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Personal info

Full name
SALTZMAN, Solomon
Date of birth
23 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42004657
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 69

Immediate family

Members
Isador Saltzman (father)
Ida Saltzman (mother)
Isiah Saltzman (brother)
Nathaniel Saltzman (brother)

More information

Solomon Saltzman enlisted 17 July 1943 in Newark, New Jersey.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Jewish Serviceman Cards / 1940
Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Seth Saltzman