Felix "Phil" Cordek

Tomb Position

Sentinel

Tomb Relief

Highest Military Rank

Sergeant First Class

Tomb Dates

Feb 1952 - Mar 1954

Society Membership

Founding Father

Obituary

Felix (Phil) Cordek, 89, of Stanley passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Born March 30, 1930 in South Fork, PA, one of ten children to Rose and Frank Cordek Sr. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Joy Shumate Cordek and loving daughter, Deborah Caldwell and husband Dwight Caldwell.

He graduated from Auburn University in 1968 with a degree in textiles engineering. After an honorable discharge from the Army in 1957, where he proudly served in the Third Infantry's Old Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, it was there he met an Air Force Airman First Class, Joy, who was known by all as "Sergeant Red" and later became his soul mate for 65 years.

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3d United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)

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