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Personal info

Full name
HUBACHER, Bernard W
Date of birth
26 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Hometown
Baughman, Wayne County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35849671
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 37

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Hubacher (father)
Cora L. (Henthorn) Hubacher (mother)
Paul Hubacher (brother)

More information

Pvt Bernard W. Hubacher graduated from Orville High School and was a member of the Future Farmers Organisation. He worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 1 September 1944. He died in a hospital in Luxembourg ten days after he was wounded.

At he time of his death the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Stahl-Birtlingen, West of Bitburg, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Orville High School 1938