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Personal info

Full name
DUBOSKI, Heif John
Date of birth
22 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois
Hometown
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36246948
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Kriegsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 7

Immediate family

Members
John Duboski (father)
Anastasia (Glomboski) Duboski (mother)
Elizabeth C. Duboski (sister)
Phil Duboski (brother)
Hazel A. (Lueck) Duboski (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Heif J. Duboski graduated from Beloit High School in 1930 and attended the University of Wisconsin for three years.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 20 June 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Zenner Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Capital Times, 19 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy