Joseph C Fecske

Joseph C. Fecske

1961

I believe this was taken at his home in Garland, Arkansas - tct

Joseph C Fecske - Anna Mae Fescke Thornton - George J Feske - Helen Feske

1961

possibly Garland Arkansas

2 photos Joseph C Fecske

caption - 40th anniversary 1-3-63 taken by R Ayres Frailing Not sure of this spelling - auditor

Anna Mae Feske Thornton - Robert A Thornton - Aunt Lola Arold Fecske - Helen Feske

Garland Arkansas

1961

Front to back:

Joseph C Feczke-Charles J Fecske

unknown-Joseph C Fecske-unknown

Joseph C Fecske

Official 16 yr old card to be able to work

originated at school.

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 1 front

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 2

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 3

Pfc Joseph C Fecske and cop - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 4 front

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 5 front

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 6 front

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 7

Pfc Joseph C Fecske - Camp Wheeler - Macon GA - 8

Postcard and envelope to home for mothers day

Joseph C Fecske

1941

Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia

fronts and backs

Letter Home March 1942 Joseph C Fecske San Francisco or Hawaii

Letter to Joseph C Fescke

from fellow GI

end of WWII

October 1945

Letter to Joseph C Fecske

from wife of friend,

Elfriede Fengler

from Hamburg, Germany

25 June 1951

auf Deutsch - TCT

Joseph C Fecske

reunion in Honolulu

WWII

Joseph C Fecske

in field uniform

WWII

Location unknown

Joseph C Fecske

military 1

Joseph C Fecske

military

(in center)

2 others unknown

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Joseph C Fecske

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Joseph C Fecske

Name:	Joseph C Fecske
Birth Year:	1907
Race:	White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:	Illinois
State of Residence:	Illinois
County or City:	Cook

Enlistment Date:	1 Apr 1941
Enlistment State:	Illinois
Enlistment City:	Chicago
Branch:	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code:	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade:	Private
Grade Code:	Private
Component:	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source:	Civil Life

Education:	1 year of high school
Civil Occupation:	General industry clerks
Marital Status:	Single, without dependents
Height:	66
Weight:	156

lived here in 1955

7849 S Normal Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 -

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This is a multi family home. It is located at 7849 S Normal Ave Chicago, Illinois.

photo 2013

Assumption Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum

Joseph C. Fecske

1907-1983

Birth:	Mar. 29, 1907 Chicago Cook County Illinois, USA
Death:	Feb., 1983 Garland County Arkansas, USA
Interred 4 Feb. 1983. (Plot information from Mary Ann, member #47427363.) Family links: Parents: Joseph Fecske (1877 - 1954) Anna Labuda Fecske (1879 - 1953)

Burial: Assumption Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum Glenwood Cook County Illinois, USA Plot: Grave 1, Lot 18, Block 18, Section 8
Created by: Donald Reindl Record added: Mar 15, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66979357

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U.S. Social Security Death Index

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Joseph FECSKE
	Birth Date:		29 Mar 1907
	Death Date:		Jan 1983
	Social Security Number:		326-03-5155
	State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:		Illinois

	Death Residence Localities
		ZIP Code:	71913
		Localities:	Albert Pike, Garland, Arkansas
			Central City, Garland, Arkansas
			Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas
			Hot Springs National, Garland, Arkansas
			Hot Springs National Park, Garland, Arkansas
			Lake Hamilton, Garland, Arkansas
			Mid America, Garland, Arkansas

Joseph Fecske

U.S. Social Security Death Index

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birth:	29 March 1907
death:	January 1983 —Garland, Arkansas


record title:	U.S. Social Security Death Index
first name:	Joseph
last name:	Fecske
birth date:	29 March 1907
social security number:	326-03-5155
place of issuance:	Illinois
last residence:	Garland, Arkansas
zip code of last residence:	71913
death date:	January 1983
estimated age at death:	76

U.S. Social Security Death Index for Joseph Fecske

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First Name:	Joseph
Middle Name:
Last Name:	Fecske
Name Suffix:
Birth Date:	29 March 1907
Social Security Number:	326-03-5155
Place of Issuance:	Illinois
Last Residence:	Garland, Arkansas
Zip Code of Last Residence:	71913
Death Date:	January 1983
Estimated Age at Death:	76

Joe Fecske

Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922

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birth:	29 Mar 1907 —Pullman, Cook, Illinois
residence:	1907 —Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
parents:	Joe Fecska, Anna ...Abuda Fecske


record title:	Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922
name:	Joe Fecske
birth date:	29 Mar 1907
birthplace:	Pullman, Cook, Illinois
gender:	Male
race:	White
father's name:	Joe Fecska
father's birthplace:	Abanj J. Megye, Bodva Vundegi, Hungary
father's age:	30y
mother's name:	Anna ...Abuda Fecske
mother's birthplace:	Szepes Megye, Zavada, Hungary
mother's age:	27y
additional relatives:	X
digital folder number:	4273068

Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 for Joe Fecske

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Name:	Joe Fecske
Birth Date:	29 Mar 1907
Birthplace:	Pullman, Cook, Illinois
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Father's Name:	Joe Fecska
Father's Birthplace:	Abanj J. Megye, Bodva Vundegi, Hungary
Father's Age:	30y
Mother's Name:	Anna ...Abuda Fecske
Mother's Birthplace:	Szepes Megye, Zavada, Hungary
Mother's Age:	27y
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Paternal Grandfather:
Paternal Grandmother:
Maternal Grandfather:
Maternal Grandmother:
Additional Relatives:	X
Death Date:
Death Age:
Film Number:	1288131
Digital Folder Number:	4273068
Image Number:	301
Reference Number:	4798

Joe Fecske

Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915

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birth:	29 Mar 1907 —Chicago
parents:	Joe Fecske, Anna Zabuda


record title:	Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915
name:	Joe Fecske
birth date:	29 Mar 1907
birthplace:	Chicago
gender:	Male
race (original):	W
race (standardized):	White
father's name:	Joe Fecske
mother's name:	Anna Zabuda
digital folder number:	4394332

Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 for Joe Fecske

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Name:	Joe Fecske
Birth Date:	29 Mar 1907
Birthplace:	Chicago
Gender:	Male
Race (Original):	W
Race (Standardized):	White
Father's Name:	Joe Fecske
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:	Anna Zabuda
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Film Number:	1287755
Digital Folder Number:	4394332
Image Number:	00248
Reference Number:	p. 96, Ln 4798

Joseph C Fecske

Birth Registry

Joseph Fecske

United States Census, 1920

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birth:	1908 —Illinois
residence:	1920 —Chicago 9, Cook, Illinois
parents:	Joseph Fecske, Annie Fecske


record title:	United States Census, 1920
name:	Joseph Fecske
residence:	Chicago 9, Cook, Illinois
estimated birth year:	1908
age:	12
birthplace:	Illinois
relationship to head of household:	Son
gender:	Male
race:	White
marital status:	Single
digital folder number:	4300182
sheet number:	5

United States Census, 1920 for Joseph Fecske

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Name:	Joseph Fecske
Residence:	Chicago 9, Cook, Illinois
Estimated Birth Year:	1908
Age:	12
Birthplace:	Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household:	Son
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Marital Status:	Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number:	1820311
Digital Folder Number:	4300182
Image Number:	00254
Sheet Number:	5
	Household	Gender	Age
Parent	Joseph Fecske	M	43y
Parent	Annie Fecske	F	39y
	George Fecske	M	14y
	Joseph Fecske	M	12y
	John Fecske	M	10y

