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Personal info

Full name
FEIN, Irwin Sowie
Date of birth
29 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33280144
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Fein (father)
Jennie (Lesofsky) Fein (mother)
Philip W. Fein (brother)
Rose Fein (sister)
Paul Fein (brother)
Jacob C. Fein (brother)
Zell Z. Fein (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Irwin S. Fein was a salesman at the Jacobson Brothers and Pittsburgh Trouser Company before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 16 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Russell Marks Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Gone but not forgotten

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S, Screenhunter