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NAME Edwin Charles Borusky |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 275541 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD Langdon, ND |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Fred & Flora Borusky |
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| DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1919 at Langdon, ND |
ENTERED SERVICE October 12, 1939 at Minneapolis, MN |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Edwin C. Borusky was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when the ship, struck by bombs that detonated her forward magazine, sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Borusky was not seen after the attack, and was declared dead as of 7 December 1941. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Presumed aboard USS Arizona |
MEMORIALS Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, ND USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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