PFC Ezra L. Hubbard

courtesy of Doug Illsley

PFC Ezra L. Hubbard was born in 1909 in Wise County, Virginia to James Monroe and Matilda Jane (Mullins) Hubbard. The family farmed near Roberson, Virginia. By 1940, James had to take some work with the Works Project Administration (WPA) and reported $180 income for 1939.

Ezra was drafted in May 1941. After completing his initial training he may have been assigned to C Company 116th Infantry before the regiment departed for England in September 1942.  He trained with the unit for the amphibious assault that was to take place on 6 Jun 1944 and took part in that action.  PFC Hubbard was killed in action on 22 Jun 1944.

PFC Hubbard is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.