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Personal info

Full name
HOLUB, Arthur John
Date of birth
14 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36702930
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
41st Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 47

Immediate family

Members
Albert Holub (father)
Anna (Vokaty) Holub (mother)
Florence Holub (sister)
William Holub (brother)
Albert Holub (brother)

More information

The tank, in which Cpl Holub was a crew member, was knocked out by anti-tank fire on 30 December 1944 in Longleir, Belgium. Another crew member, Pfc John Spero, was killed instantly. He is remembered at Ardennes Cemetery.

Cpl Holub died in a hospital. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: André Koch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index / U.S Draft Cards for Young Men, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com, newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune - 18 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson