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Personal info

Full name
KAPLAN, Seymour
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Linden, Union County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42185486
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
16 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 37 23

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Kaplan (father)
Gertrude Kaplan (mother)
Dorothy Kaplan (sister)
Sylvia Kaplan (sister)
Rose Kaplan (sister)

More information

Pfc Seymour Kaplan graduated from Linden High School in 1943. His parents emigrated to the United States from Russia.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 31 July 1944.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / family tree / WWII Jewish Servicemen Card / Headstone and Interment Record, www.familysearch.org

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com, www.e-yearbook.com - Linden High School Yearbook of 1943