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WEINRIB, Morton Coleman - Date of
birth
12 June 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
unknown -
Hometown
New York City, New York -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1690082 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
unknown -
Unit
389th Engineer General Service Regiment
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Awards
unknown
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
19 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fontaine L'Eveque, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 6 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Samuel Weinrib (father)
Bessie (Coleman) Weinrib (mother)
Leonard Weinrib (brother)
Therese M. (Goldstein) Weinrib (wife)
More information
Capt Morton C. Weinrib graduated from the Dental and Oral Surgery Faculty at the Columbia University in 1940.He was killed, together with Maj Bruce T. Smith while evacuating wounded out of a downed airplane when it exploded.
At that day a B-17 #42-37982, “Tremblin Gremlin” from the 545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group, returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany, crashed in the vicinity of Binche-Charleroi.
The Regimental HQ of the 389th Engineer General Service Regiment was located in the vicinity of Fontaine L’Eveque. The Regiment was reinstalling the railway between Maubeuge, Mons, Charleroi, Belgium.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Recor / U.S. Social Security Death Index 1935-2014, http://www.warmemorial.columbia.edu/morton-coleman-weinrib, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/78/
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet