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Personal info

Full name
RUBINTON, Myer
Date of birth
30 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33887585
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Lauterbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 19 36

Immediate family

Members
Nathan Rubinton (father)
Lena E. Rubinton (mother)
Samuel Rubinton (brother)
Ida Rubinton (sister)
Pauline Rubinton (sister)
Anna Rubinton (sister)
Rose Rubinton (sister)

More information

Pvt Myer Rubinton graduated from McKinley High School and was employed as a machinist at the Navy Yard before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 8 May 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Leah Sorrentino Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - Evening Star 16 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - MBlighnKumar