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Personal info

Full name
DOBIE, John E
Date of birth
5 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
New York, New York
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-1044496
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Executive Officer
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 43

Immediate family

Members
John E. Dobie (father)
Mary E. (Pittman) Dobie (mother)
Alice E. Dobie (sister)
Frank J. Dobie (brother)
Marie Dobie (sister)
Anna E. (Sullivan) Dobie (wife)
Donaldson Dobie (son)

More information

1st Lt John E. Dobie attended college for two years and was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 17 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.
He is remembered at the Mount Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Got Maine Ancestors
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Mary Le Count