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Personal info

Full name
STRAUSS, Oscar
Date of birth
2 July 1907
Age
38
Place of birth
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31421264
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 October 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Strauss (father)
Noelle Strauss (mother)
Levena J. Strauss (brother)
Gabriel Strauss (brother)
Maria Strauss (sister)
Emileca Strauss (sister)
Ophelia Strauss (sister)
Angelina Strauss (sister)
Victorie Strauss (sister)
Felix Strauss (brother)
Paul Strauss (brother)
Georgiana M. Strauss (sister)
Corita Strauss (sister)
Clovis P. Strauss (brother)
Mabel (Clements) Strauss (wife)

More information

Pvt Oscar Strauss enlisted on 15 September 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / Jewish Servicemen Card, WWII Draft Card, 1910/1920 US Census

Photo source: Astrid van Erp