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Personal info

Full name
JAKUBOWSKI, Stephen
Date of birth
5 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42117909
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hosingen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 3

Immediate family

Members
John Jakubowski (father)
Mary H. (Zygaj) Jakubowski (mother)
Stanley Jakubowski (brother)
Helen Jakubowski (sister)
Anthony Jakubowski (brother)
Walter Jakubowski (brother)
Frances Jakubowski (sister)
Florence Jakubowski (sister)
Genevieve I. (Mikula) Jakubowski (wife)

More information

Pfc Stephen Jakubowski was a chauffeur, employed by Gilson & Olson Construction Co. before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 25 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten