WWII Military Dog Tag
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 13190256 13190256
NAME PETCOVIC#WILLIAM#L###### PETCOVIC#WILLIAM#L######
RESIDENCE: STATE #2 Undefined Code
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 007 Undefined Code
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 3298 PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 04 04
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 01 01
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 46 46
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION AC# Air Corps
BRANCH: CODE 20 Air Corps
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 3 Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL S Undefined Code
NATIVITY 62 MICHIGAN
YEAR OF BIRTH 26 26
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 480 Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers
MARITAL STATUS 2 Married
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 1 Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0136 0136
FILM REEL NUMBER 1.136 1.136
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: William L Petcovic
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Michigan
State of Residence: Alaska
Enlistment Date: 4 Jan 1946
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Pittsburgh
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers
Marital Status: Married
Height: 06
Weight: 775
This could be the guy on the Military Dog Tag....cause the census record states William, age 3, was born in Michigan. His mother and father were born in Yugoslavia. Catherine and Louis were born in PA. Joseph, Mary, John, Frank, Helen and Charles were all born in Ohio and last child, Gertrude, was born in PA. So, this is the man on your dog tag! His father was a Car Repairman for the Railroad in 1930.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: William Petkovic
Home in 1930: Conway, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1927
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Steve
Mother's Name: Anna
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Steve Petkovic 47
Anna Petkovic 41
Catherine J Petkovic 20
Louis Petkovic 18
Joseph Petkovic 15
Mary Petkovic 14
John Petkovic 13
Frank Petkovic 10
Helen Petkovic 8
Chas Petkovic 6
William Petkovic 3
Gertrude Petkovic 1
This could be a different guy from the one posted above...however, both are born in 1926....and the home state for the three above are Michigan and this one is South Dakata....
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: William Lawrenc Petcovic Sr
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1926
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home State: South Dakota
Home City: Freedom
Religion: Baptist-American Baptist Conv.
Casualty Country: United States and Territory
Casualty Category: Non-battle Dead
Casualty Status: Non-hostile Dead: Died Of Illness/disease (current), No Previous Report (previous)
Casualty Date: 1 Feb 1980
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None Of The Above; Heart Attack
Report Date: 2 Feb 1980
Officer Branch: Chaplains
PostProm: Yes
Division: MO-Fort Leonard Wood
Personnel Catagory: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Officers
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Social Security Death Index
Name: William Petcovic
SSN: 202-14-8389
Born: 24 May 1926
Last Benefit: 63132 Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Died: Feb 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Here's an obituary for his sister, Gertrude: (
http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit...000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i)
FORMERLY OF FREEDOM - Gertrude T. (Petcovic) Oshop, 78, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Freedom, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, in the Bellaire East Nursing Home, Clearwater, Fla.
Born July 4, 1928, in Conway, a daughter of the late Steven and Anna Kolas Petcovic, she was a member of St. Felix Roman Catholic Church, Freedom, and St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Largo, Fla. She was a member of the Christian Mothers, St. Patrick's Guild, Conway Croatian Club, and was a former member of the Pine Run Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Pete Oshop, in 1991; a great-granddaughter, Kylie Wicks; a daughter-in-law, Marsha Oshop; seven brothers, Steven, Louis, Joseph, John, Frank, Charles and Bill Petcovic, and three sisters, Mary Cater, Helen Barbis and Kathleen Petcovic.
Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Dolly and William Jamieson, Seminole, Fla.; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Daniel S. and Darlene Oshop, Pittsburgh; Andrew J. and Linda Oshop, Freedom; David A. and Cheryl Oshop, New Brighton, and Dennis E. Oshop, Darlington; 10 grandchildren, Brian Oshop and his wife Alison, Gretchen Meyers and her husband David, Kelsey Pagani and her husband Rex, Kristie Oshop, Carol Wicks and her husband Steve, Patrick Jamieson and his wife Gina, Mikal Oshop, Travis Oshop, Desarai Porada and her husband Fred, and Tia Oshop; seven great-grandchildren; a brother and three sisters-in-law, Paul and Pauline Petcovic, New Sewickley Township; Rose Petcovic, Rochester, and Agnes Petcovic, Kane, Pa., and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Felix Roman Catholic Church, Freedom.
Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, New Sewickley Township.
A Christian wake service will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the funeral home.
The family wishes memorial contributions be made, if desired, to St. Felix Catholic Church, 450 13th St., Freedom, Pa. 15042, or the Hospice of Florida Suncoast.
