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Personal info

Full name
KUBILUS, Joseph Charles
Date of birth
1 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Mahonoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33617190
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
East of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 20

Immediate family

Members
William V. Kubilus (father)
Anna B. (Dunsavage) Kubilus (mother)
Helen A. Kubilus (sister)
William B. Kubilus (brother)

More information

Pfc Joseph C. Kubilus attended high school for four years and was a miner before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Coll Schmanski Family Tree / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – G J Walck Jr, www.newspapers.com – Republican and Herald 11 January 1945
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