Birth Name: | Vendelín Opatrný |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1908 |
Birth Place: | Týniště nad Orlicí, Bohemia |
Death Date: | 31 October 1944 |
Death Place: | Korejovce, Slovak Republic |
Allegiance: | Czech Republic Spanish Civil War foreign volunteer Czechoslovak government-in-exile |
Branch: | infantry |
Serviceyears: | 1928–1929, 1937, 1942–1944 |
Rank: | in memoriam promoted to captain |
Battles: | Spanish Civil War World War II |
Awards: | 4× Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 in memoriam |
Vendelín Opatrný (10 March 1908 – 31 October 1944) was an officer of the Czechoslovak 1st Army Corps. He died during the Battle of the Dukla Pass, at the borders of Czechoslovakia while fighting with the Red Army.
Before entering the Czechoslovak 1st Army Corps in 1937, he fought in the Spanish Civil War as a foreign volunteer. He was 6 times decorated for bravery.
Just before the Second World War he left his country to Soviet Union. Later he enlisted in the Czechoslovak 1st Army Corps.
...and several other decorations