Jozef Gabčík

Jozef Gabčík
Jozef Gabčík
Born	8 April 1912; Rajecké Teplice, Austria-Hungary; (now Slovakia);
Died	18 June 1942 (aged 30); Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Buried	Ďáblice cemetery
Allegiance	Czechoslovakia; Britain;
Branch	Czechoslovak Army; Czechoslovak government-in-exile;
Service years	1939–1942
Rank	Rittmeister Colonel.
Unit	Special Operations Executive
Conflicts	World War II Battle of France; Operation Anthropoid; ;
Awards	Czechoslovak War Cross; 1939–1945; Croix de Guerre;

Jozef Gabčík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzev ˈɡaptʂiːk]; 8 April 1912 – 18 June 1942) was a Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak Army involved in the Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer.