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Personal info

Full name
POSNER, Norman Franklin
Date of birth
5 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42057685
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Amonines Area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 44 22

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Posner (father)
Susanne Posner (mother)
Irwin H. Posner (brother)

More information

Pvt Norman F. Posner enlisted in New York City, New York on 1 December 1943.
First buried at Block A, Row 5, Grave 110.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://36air-ad.com/names/serial/42057685, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten