Philip Durbala, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Durbala of Albia and a former resident here, was recently promoted to the rank of third class pharmacists mate. He has been in service 13 months and is stationed at San Bruno, Calif.
Source: The Lovilia Press, Thursday, January 4, 1945
Philip Marion Durbala was born Apr. 14, 1926 to Elmer and Alice Martin Durbala. He died Aug. 3, 1991 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
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