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Personal info

Full name
ZUBECK, Joseph Clements Jr
Date of birth
21 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36125115
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Olzheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 14 11

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Zubeck (father)
Anna (Okuljar) Zubeck (mother)
Mary A. (Trudeau) Zubeck (sister)
Paul M. Zubeck (brother)
Josephine A. (Hebert) Zubeck (sister)

More information

Joseph C. Zubeck Jr. attended high school for four years and worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 5 August 1941.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, 345th Infantry Regiment History

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, family collection - courtesy of Ingeborg de Kock Joosten