Funeral services for Stanley E. Czernecki, 90, Lawton, will be 12:30 pm Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Czernecki passed away on Friday, November 15 at a local hospital. Burial with military honors will be at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Stanley was born October 22, 1923 at Fort Sill to MSG Stanley "Duke" and Bertie (Millican) Czernecki. He graduated from Lawton High School. He entered the Army on October 28, 1943 and trained at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Ord, California. He was stationed in the Southwest Pacific participating in the battles of New Guinea and Leyte. Out of twenty-two men sent to eliminate a machine gun nest, only he and one other returned. He was captured by the Japanese on Leyte, held three days, left for dead and rescued by American troops. Stanley was hospitalized on Leyte, at Brook Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas and the Veterans Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas for wounds received. He was discharged for medical reasons on March 11, 1945. He was an expert rifleman. He married Juanita Faye Loftiss on October 19, 1947 in Washita County, Oklahoma. He was a civil service employee at Fort Sill for over thirty years, never missing a day of work. Survivors include his wife of the home; three sons, Wayne Czernecki, Oklahoma City, Jerald Czernecki, Edmond and Gary Czernecki, Lawton; six grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; a special caregiver, Amber Valdez; and a foster child, Lia Leyva.