Wesley Vytlacil

Personal Information

Birthplace: Republic, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army Air Corps

Unit: 397th Base Hq & Air Base Sq

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Aug 12, 1942

Discharged: Jan 30, 1946

Military Honors: Good Conduct Medal, Marksman Medal

Honored By: Barbara Joyce Chaloupka Splichal and the Vytlacil family

Biography

Wesley Vytlacil was employed by District 115 as a teacher in rural grade schools from 1939 to 1941. While in the Army Air Corps, he was trained as an automotive mechanic, armorer, airplane armorer, and small-arms weapons mechanic. He served 14 months in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He was the armament chief of the small-arms repair section and supervised three men in servicing, maintaining, and repairing small-arms weapons. While in the service, he earned the Good Conduct Medal and the Marksman Medal.

On separation from the service, he returned to Kansas and resumed his teaching career. He was a teacher until he retired. He married Laura Chaloupka. They had four children: Steven, Martin, Norman, and Susan Vytlacil Casne.