Joseph Fecske

United States Census, 1930

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birth:	1907 —Illinois
residence:	1930 —Chicago (Districts 251-500), Cook, Illinois
census:	1930 —Chicago (Districts 251-500), Cook, Illinois
parents:	Joseph Fecske, Anna Fecske


record title:	United States Census, 1930
name:	Joseph Fecske
event:	CENSUS
event date:	1930
event place:	Chicago (Districts 251-500), Cook, Illinois
gender:	Male
age:	23
marital status:	Single
race:	White
birthplace:	Illinois
estimated birth year:	1907
relationship to head of household:	Son
father's birthplace:	Hungary
mother's birthplace:	Hungary
enumeration district number:	414
family number:	150
sheet number and letter:	15A
line number:	4
nara publication:	T626, roll 431
digital folder number:	4584232

United States Census, 1930 for Joseph Fecske

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Name:	Joseph Fecske
Event:	CENSUS
Event Date:	1930
Event Place:	Chicago (Districts 251-500), Cook, Illinois
Gender:	Male
Age:	23
Marital Status:	Single
Race:	White
Birthplace:	Illinois
Estimated Birth Year:	1907
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household:	Son
Father's Birthplace:	Hungary
Mother's Birthplace:	Hungary
Enumeration District Number:	414
Family Number:	150
Sheet Number and Letter:	15A
Line Number:	4
NARA Publication:	T626, roll 431
Film Number:	2340166
Digital Folder Number:	4584232
Image Number:	00984
	Household	Gender	Age
Parent	Joseph Fecske	M	52
Parent	Anna Fecske	F	49
	Joseph Fecske	M	23
	John Fecske	M	20

U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949

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U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949

Joseph C. Fecske sailing on USS Wright from Hilo, Hawaii to Pearl Harbor; October 24, 1942

USS Wright (AV-1)

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USS Wright (AV-1)

USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright.

World War II, 1941

Wright departed Pearl Harbor on 20 November, bound for Wake Island, arrived at that advanced base on the 28th, and landed Comdr. "Spiv" Winfield S. Cunningham, who took command of the naval activities on the vulnerable isle, Major James " Jimmy" Patrick Sinnot Deveraux, USMC and Lt. Col Walter L.J. Bayler, USMC. Other passengers who went ashore from the seaplane tender included asphalt technicians, other construction workers, and other Marine Corps officers. The ship also delivered 63,000 gallons of gasoline to Wake's storage tanks before setting course for Midway. There, she delivered a cargo that included ammunition and disembarked passengers that included men reporting for duty at the NAS and with other Marine Corps ground units. Then, with military and civilian passengers embarked, Wright departed Midway on 4 December and headed for Pearl Harbor. While en route, she received the electrifying news that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December. Word of the attack arrived shortly after 0800 that day, and Wright cleared for action and manned her battle stations. Fortunately for her, she never crossed the path of the Japanese striking force. After reaching Pearl Harbor the day after the Japanese attack, Wright got underway on 19 December to transport 126 Marines of the 4th Defense Battalion, with their gear, to Midway. She returned to Pearl Harbor on the day after Christmas with 205 civilians embarked.

[edit] 1942

Wright then underwent voyage repairs, loaded stores and cargo, embarked passengers, and set sail for the South Seas. Departing Pearl Harbor on 2 April, Wright touched at Tutuila, Samoa; the Fiji Islands; Espiritu Santo, in the New Hebrides — where she debarked men of VP-72 — and Nouméa, New Caledonia, before she reached Sydney, Australia, on 26 April. After visiting Melbourne and Fremantle, Wright headed for the Hawaiian Islands, retracing her course, and reached Pearl Harbor on 16 June. For the next five and one-half months, Wright shuttled military passengers, arms, gasoline, and other equipment to Midway and other defense bases of the Hawaiian Sea Frontier. Leaving Oahu on 1 December, Wright headed for the South Pacific carrying, as passengers, the officers and men of Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 233 (VMSB 233) and VMSB-234, along with other passengers and logistic support cargo.

