Alboszta, Edward Joseph

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Edward Joseph Alboszta.

Unit/Placed in, 47^th Infantry Regiment, 9^th Infantry Division “Old Reliables”.

Howard is born approx. on 19 March 1912 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Antoni Alboszta.

Mother, Pietronella Martha (Adamowicz) Alboszta.

Parents born in Poland.

Sister(s), Anna and Julia Alboszta.

Brother(s), Stanislaus, Frank, John, Joseph, Chester and Stephen Alboszta.

Edward enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 33709036.

Edward died of his wounds sustained in the fights with the Germans in Hurtgen Forrest on 20 April 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Ship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Edward is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to,

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GZDK-NZ2

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com