PFC Charley J. Hennek

PFC Charley J. Hennek was born 16 Sep 1815 to August and Francis (Malikowfski) Hennek of Benton County, Minnesota. His father and maternal grandparents were Polish.  The family farmed.  In 1940 Charley was farming. 

Charley entered Army service on 19 Jun 1942.  After training he was assigned to G Company 116th Infantry and was with the unit on D-Day.  On 12 Jun 1944, PFC Hennek was killed in action. 

Repatriated in 1948, PFC Hennek is buried in Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Duelm, Minnesota.