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Personal info

Full name
MILLSTONE, Seymour
Date of birth
23 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36696896
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 15 12

Immediate family

Members
Philip Millstone (father)
Alice (Resnick) Millstone (mother)
Phyllis Millstone (sister)

More information

Pfc Seymour Millstone graduated from Manley High School, where he was senior class president in 1942. He attended Herzl Junior College.

He was taken prisoner on 11 January 1945 and died of malnutrition in Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Prisoners of War data file, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com, WWII Draft Card, Hospital Admisssion File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Manley High School Yearbook 1942, Deseret News - 20 March 1947, Chicago Tribune - 25 March 1945