Hermann Avenue.
Pfc Balka was wounded on three different occasions in battles in the Pacific. He was overseas for more than a year.
Born in Carteret, he attended the Carteret High School and was employed by the American Oil Company when he entered the service. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth's Hungarian Church.
Surviving, besides his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Bauer and Mrs. Warner (Emma) Gustavson and seven brothers, Frank, Alex Jr., Edward and John, all of whom have seen war service, and William, George and Louis.
Obituary can be found in Carteret Press, January 21, 1949, page 1
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Military Information: PFC, US ARMY
KIA (Killed in Action)
CARTERET - The body of Pfc. Joseph Balka, killed in action in New Britain, Pacific area, December 15, 1943 is on the way home for reburlal, according to word received from the Army by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Balka, 48 Hermann Avenue.
Pfc Balka was wounded on three different occasions in battles in the Pacific. He was overseas for more than a year.
Born in Carteret, he attended the Carteret High School and was employed by the American Oil Company when he entered the service. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth's Hungarian Church.
Surviving, besides his parents are two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Helen) Bauer and Mrs. Warner (Emma) Gustavson and seven brothers, Frank, Alex Jr., Edward and John, all of whom have seen war service, and William, George and Louis.
Obituary can be found in Carteret Press, January 21, 1949, page 1
Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Military Information: PFC, US ARMY
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