2LT John A Rozboril, Jr
John A Kozboril, Jr was born September 11, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Albert Rozboril (1892-1924) and Anna Magdalina (Kostel) Rozboril (1895-1977). John and Anna had two children.
John attended Pueblo Catholic School, graduating in 1937. He then attended Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado for two years majoring in journalism.
On October 16, 1940 he registered for the draft and was now employed at CF&I, Pueblo. He was described as 5'8, 145 with light complexion, blonde hair and blue eyes.
John entered the Army Air Force November 11, 1941, flight training was at Ellington AAF, Texas and Savannah AAF, Georgia. On March 10, 1942, following bombardier training at Albuquerque AAB he was commissioned. John served as a Second Lieutenant, B-24 bombardier with the 404th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group.
"After the outbreak of the Second World War the group was posted to Alaska, and it would remain in that theater for the rest of the war. During 1941 this was a quiet area, but in June 1942 the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands as part of the wider Midway campaign. The 28th helped to fight off the attack on Dutch Harbor, but was unable to prevent the Japanese capturing Kiska and Attu islands.
Over the next year the Americans prepared to recapture the two islands. In August 1942 they built an airbase on Adak Island. In March 1943 the 28th moved to the new base and took part in the heavy bombardment of Kiska."
On March 16, 1943 John was killed in a bombing mission over Kiska Island. He was buried in Imperial Gardens Cemetery, Pueblo and awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. John is remembered on the Colorado Freedom Memorial and was survived by his mother and sister.
Thank you, 2LT Rozboril, for your service and sacrifice.
This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see http://www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 421,000+ of the US WWII fallen saved on Together We Served and Fold3. Can you help write these stories? These stories will be accessible via smartphone app at any war memorial or cemetery.
If you noticed anything erroneous in this profile or have additional information to contribute to it, please contact me at [email protected].
SBTSProject/Colorado/Pueblo
Sources
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Year: 1920; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: T625_170; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 231
Year: 1930; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2339984
Year: 1940; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00475; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 51-22A
Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 208
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Year: 1940
Altar of Freedom Pueblo, Colorado Deaths in World War Two 1941-1945 - Part One: Narrative, Michael P. Thomason, MLS
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/28th_Bombardment_Group.html
John A Kozboril, Jr was born September 11, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Albert Rozboril (1892-1924) and Anna Magdalina (Kostel) Rozboril (1895-1977). John and Anna had two children.
John attended Pueblo Catholic School, graduating in 1937. He then attended Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado for two years majoring in journalism.
On October 16, 1940 he registered for the draft and was now employed at CF&I, Pueblo. He was described as 5'8, 145 with light complexion, blonde hair and blue eyes.
John entered the Army Air Force November 11, 1941, flight training was at Ellington AAF, Texas and Savannah AAF, Georgia. On March 10, 1942, following bombardier training at Albuquerque AAB he was commissioned. John served as a Second Lieutenant, B-24 bombardier with the 404th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group.
"After the outbreak of the Second World War the group was posted to Alaska, and it would remain in that theater for the rest of the war. During 1941 this was a quiet area, but in June 1942 the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands as part of the wider Midway campaign. The 28th helped to fight off the attack on Dutch Harbor, but was unable to prevent the Japanese capturing Kiska and Attu islands.
Over the next year the Americans prepared to recapture the two islands. In August 1942 they built an airbase on Adak Island. In March 1943 the 28th moved to the new base and took part in the heavy bombardment of Kiska."
On March 16, 1943 John was killed in a bombing mission over Kiska Island. He was buried in Imperial Gardens Cemetery, Pueblo and awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. John is remembered on the Colorado Freedom Memorial and was survived by his mother and sister.
Thank you, 2LT Rozboril, for your service and sacrifice.
This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see http://www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 421,000+ of the US WWII fallen saved on Together We Served and Fold3. Can you help write these stories? These stories will be accessible via smartphone app at any war memorial or cemetery.
If you noticed anything erroneous in this profile or have additional information to contribute to it, please contact me at [email protected].
SBTSProject/Colorado/Pueblo
Sources
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Year: 1920; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: T625_170; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 231
Year: 1930; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2339984
Year: 1940; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00475; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 51-22A
Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 208
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Year: 1940
Altar of Freedom Pueblo, Colorado Deaths in World War Two 1941-1945 - Part One: Narrative, Michael P. Thomason, MLS
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/28th_Bombardment_Group.html
2LT John A Rozboril, Jr
John A Kozboril, Jr was born September 11, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Albert Rozboril (1892-1924) and Anna Magdalina (Kostel) Rozboril (1895-1977). John and Anna had two children.
John attended Pueblo Catholic School, graduating in 1937. He then attended Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado for two years majoring in journalism.
On October 16, 1940 he registered for the draft and was now employed at CF&I, Pueblo. He was described as 5'8, 145 with light complexion, blonde hair and blue eyes.
John entered the Army Air Force November 11, 1941, flight training was at Ellington AAF, Texas and Savannah AAF, Georgia. On March 10, 1942, following bombardier training at Albuquerque AAB he was commissioned. John served as a Second Lieutenant, B-24 bombardier with the 404th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group.
"After the outbreak of the Second World War the group was posted to Alaska, and it would remain in that theater for the rest of the war. During 1941 this was a quiet area, but in June 1942 the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands as part of the wider Midway campaign. The 28th helped to fight off the attack on Dutch Harbor, but was unable to prevent the Japanese capturing Kiska and Attu islands.
Over the next year the Americans prepared to recapture the two islands. In August 1942 they built an airbase on Adak Island. In March 1943 the 28th moved to the new base and took part in the heavy bombardment of Kiska."
On March 16, 1943 John was killed in a bombing mission over Kiska Island. He was buried in Imperial Gardens Cemetery, Pueblo and awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. John is remembered on the Colorado Freedom Memorial and was survived by his mother and sister.
Thank you, 2LT Rozboril, for your service and sacrifice.
This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see http://www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 421,000+ of the US WWII fallen saved on Together We Served and Fold3. Can you help write these stories? These stories will be accessible via smartphone app at any war memorial or cemetery.
If you noticed anything erroneous in this profile or have additional information to contribute to it, please contact me at [email protected].
SBTSProject/Colorado/Pueblo
Sources
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Year: 1920; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: T625_170; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 231
Year: 1930; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2339984
Year: 1940; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00475; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 51-22A
Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 208
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Year: 1940
Altar of Freedom Pueblo, Colorado Deaths in World War Two 1941-1945 - Part One: Narrative, Michael P. Thomason, MLS
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/28th_Bombardment_Group.html
John A Kozboril, Jr was born September 11, 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado to John Albert Rozboril (1892-1924) and Anna Magdalina (Kostel) Rozboril (1895-1977). John and Anna had two children.
John attended Pueblo Catholic School, graduating in 1937. He then attended Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado for two years majoring in journalism.
On October 16, 1940 he registered for the draft and was now employed at CF&I, Pueblo. He was described as 5'8, 145 with light complexion, blonde hair and blue eyes.
John entered the Army Air Force November 11, 1941, flight training was at Ellington AAF, Texas and Savannah AAF, Georgia. On March 10, 1942, following bombardier training at Albuquerque AAB he was commissioned. John served as a Second Lieutenant, B-24 bombardier with the 404th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group.
"After the outbreak of the Second World War the group was posted to Alaska, and it would remain in that theater for the rest of the war. During 1941 this was a quiet area, but in June 1942 the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands as part of the wider Midway campaign. The 28th helped to fight off the attack on Dutch Harbor, but was unable to prevent the Japanese capturing Kiska and Attu islands.
Over the next year the Americans prepared to recapture the two islands. In August 1942 they built an airbase on Adak Island. In March 1943 the 28th moved to the new base and took part in the heavy bombardment of Kiska."
On March 16, 1943 John was killed in a bombing mission over Kiska Island. He was buried in Imperial Gardens Cemetery, Pueblo and awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. John is remembered on the Colorado Freedom Memorial and was survived by his mother and sister.
Thank you, 2LT Rozboril, for your service and sacrifice.
This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see http://www.storiesbehindthestars.org). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 421,000+ of the US WWII fallen saved on Together We Served and Fold3. Can you help write these stories? These stories will be accessible via smartphone app at any war memorial or cemetery.
If you noticed anything erroneous in this profile or have additional information to contribute to it, please contact me at [email protected].
SBTSProject/Colorado/Pueblo
Sources
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
Year: 1920; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: T625_170; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 231
Year: 1930; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2339984
Year: 1940; Census Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00475; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 51-22A
Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Colorado, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 208
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Year: 1940
Altar of Freedom Pueblo, Colorado Deaths in World War Two 1941-1945 - Part One: Narrative, Michael P. Thomason, MLS
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/28th_Bombardment_Group.html
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