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Personal info

Full name
LOEWY, Mayer
Date of birth
15 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bobowa, Poland
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32544418
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Walsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 16

Immediate family

Members
Moses Loewy (father)

More information

Pfc Mayer Loewy was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 28 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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