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Personal info

Full name
STAUB, Alexander J
Date of birth
18 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Hungary
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O1058659
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 7 14

Immediate family

Members
Sigmund Staub (father)
Rose (Kostelnick) Staub (mother)
Louis Staub (brother)
Lilliam B. Staub (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Alexander J. Staub graduated from New Brunswick High School and Rudgers College.

He enlisted in May 1942 when he was working as an accountant for his uncle, Joseph Staub, in Detroit, Michigan. He received his commission at Camp Davis, North Carolina. He had been overseas since November 1944.

He died in Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Prisoner of War Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / WWII Draft Card / 1910/1930 US Census, www.newspapers.com - Wilkes-Barre Times Leader

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan