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Personal info

Full name
KIRSTEIN, Marvin
Date of birth
24 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
16127409
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 27 2

Immediate family

Members
Nathan Kirstein (father)
Dora Kirstein (mother)
Charles Kirstein (brother)
Sam Kirstein (brother)
Julia Kirstein (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin Kirstein volunteered for the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 29 September 1942. He attended high school for 4 years and was a clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com, - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Murray F. Tuley High School, Chicago, 1939, Illinois