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Col. James Robert Prechtl
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3][8] |
Col. James Robert Prechtl |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][3][4][5][8] |
28 Apr 1918 |
Ohio, United States |
| Residence[4][5][6][7][8] |
From 1920 to 1940 |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
| Military[3][4][8] |
23 Sep 1941 |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
| Residence[4][8] |
Aft 1941 |
Japan |
| Residence[4][8] |
Aft 1941 |
Thailand |
| Marriage |
1951 |
to Mary Louise Boylston |
| Retirement[4][8] |
1964 |
US Air Force |
| Residence[4][8] |
Aft 1964 |
Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Retirement[4][8] |
1977 |
US Government |
| Retirement[4][8] |
1985 |
Photographer |
| Residence[1][4][8] |
From 1986 to 1987 |
Stafford, Virginia, United States |
| Graduation[4][8] |
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Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United StatesUniversity of Nebraska Omaha |
| Death[1][2][4][8] |
28 Jan 1987 |
Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United StatesWinchester Medical Center |
| Burial[2] |
1987 |
Arlington, Virginia, United StatesArlington National Cemetery |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 .
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1WZ-R61 : 20 May 2014), James Prechtl, Jan 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 .
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVG5-3QP3 : 13 December 2015), James R Prechtl, 1987; Burial, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Arlington National Cemetery; citing record ID 122189997, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 .
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8YZ-JBL : 5 December 2014), James R Prechtl, enlisted 23 Sep 1941, Cleveland, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 .
Obituary from Washington Post
JAMES ROBERT PRECHTL, 68, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who also had been a civilian government employe and self-employed photographer, died of a heart ailment Jan. 28 at the Winchester Medical Center. He lived in Fredericksburg, Va.
Col. Prechtl served in the Air Force 23 years before retiring in 1964 and moving to Arlington. After that, he did accounting and finance work in a civilian capacity for the Air Force and Coast Guard. He retired from the government in 1977, then did wedding and portrait photography until retiring again in 1985. He moved to Fredericksburg the following year.
He was a past chapter president of the Retired Officers Association and a member of the Toastmasters Club.
A native of Cleveland, Col. Prechtl earned a bachelor's degree in general education at the University of Omaha. He served in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he was stationed in Japan, Thailand, and this country, holding a variety of finance and accounting posts.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Mary Louise Boylston Prechtl of Fredericksburg; two daughters, Virginia P. Bowman of Fairborn, Ohio, and Katherine L.P. Rich of Front Royal, Va.; a half-sister, Mary Jane Reardon of Kansas City, Mo., and six grandchildren.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 .
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD5R-BHJ : 14 December 2015), James Prechtl in household of August Prechtl, Cleveland Ward 1, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 17A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,359.
- ↑ .
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4QS-84X : 8 December 2015), James R Prechtl in entry for August J Prechtl, 1930.
- ↑ .
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWR3-HNY : accessed 1 October 2016), James Prechtl in household of August G Prechtl, Ward 32, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-835, sheet 1A, family 8, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3236.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 Obituary from Washington Post
JAMES ROBERT PRECHTL, 68, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who also had been a civilian government employe and self-employed photographer, died of a heart ailment Jan. 28 at the Winchester Medical Center. He lived in Fredericksburg, Va.
Col. Prechtl served in the Air Force 23 years before retiring in 1964 and moving to Arlington. After that, he did accounting and finance work in a civilian capacity for the Air Force and Coast Guard. He retired from the government in 1977, then did wedding and portrait photography until retiring again in 1985. He moved to Fredericksburg the following year.
He was a past chapter president of the Retired Officers Association and a member of the Toastmasters Club.
A native of Cleveland, Col. Prechtl earned a bachelor's degree in general education at the University of Omaha. He served in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he was stationed in Japan, Thailand, and this country, holding a variety of finance and accounting posts.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Mary Louise Boylston Prechtl of Fredericksburg; two daughters, Virginia P. Bowman of Fairborn, Ohio, and Katherine L.P. Rich of Front Royal, Va.; a half-sister, Mary Jane Reardon of Kansas City, Mo., and six grandchildren.
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