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Personal info

Full name
ROSENWASSER, Adolph Samuel
Date of birth
8 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O1318371
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié-Etival-Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 36

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Rosenwasser (father)
Sarah Rosenwasser (mother)
Ruth (Schwartzberg) Rosenwasser (wife)

More information

1st Lt Adolph S. Rosenwasser attended college and was a bill collector, employed by the Public Service Co. Ordinated Transport.

He joined the National Guard on 16 September 1940.

Lt Rosenwassser is remembered at Talmud Torah Cemetery in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy