Pavelka Paul Jr.

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Paul Jr. Pavelka is honored on the following 4 monument(s) in our database:

American Volunteer Monument Paris

The Lafayette Escadrille Heroes Memorial

ISOB Paul Pavelka

France Pantheon Commemorative Wall Remembering Fallen Writers (including Americans) WW1

Name:

Paul Jr. Pavelka

Rank:

Sergeant

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Lafayette Escadrille

Date of Death:

1917-11-12

State:

Connecticut

Cemetery:

Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Marnes la Coqu

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On the left in the picture.
The son of Paul and Anna Pavelka, Hungarian immigrants, born in New York City (Bronx) on 26 October 1890. By 1908, Paul Pavelka had left home (by then in Madison, Connecticut), and taken to the road, travelling widely across the US and Canada. As a professional adventurer who had served in the Foreign Legion, he entered the Lafayette Escadrille. He was killed in a horseback riding accident in Salonika in 1917.