PEKOMY Post 572
Fairfax, IA
Fairfax, IA
ORIGINS OF PEKOMY Post No. 572 of the American Legion
PEKOMY Post was organized by the ex-service men of Fairfax, Iowa July 22, 1921. Six men from Fairfax and vicinity lost their lives in the World War. Taking the first letter from their last name in the order in which they fell as in the order in which their records appear in this book, spells PEKOMY, which was adopted as the name of this post.
PVT FRANK J. PETRIK
PVT JOHN EARSA
PVT VINCENT KELLY
PVT RALPH D. O'CONNELL
PVT JOHN I. MOYNIHAN
PVT CHALIE YANECEK