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Personal info

Full name
SOLKOFF, Sydney Phillip
Date of birth
29 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32804029
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Communications Chief
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bambidestroff-Bambesch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 50

Immediate family

Members
Max Solkoff (father)
Gussie Solkoff (sister)
Jeane Solkoff (sister)
Frederick Solkoff (brother)
Edward Solkoff (brother)
Helen Solkoff (sister)

More information

Sgt Sydney P. Solkoff graduated from Franklin K. Lane High School and attended New York University for two years.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 12 February 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsch / Jo Ann Smith-Young