HUBBARD, Fred L, Staff Sergeant, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, U.S. Army, Service# 31019707, Enl: Massachusetts, d. 11/03/1944
Parents, Daniel and Cora Anna Hubbard
Awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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The military records list the birth place of Fred Hubbard as Canada. His mother, Cora Anna Hubbard, was from Lower East Pubnico.
Prior to his enlistment in 1941 in Massachusetts, Staff Sergeant Hubbard had completed four years of high school and was employed as a storeroom assistant at the Beaconsfield Hotel, 1731 Beacon Street, Walnut Hills, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
During World War II, he served with the 182nd Infantry Regiment as part of the American XIV Corps and in March, 1944 was stationed in Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands.
The Bougainville Campaign began on November 1, 1943 when the United States I Marine Amphibious Corps landed at Cape Torokina and occupied an area of the island around Empress Augusta Bay on the island's west coast.
The enemy was determined to dislodge the Allies on Bougainville and launched the Bougainville Counter-attack, the Second Battle of Torokina on March 8, 1944.
Staff Sergeant Fred L Hubbard died March 11, 1944 of wounds received in battle.

HUBBARD, Fred L, Staff Sergeant, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, U.S. Army, Service# 31019707, Enl: Massachusetts, d. 11/03/1944
Parents, Daniel and Cora Anna Hubbard
Awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
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The military records list the birth place of Fred Hubbard as Canada. His mother, Cora Anna Hubbard, was from Lower East Pubnico.
Prior to his enlistment in 1941 in Massachusetts, Staff Sergeant Hubbard had completed four years of high school and was employed as a storeroom assistant at the Beaconsfield Hotel, 1731 Beacon Street, Walnut Hills, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
During World War II, he served with the 182nd Infantry Regiment as part of the American XIV Corps and in March, 1944 was stationed in Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands.
The Bougainville Campaign began on November 1, 1943 when the United States I Marine Amphibious Corps landed at Cape Torokina and occupied an area of the island around Empress Augusta Bay on the island's west coast.
The enemy was determined to dislodge the Allies on Bougainville and launched the Bougainville Counter-attack, the Second Battle of Torokina on March 8, 1944.
Staff Sergeant Fred L Hubbard died March 11, 1944 of wounds received in battle.