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Personal info

Full name
ALBOSZTA, Edward Joseph
Date of birth
19 March 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33709036
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 April 1945
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 5 2

Immediate family

Members
Antoni Alboszta (father)
Martha P. (Adamowicz) Alboszta (mother)
Stanislaus Alboszta (brother)
Anna Alboszta (sister)
Frank Alboszta (brother)
Julia Alboszta (sister)
John Alboszta (brother)
Joseph Alboszta (brother)
Chester Alboszta (brother)
Stephen Alboszta (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edward J. Alboszta had served in the Merchant Marine before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 15 November 1943.

His brother, John Alboszta, was killed in action in WWI and is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.9thinfdivsociety.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ancestry.com/ - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten