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Personal info

Full name
STALOWITZ, Samson
Date of birth
24 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32891488
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the Vossenack / Germeter area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 15 16

Immediate family

Members
Ziona I. (Lillenthal) Stalowitz (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Samson Stalowitz attended college.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 April 1943.

He was reported wounded in action in August 1944. After recovering, he returned to his unit.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / New York State Census 1915 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-7.html, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels