Tributes have poured in for Chicago Fire Department Lt. Jan Tchoryk and firefighter Jermaine Pelt after they both died in the line of duty last week, and.
Niles VFW Post 7712 (now Post 3579) Color Guard marches the Colors into the Veterans Memorial Waterfall on Memorial Day, 2012 with rifleman Jan Tchoryk in the unit (far right). (Tom Robb/Journal) Chicago Fire Dept. Lt. Jan “Jonny” Michael Tchoryk, 55, a Navy veteran and life member of Niles VFW Post 3579, will be laid