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Personal info

Full name
BRUBACHER, Joshua B
Date of birth
14 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Brutus, Emmet County, Michigan
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33877311
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Forbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 2

Immediate family

Members
Peter M. Brubacher (father)
Sarah A. (Brenneman) Brubacher (mother)
Henry Brubacher (brother)
Jacob Brubacher (brother)
Silas B. Brubacher (brother)
Mary B. Brubacher (sister)
Elizabeth Brubacher (sister)
Amanda B. Brubacher (sister)
Lydia B. Brubacher (sister)
Gideon Brubacher (brother)
Katherina Brubacher (sister)

More information

Pvt Joshua B. Brubacher enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 25 August 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dale Martin Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com – Maurice Eby
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Joel Frampton Gilfert