- SURNAME
Stoyka
- FORENAME
John L.
- UNIT
OSS Jedburgh Team Basil
- RANK
Technical Sergeant
- NUMBER
16169645
- AWARD
Mention in Despatches (GB)
- PLACE
France 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 5.1.1923 Chicago,Illinois
son of John Stoyka (born 31.7.1898 Visk,Austria-Hungary as Janos Sztojka)
son of Irma (nee Sepi) Stoyka (born 9.3.1905 Visk as Irma Szepi)
parents arrived Ellis Island about 1911 (married December 1921 Chicago)
entered service 9.12.1942 (US Army)
HQ & HQ Det OSS
Jedburgh Team Basil 1944
codename Ore
w/t operator
OSS Detachment 101 1945
discharged 17.12.1945 (as Master Sgt)
died 6.12.1985 age 62
Montrose Cemetery,Chicago,Illinois Oak Hill Section
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