Post 6773 John Krol Post - Union City, PA
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N 41° 53.987 W 079° 50.635
17T E 595894 N 4639295
Busy VFW Post located on East High Street in Union City, PA.
Waymark Code: WMCTDP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2011
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The John Krol Post meets the first Wednesday of each month at 19:00 hours.
From a Union City Time news article:
"A War Department telegram delivered to the Krol home, R.D. 1, Union City,, informed Mr. and Mrs. Krol that their son, Sgt. John Krol, had been killed in action in France on June 12, 1944.
Sgt. Krol, 32, enlisted in the service in March 1941, and received his early training at Camp Gordon and Camp Wheeler in Georgia and was later transferred to Fort Dix. Following extensive training at Fort Dix, he was moved to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, for maneuvers.
Following his briefing at Jackson, he was shipped to florida and assigned to a unit ready to be shipped overseas.He landed in England in December 1943 and was with the invading forces that entered France.
Mr. and Mrs. Krol had two other sons with the U.S. forces. First Sgt. Frank Krol was stationed in Iran and Pvt. Stanley Krol was at Camp Phillips in Kansas.
On Monday, July 24, 1944, a requiem funeral mass in memory of Sgt. Krol was solemnized by Father Lawrence H. Trembly at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.
Sgt, Krol was the first member of St. Teresa’s parish to be killed in action. Members of the American Legion LeBaron Post and servicemen made up the guard of honor. Members of the Mom’s Club attended the service in a group.
On Thursday, May 20, 1948, the body of Sgt. Krol came home to Union City on the morning Pennsylvania Railroad train from Schenectady, New York. Details from the John Krol Post Veterans of Foreign Wars and the LeBaron Post American Legion escorted the casket from the railroad station to the H.L. Musser Funeral Home.
Later, the casket was moved to the Krol home where friends called. Sunday evening the rosary was recited and on Monday morning, Father Lawrence Trembly officiated at a funeral Mass at St. Teresa’s. Sgt. Krol was buried in St. Teresa’s Cemetery."
VFW Post Number: 6773
VFW Post Name: John Krol Post
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