Army Badge
  • Name: Albert Charles Dolezel
  • Location of Birth: Taconite, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: January 6, 1915
  • Date of Death: July 29, 2013
  • Parents: Joseph Dolezel & Mary (Mekash) Dolezel
  • High School and Class: 1932 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
  • College: 1940 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Minnesota
  • Highest Rank: Capt. (Captain)
  • Branch: Army
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  • Date of Discharge: January 8, 1946
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  • Military Highlights:
    WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
    State: Minnesota
    Name: Albert Charles Dolezel
    Race: White
    Age: 25
    Birth Date: January 6, 1915
    Birth Place: Taconite, Minnesota, USA
    Residence Place: Taconite, Itasca, Minnesota
    Registration Date: October 16, 1940
    Employer: Mesaba-Cliffs Mining Co., Taconite, Itasca, Minnesota
    Weight: 150
    Height: 5-10
    Complexion: Light
    Eye Color: Blue
    Hair Color: Brown
    Next of Kin: Joseph George Dolezel

    (undated newspaper article) – "Grace Dolezel, Newark, N.J., Lt. Ed. Dolezel, Cambridge, Mass., and Capt. Albert Dolezel, recently returned from Paris, all enjoyed Sunday dinner in New York. The other half of the family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dolezel and Mrs. Matt Schagh, Taconite, were happy to know they had been reunited."

    Newspaper article: (undated) 1946 – "Albert C. Dolezel, Sacramento, California, writes: “Dear Members, As of midnight, Jan. 8, I was discharged from the Army and I wish to take this opportunity to thank all of you for the many splendid things you have done for me while I was a member of the armed forces. I want to thank you especially for the Christmas and birthday cards with the dollar enclosures. They were very welcome. Best wishes in all your activities and may all the boys be home soon.”

    After almost 5 years of service during WWII and a number of years after the war in reserve training in the US Air Force, Al retired in 1975 as a Lt Colonel.


  • Wars Involved:
    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Al retired from the State of California in 1972 where he spent 15 years in land buying for the State Department of Water Resources. Albert Dolezel died in Los Angeles County, California and records indicate he is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California (Sec. F, Row 47, Grave 39), although there is no stone on the grave.

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