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Personal info

Full name
WOLFSON, Hyman Israel "Howard"
Date of birth
24 May 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31298679
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
30 November 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Abraham H. A. Wolfson (father)
Mona (Sacks) Wolfson (mother)
Malcolm H. Wolfson (brother)
Dorothy Wolfson (sister)
Mildred M. (Beeman) Wolfson (wife)
Carol L. Wolfson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Hyman I. Wolfson enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 February 1943.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Danny van der Groen