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PRIVATE
FRANK GEMBALIK, 35, of 1035 Princess Avenue in the Parkside
neighborhood of Camden NJ, died on January 24, 1943 at the General
Hospital at Fort Devens MA.
Frank
Gembalik was born in 1907 in New Jersey to Joseph Gembalik, a
blacksmith, and his wife Triscia, both of whom had come to America from
Poland. He had a grammar school education. In 1930 the family lived at
1170 Mt. Vernon Street in Camden.
Frank Gembalik married Mary Emma
Mayfield and worked for the Springfield Coated Paper Company
in North Camden, prior to his induction into the Army on September 26,
1942 at Camden. He reported for active duty on October 10, 1942. Private
Gembalik had been stationed at Fort
Wetherill RI, before taking ill in mid-December 1942. He was
subsequently taken
to the hospital at Fort Devens.
Private Gembalik was returned to Camden, and he was
buried at Evergreen Cemetery on January 28, 1943. Besides his wife, Private Gembalik left 5 sisters, Frances,
Ana, Laura, Mary, and Blanche, and two brothers, John and Walter
Gembalik. Mary Gembalik moved to 744 Carman Street in Camden NJ shortly
thereafter.
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