Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)

Walter H. Lubran
Personal details
Born	1912
Died	2000
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	33668332
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5B
Enlisted	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team	IPW 141

Teammates

Team — IPW 141

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Walter H. Lubran (1912–2000) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16 and served with IPW Team 141.

Biography

Landauer (below left), the son of Ritchie Boy Henry Landauer; Ambassador Richard Schifter (below center), one of the original Ritchie Boys; and Bernie Lubran (below right), the main speaker whose father, Walter Lubran, was a Ritchie Boy. In addition to the showing of the Ritchie Boys documentary film, there will be a presentation by the sons of two Ritchie Boys, Bernie Lubran (son of RB Walter Lubran and Rafael Kellman (son of RB William Kellman). That unit turned out to be the 16th Armored Division which went South through Germany into Czechoslovakia where they liberated Pilzen.

Research notes

• Also PG Class 13 GerOB
• CIB
• ASTP
• 16th Armd

Gallery

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  From left to right they are: Gerard Pick, 20th Class Captain Henry Wagner, 20th Class T3 Kurt Schimmerl (Curt Shelton), 19th Class 2nd Lt.
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  Pictured below, they are (left to right): Harry Jacobs, Gideon Kantor, and Alfred Shehab.
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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	88
Nara ASN	33668332
Nara Name	LUBRAN WALTER H
Nara State	-2
Nara County	3
Nara POE	3298
Nara DOE	170343
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	12
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	72
Nara Marital Status	2
Nara Height (inches)	22
Nara Weight (lbs)	120
Class_ASN	33668332
Class_Name	LUBRAN, Walter H.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2014-03-21 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-01-16 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-01-22 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-01-15 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-02-05 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-03-16 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-04-16 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2020-02-22 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-07-23 (1 post)
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly