John G. Joubert
Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 03/03/1945
John George Joubert was born in Byron Center (Byron), Genesee County, New York on April 18, 1921.
Prior to entering military
service he was employed by Delco Appliance Company
in Rochester, New York.
He was drafted into the Army on
March 16, 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He listed his home of
residence
as Monroe County, New York, and had completed three years of High
School.
He was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as
Protestant.
He was assigned to Company A from the 17th Reinforcement Depot on February 16, 1945.
Private Joubert was killed in
action in Germany in an area south of Weinsheim on March 3, 1945.
An article about an
episode in the life of John G. Joubert six years before he died.
From the Buffalo Courier Express
Monday October 9, 1939
Courtesy of Julien Woestyn
Clipping courtesy of Theophile Odaert
Decorations of John G. Joubert
John G. Joubert was buried in
the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in New York on April 30, 1949.
Burial:
Mount Hope Cemetery
Rochester
Monroe County
New York, USA
Plot: Range 9, NW 1/4 of Lot 489
Grave monument for John G. Joubert
Photo by FRH from the Find A Grave website
Grave monument for John G. Joubert
Photo by FRH from the Find A Grave website
Top photo of John Joubert courtesy of Theophile Odaert
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