But only one soldier, Private Eddie Slovik, has actually been executed for desertion since the Civil War. An earlier brush with the law, for theft, initially precluded the Detroit-raised Slovik ...

Frank T. Slovik, 64, Ontelaunee Township, died of natural causes April 17, 2008, at 12:19 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Township, where he had been a patient since Monday. He was the ...