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Personal info

Full name
HUBBARD, Tom Aldritt
Date of birth
29 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15128544
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Tom Hubbard (father)
Rose (Schill) Hubbard (mother)
Florence Hubbard (sister)
Betty Hubbard (sister)
Violet Hubbard (sister)
Aldritt Hubbard (brother)

More information

Pfc Tom A. Hubbard graduated from Collinwood High School in January 1943 and was employed at Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company.

He joined the Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 28 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, Collinwood High School - January 1943, The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 24 March 1945