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Personal info

Full name
TRUBACZ, Walter Thomas
Date of birth
15 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32196622
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 12

Immediate family

Members
William V. Trubacz (father)
Aniela (Drozdowski) Trubacz (mother)
Anna E. Trubacz (sister)
Mamie Trubacz (sister)
Laura Trubacz (sister)
Frances D. Trubacz (sister)

More information

T/5 Walter T. Trubacz attended high school for three years and was a driver for Hanson & Hasel before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 29 January 1942.
He was killed due to head wounds caused 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Gigliotti Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten