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Personal info

Full name
RISIKOFF, Seymour
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42130717
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 36

Immediate family

Members
Louis Risikoff (father)
Sarah Risikoff (mother)
Bella Risikoff (sister)
Martin Risikoff (brother)
Martha Risikoff (sister)
Rose D. (Unterman) Risikoff (wife)
Peter Risikoff (son)

More information

Pfc Seymour Risikoff was a teacher before he enlisted in Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 6 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Hill Chardell Family Tree / 1925/1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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