Edward Kuba

  • ASN:
    42001849
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    March 9, 1925
  • DATE OF DEATH
    April 14, 1945
FULL NAME:

Edward Kuba

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

42001849

  • DATE OF BIRTH: March 9, 1925
  • DATE OF DEATH: April 14, 1945
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    July 3, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Newark, New Jersey
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    15th Field Artillery Battalion
  • SUBUNIT:
    Battery B
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Died of Wounds (DOW)
  • DATE:
    April 14, 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Near Leipzig, Germany
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture, or stab wound) with nerve involvement only; Location: Head, generally; Location: Kidney, generally, or Not Elsewhere Classified; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragment / Medical Treatment: Penicillin therapy (treatment with penicillin); Nephrectomy (excision of kidney) or Heminephrectomy (excision portion kidney)"
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd Infantry Division

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in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Edward Kuba
Army Serial Number
42001849
Enlistment Place
Newark New Jersey
Enlistment Date
3 Jul 1943
Army Branch
No branch assignment
Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Bergen County, New Jersey
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
4 years of high school
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1925
Birth Place
New Jersey
Source Box Number
1489
Source Film Reel Number
8.1
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America
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