ALGONA SOLDIER KILLED OVERSEAS
Pfc. John Stebritz, 20, Loses Life in Belgium
Algona—Mrs. John Stebritz was notified by the War Department that her husband, Pfc. John J. Stebritz, was killed in action in Belgium, Sept. 6.
He entered the service June, 1943, and went overseas in May 1944. While in the United States he trained at Camp Roberts, Calif.; Camp Makall, N. Car.; Ft. Benning, Ga., in a paratrooper school; and Ft. George, Meade, Md. He was in the infantry, being transferred from the paratroopers because of a foot injury received while home on furlough. His last letter home was written, Sept. 4, from France.
John Stebritz was born Aug. 18, 1924, at Algona, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stebritz. He was married June 17, 1943, to Donna Dell Walker of Algona, who survives.
He is also survived by his father and step-mother; 4 brothers, Francis of Richmond, Cal.; Thomas, William and Jerry, of Algona; 2 sisters, Mrs. Homer Clark, Clintonville, Wis.; Mrs. Myrwin Dimond, of Wesley; 4 step-sisters and 5 step-brothers.
Source: The Mason City Globe-Gazette, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1944
80 Kossuth Men Officially Listed As Casualties In War
FIRST RELEASE OF STATE HISTORICAL DEATH SUMMARIES
Eighty men from Kossuth county lost their lives while in the service of their country in World War II.
KOSSUTH WAR DEAD.
Stebritz, John J., Pfc.
Killed in action in Belgium 9-6-44.
Wife: Mrs. Donna D. Sterbritz, 1433 E. Elm, Algona, Ia.
Father: Frank Stebritz, Algona, Ia.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 – page 7.
John J. Stebritz was born Aug. 18, 1924 to Frank and Mary Bianca Blinkman Stebritz. He died Sept. 6, 1944 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Algona, IA.
Pvt. Stebritz served in World War II with the U.S. Army 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division and was KIA in Belgium.
Source: ancestry.com
