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.