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Personal info

Full name
LAZOFSON, Norman E
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
13185928
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 16 17

Immediate family

Members
Philip Lazofson (father)
Mary (Cuslick) Lazofson (mother)

More information

Pvt Norman E. Lazofson attended Drexel University for two years (1942-43) and was a part of the school's Reserve Officer Training Corps. He joined the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 8 December 1942.

His parents were both born in Russia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / MRB-TAB Family Tree, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, courtesy of Drexel University Archives