Wisconsin Private First Class Falvey was a member of the 2nd Replacement Company, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 16, 1950. Private First Class Falvey was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
Leo Falvey Is War Casualty
Pfc. Leo F. Falvey, 22, a son of Chairman and Mrs. Peter Falvey of the town of Franklin, is the second Manitowoc county soldier to lose his life in the current Korean war.
The Franklin soldier’s wife, Mrs. Gladys Falvey, received a telegram Friday from the war department advising her that her husband was killed while fighting against the North Koreans with his 38th U.S. infantry division on the past Sept. 16.
Pfc. Falvey, who married the former Gladys Mazanec of Franklin in June, 1949, also leaves a two months old daughter, (private). He had been sent to Japan with his outfit the past July 25 after 16 months of military service in this country. Born on his parents’ farm in the town of Franklin, a mile north of Maple Grove, Falvey graduated from the St. Patrick high school at Maple Grove in 1943. Prior to enlisting in the Army he had been employed by his father in operating the home farm.
Surviving, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, (private); and three sisters, (private). The first Manitowoc county casualty in the Korean war was Pfc. Gerald Sekadlo, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sekadlo of the town of Mishicot.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1950 P. 2
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Leo Falvey Is War Casualty
Pfc. Leo F. Falvey, 22, a son of Chairman and Mrs. Peter Falvey of the town of Franklin, is the second Manitowoc county soldier to lose his life in the current Korean war.
The Franklin soldier’s wife, Mrs. Gladys Falvey, received a telegram Friday from the war department advising her that her husband was killed while fighting against the North Koreans with his 38th U.S. infantry division on the past Sept. 16.
Pfc. Falvey, who married the former Gladys Mazanec of Franklin in June, 1949, also leaves a two months old daughter, (private). He had been sent to Japan with his outfit the past July 25 after 16 months of military service in this country. Born on his parents’ farm in the town of Franklin, a mile north of Maple Grove, Falvey graduated from the St. Patrick high school at Maple Grove in 1943. Prior to enlisting in the Army he had been employed by his father in operating the home farm.
Surviving, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, (private); and three sisters, (private). The first Manitowoc county casualty in the Korean war was Pfc. Gerald Sekadlo, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sekadlo of the town of Mishicot.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1950 P. 2
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Wisconsin Private First Class Falvey was a member of the 2nd Replacement Company, 2nd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 16, 1950. Private First Class Falvey was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
Leo Falvey Is War Casualty
Pfc. Leo F. Falvey, 22, a son of Chairman and Mrs. Peter Falvey of the town of Franklin, is the second Manitowoc county soldier to lose his life in the current Korean war.
The Franklin soldier’s wife, Mrs. Gladys Falvey, received a telegram Friday from the war department advising her that her husband was killed while fighting against the North Koreans with his 38th U.S. infantry division on the past Sept. 16.
Pfc. Falvey, who married the former Gladys Mazanec of Franklin in June, 1949, also leaves a two months old daughter, (private). He had been sent to Japan with his outfit the past July 25 after 16 months of military service in this country. Born on his parents’ farm in the town of Franklin, a mile north of Maple Grove, Falvey graduated from the St. Patrick high school at Maple Grove in 1943. Prior to enlisting in the Army he had been employed by his father in operating the home farm.
Surviving, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, (private); and three sisters, (private). The first Manitowoc county casualty in the Korean war was Pfc. Gerald Sekadlo, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sekadlo of the town of Mishicot.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1950 P. 2
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Leo Falvey Is War Casualty
Pfc. Leo F. Falvey, 22, a son of Chairman and Mrs. Peter Falvey of the town of Franklin, is the second Manitowoc county soldier to lose his life in the current Korean war.
The Franklin soldier’s wife, Mrs. Gladys Falvey, received a telegram Friday from the war department advising her that her husband was killed while fighting against the North Koreans with his 38th U.S. infantry division on the past Sept. 16.
Pfc. Falvey, who married the former Gladys Mazanec of Franklin in June, 1949, also leaves a two months old daughter, (private). He had been sent to Japan with his outfit the past July 25 after 16 months of military service in this country. Born on his parents’ farm in the town of Franklin, a mile north of Maple Grove, Falvey graduated from the St. Patrick high school at Maple Grove in 1943. Prior to enlisting in the Army he had been employed by his father in operating the home farm.
Surviving, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, (private); and three sisters, (private). The first Manitowoc county casualty in the Korean war was Pfc. Gerald Sekadlo, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sekadlo of the town of Mishicot.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1950 P. 2
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