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Personal info

Full name
DOBOSKI, Ernest
Date of birth
9 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia
Hometown
Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
33924418
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Steve Doboski (father)
Helen (Bozawski) Doboski (mother)
Steve Doboski (brother)
Andrew Doboski (brother)
George Doboski (brother)
Paul Doboski (brother)
Mary (Stiak) Doboski (wife)

More information

Pvt Ernest Doboski enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 18 August 1944.

His parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, May 24, 1945 Burgettstown, Enterprise (PA)