Bio: Wojcik, Stanley B. - Spencer area World War II Casualty

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Wojcik

Source: Spencer Centennial Book (1874 – 1974)

S. Sgt. Stanley B. Wojcik, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wojcik, Route 1, Spencer, entered the army in 1939, and after a training period in the States was sent to Pearl Harbor. He was stationed on one of the Philippine Islands when the Japanese struck. He was killed in action while fighting on Luzon in the Philippines February 2, 1945. He had been awarded the Bronze Star and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the Japanese. A brother, Peter, was wounded in Belgium the same day Sgt. Wojcik was killed.