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Personal info

Full name
ZIMBERG, Ben
Date of birth
20 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36899480
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
North of Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 87

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Zimberg (father)
Miami (Feldstein) Zimberg (mother)
Goldie Zimberg (sister)
Francis Zimberg (sister)
Nettie (Levitt) Zimberg (wife)
Paul Zimberg (son)

More information

Pvt Ben Zimberg was employed at the police academy before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Dylan Caine Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman
Photo source: -, https://www.jwv-mi.org/GoldStar/IMG_0262.JPG