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Personal info

Full name
DUBUQUE, Preston Joseph
Date of birth
2 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vermont
Hometown
Winooski, Chittenden County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31404123
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 June 1945
Place of death
Murnau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 92

Immediate family

Members
Frederick J. Dubuque (father)
Jennie E. (Blow) Dubuque (mother)
Joseph F. Dubuque (brother)
Melda M. Dubuque (sister)
Earl F. Dubuque (brother)
Viola M. Dubuque (sister)
Fred J. Dubuque (brother)
Marie M. Dubuque (sister)
Howard P. Dubuque (brother)
Constance T. Dubuque (sister)
Laurette E. Dubuque (sister)
Bertha J. Dubuque (sister)
Elaine H. (Terry) Dubuque (wife)
Marlene J. Dubuque (daughter)
Preston P. Dubuque (son)

More information

Pfc Preston J. Dubuque was working at the Porter Screen Company before he enlisted on 11 September 1944. He was sent overseas on 24 February 1945.

He was killed in an accident, caused by an electric locomotive.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Vermont Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Graham Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press 3 July 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press 3 July 1945