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Personal info

Full name
HRUBOVCAK, Joseph John Jr
Date of birth
1 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33702003
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Hrubovcak (father)
Helen Hrubovcak (mother)
Helen Hrubovcak (sister)
Mary Hrubovcak (sister)
Francis Hrubovcak (brother)
Antoinette (Kusgajuska) Hrubovcak (wife)
Bernadine Hrubovcak (daughter)

More information

T/5 Joseph J.J. Hrubovcak enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 14 September 1943.

He was taken Prisoner of War on 21 December 1944 in Sankt-Vith, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge and died in Stalag IV-B.

Both his parents were born in Czechoslovakia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII POW Data File / Veteran Compensation Aplication File, www.history.army.mil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred