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Edward Anthony Patka, the son of Stephen and Sidonia Patka, was born on May 14, 1919, in Schenectady, New York. He worked for General Electric and graduated from Mont Pleasant High School.
On April 25, 1941, Edward enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Private and served with Battery F, 187th Field Artillery. On November 29, 1941, Edward was unintentionally shot with a .45 caliber revolver while on army maneuvers in North Carolina. He is buried in Sts. Cyril and Method Cemetery, Rotterdam, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon