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ORSHAN, Seymour - Date of
birth
3 September 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42006412 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Driver -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Münsterbusch, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Reuben Orshan (father)
Minnie Orshan (mother)
Martin Orshan (brother)
Joseph Orshan (brother)
David Orshan (brother)
More information
T/5 Seymour Orshan graduated from Somerville High School in 1942.He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 27 July 1943 and was sent overseas in February 1944 and had been in combat since July 1944.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone Application For Military Veterans, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-News
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, David Orshan