U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
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U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
about J C Fecske

Name:	J C Fecske
Ship, Station or Activity:	Wharton
Ship Number or Designation:	115-45
Muster Date:	21 May 1945

Source Citation: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135.

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

Original data:

Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939-01/01/1949; A-1 Entry 135, 10230 rolls, ARC ID: 594996. Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Record Group Number 24. National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

USS Wharton (AP-7)

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USS Wharton (AP-7)

USS Wharton (AP-7) was a troop transport and hospital ship in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built for the Munson Steamship Line as the cargo liner SS Southern Cross in 1921, she was acquired by the Navy as World War II approached and, once the United States became a combatant, she served as a troop transport and hospital ship in the Pacific Theatre. At war's end, she returned Stateside proudly with three battle stars.

SS Southern Cross operated in the South American trade from 1921 until acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on 8 November 1939. Two days later, the ship was renamed Wharton and designated AP-7. She was converted to a troop transport by the Todd Shipbuilding Corp., in the Robbins Drydock in Erie Basin at Brooklyn, New York. The transport was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 7 December 1940, Capt. Ernest L. Vanderkloot in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Wharton departed Brooklyn on 7 January 1941, bound for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she conducted shakedown before proceeding on through the Panama Canal to her home port, Mare Island, California.

Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service, Wharton transported service personnel and their families, as well as cargo, on triangular runs from San Francisco, San Diego, and Pearl Harbor.

She also made one trip to Midway Island.

Supporting the Okinawa invasion

Wharton next participated in the operations against Okinawa, arriving offshore on 19 May. The transport soon disembarked 2,118 troops (including 30 Army nurses) in LCM's sent from shore, as Wharton ordinarily carried no landing craft of her own.

Several times, the ship went to general quarters and was screened by smoke, but she emerged from the campaign unscathed by kamikazes that had taken such a dreadful toll from American ships.

On 22 May, the transport departed for the Caroline Islands, with 273 troops and 29 casualties embarked, and arrived at Ulithi on the 28th.

Wharton took part in no further combat operations and returned home — via Seeadler Harbor, Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, Nouméa, and Suva — to San Francisco on 25 June.

The ship remained there until 3 August, when she moved to Seattle, Washington, before returning to Pearl Harbor.

End-of-War activities

Hostilities had then ended, but the gigantic job of returning troops from the far-flung bases and islands nonetheless remained.

Wharton conducted three voyages to the western Pacific — calling at Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Samar, Tacloban, and Puerto Princessa through the end of 1945 to pick up Army, Navy, and Marine Corps veterans and return them to the United States in "Operation Magic Carpet".

Wharton made one more trip under "Magic Carpet" to Yokosuka, Japan, in February 1946.

Name:	USS Wharton
Namesake:	Franklin Wharton
Laid down:	8 October 1918
Launched:	20 July 1919
Completed:	24 September 1921
Acquired:	8 November 1939
Commissioned:	7 December 1940
Decommissioned:	26 March 1947
Struck:	4 April 1947
Honors and awards:	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 21 March 1952

Type:	Troop transport
Displacement:	12,250 long tons (12,447 t) light 21,900 long tons (22,251 t) full
Length:	636 ft 2 in (193.90 m)
Beam:	72 ft (22 m)
Draft:	31 ft 3 in (9.53 m)
Propulsion:	Steam turbine
Speed:	16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph)
Complement:	666 officers and enlisted
Armament:	• 4 × single 5"/38 caliber guns • 8 × .50 cal. machine guns

Franklin Wharton (July 23, 1767 – September 1, 1818) was the third Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Wharton

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
about Joseph Fecske

Name:	Joseph Fecske
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	29 Mar 1907
Death Date:	30 Jan 1983
SSN:	326035155
Branch 1:	ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:	1 Apr 1941
Release Date 1:	24 Jun 1945

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.