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Personal info

Full name
BERLINER, Sam Nathan
Date of birth
18 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
London, Great Britain
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36684149
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eisenbach, Luxenbourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Herman Berliner (father)
Rosa S. (Frankel) Berliner (mother)
Sarah Berliner (sister)
Ida Berliner (sister)
Richard Berliner (brother)
Mollie Berliner (sister)
Max Berliner (brother)
Blanche Berliner (wife)

More information

Pvt Sam N. Berliner was a barber before he enlisted in August 1943.

His M4 bulldozer tank was piling dirt over the pillboxes openings, rendering them inoperative. During this action his tank was hit by a Panzerfaust.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Samson Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Chicago Tribune