Hi Theresa
Up to 1918 it was
http://brainworker.ch/Oesterreich/Austria-hungary.pngAfter the fall of A-H several new countries were formed and one was Czechoslovakia which in 1993 separated into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Yes, it is spelled YICHA on the record you provided - JICHA in Slovak, Czech, Polish, Slovenian, Croatian BUT do we know if he spelled it as such because of pronunciation or ? ?
Unfortunate that he passed away before he was naturalized. Our ancestors did keep up with the name changes of their homeland. Locate his arrival manifest and at least his surname on it if not his place of birth.