Edward J. Vanecek

Edward J. Vanecek enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 5, 1942, as an aviation cadet. Home at entry: Virginia, Minnesota.

Mr. Vanecek graduated the flying school at King City, Calif., where he was commissioned  Second Lieutenant and pilot. He served under General Claire L. Chennault of the 16th Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater.

He was killed in a flying accident on April 3, 1944, in India.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 330.

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