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Personal info

Full name
WOLSON, Morton Topkis
Date of birth
2 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington City, Delaware
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
12221393
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 13

Immediate family

Members
Julius Wolson (father)
Zipporah F. (Topkis) Wolson (mother)
Deborah Wolson (sister)

More information

Pfc Morton T. Wolson attended college for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 26 May 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

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

He is remembered at the Jewish Community Cemetery in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Terry Feinberg Spodick Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Picket / Corey & Douglas Marshall Steele, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal 29 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots, www.findagrave.com - Corey & Douglas Marshall Steele, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal 29 December 1944, Delaware Public Archives