Emil Filip - 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2

Emil Filip

Source: La Grange Suburban Life Citizen, Illinois, 24 Aug 1977
Emil J. Filip Funeral services today in the chapel of the Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 W. 31st, for Emil J. Filip, a North Riverside resident who died Sunday at Community Memorial General Hopsital. He was 58. Service by Rev. William Bakewicz, of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, and burial in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Stickney. Mr. Filip was employed as a supervisor in a machine shop. He is survived by his wife, Anita three sons, William, James, and Roger: one grandchild and a sister.

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Emil J. Filip
BIRTH 13 Jan 1919
DEATH 21 Aug 1977 (aged 58)
Illinois
BURIAL Mount Auburn Memorial Park
Stickney, Cook County, Illinois
MEMORIAL ID 228622896

Source: US Social Security Death Index
Name: Emil Filip
Birth 13 Jan 1919 Illinois
Last Place of Residence Cook, Illinois 60546
Death Aug 1977
Age 58

Source: National Archives
SERIAL NUMBER 36654883
NAME FILIP EMIL
GRADE, ALPHA Private First Class
SERVICE CODE ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE Corps of Engineers
DATE REPORT: 07 August 1944
RACIAL GROUP CODE WHITE
STATE OF RESIDENCE Illinois
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION Engineer Combat Battalion
PARENT UNIT NUMBER 0298
PARENT UNIT TYPE Battalion/Training Battalion Combat/Special Troops
AREA European Theatre: France
LATEST REPORT DATE: 14 June 1945
STATUS Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
DETAINING POWER GERMANY
CAMP Stalag 7B Memmingen Bavaria 48-10

Listed in undated, pre-1985, memo from Clycle Haskill, titled “WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW”
FILIP, Emil C, Retired Electro Motive Corp, Gen

Listed in After/After Action Reports 26 July - 1 Dec 1944:
LOSSES IN ACTION - C Co - 7 AUGUST 1944
Pfc Emil (NMI) Filip 36654883

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