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Personal info

Full name
GOTTLIEB, Sidney Morris
Date of birth
15 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
39722480
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 57

Immediate family

Members
David Gottlieb (father)
Bessie (Warshawski) Gottlieb (mother)
Gertrude P. Gottlieb (sister)
Louis M. Gottlieb (brother)
Sophie Gottlieb (sister)

More information

Pfc Sidney M. Gottlieb attended college for one year before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 3 January 1944.

He died of the effects of artillery shell fragments on his parietal bone and shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Packer Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy