PVT Robert Zibulsky was born 27 Mar 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the youngest of William and Luba (Schaeffer) Zibulsky's 3 children. His father was a pharmacist earning about $1500 in 1940. William Zibulsky was a Polish Jew from Ostroleka, Poland and had immigrated at the age of 11 in 1902. William and Luba had lost their 2nd child in infancy before Robert was born. The family lived at 50 Montrose Avenue in Brooklyn. Robert graduated high school at age 16 and found work at the West End Country Club in Loch Sheldrake, New York.
Robert was drafted, probably in early 1944 and after completing his basic military training was sent to the European theater. PVT Zibulsky was transferred from the replacement depot to I Company 116th Infantry on 29 Oct 1944. He was wounded on 22 Nov 1944 near Setterich, Germany and died the next day of his wound(s).
PVT Zibulsky was likely repatriated and re-interred in the New York City area perhaps in the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.
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