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Personal info

Full name
LAUBSCHER, Bruce Edward
Date of birth
18 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Woodward Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mill Hall, Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33936939
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Karl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 14

Immediate family

Members
John M. Laubscher (father)
Margaret C. (Englert) Laubscher (mother)
Harry H. Laubscher (brother)
David L. Laubscher (brother)
Percivcal C. Laubscher (brother)
John N. Laubscher (brother)
Margaret M. Laubscher (sister)
Donald L. Laubscher (brother)
Annabelle L. Laubscher (sister)
Norman Laubscher (brother)
Dean R. Laubscher (brother)
Harold A. Laubscher (brother)
Nevin K. Laubscher (brother)
Norma K. (Quigg) Laubscher (wife)
Judy A. Laubscher (daughter)

More information

Pfc Bruce E. Laubscher graduated from Lock Haven High School and worked in a slaughterhouse at the Winner Packing Company Plant.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 27 April 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Richard Sorgen, Melinda Laubscher