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Personal info

Full name
OBST, Paul Matthew
Date of birth
8 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Union City, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1062525
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bischwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 9 10

Immediate family

Members
John Obst (father)
Lena K. (Walther) Obst (mother)
Walter Obst (brother)
Frederick C. Obst (brother)
Louis H. Obst (brother)
Rosina K. Obst (sister)
Helena Obst (sister)
Isabel J. Obst (sister)
Ruth F. Obst (wife)
Mark Obst (son)
Polly Obst (son)

More information

2nd Lt Paul M. Obst graduated from Naugatuck High School and from North Carolina State College and was employed at the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Worcester before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 16 January 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

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 / PJ's Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux / Raymond Tamowski
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Paul R. Jones / U.S. School Yearbooks Naugatuck, Connecticut