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Capt. Archie H “Zeke” SoucekAge: 98 years19132012

Name
Capt. Archie H “Zeke” Soucek
Name prefix
Capt.
Given names
Archie H
Surname
Soucek
Nickname
Zeke
Birth December 30, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Birth of a grandson
#1
Aaron Hall Soucek
February 5, 1976 (Age 62 years)
Death of a grandsonAaron Hall Soucek
May 6, 1976 (Age 62 years)
Cause: cardiomyopathy arrest
Death of a wifeMary Alva Carpenter
May 3, 2006 (Age 92 years)
Death January 7, 2012 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: United States Naval Academy Cemetery
Family with Mary Alva Carpenter - View this family
himself
Capt. Archie H “Zeke” Soucek
Birth: December 30, 1913Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 7, 2012Franklin, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
wife
Mary Alva Carpenter
Birth: December 26, 1920 32 30Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 3, 2006Franklin, Virginia, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Archie Soucek - Household

Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Soucek, ArchieheadMW26MOKNaval OfficerUS Navy
Soucek, MaryXwifeFW19MDCChicagoIL