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Personal info

Full name
MOSKOWITZ, Jacob Irving
Date of birth
1 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O1312320
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 6

Immediate family

Members
Herman Moskowitz (father)
Sarah Moskowitz (mother)
Adele Moskowitz (sister)
Selma Moskowitz (sister)
Bunny Moskowitz (sister)

More information

1st Lt Jacob I. Moskowitz graduated from Vineland High School in 1936 and Glassboro College in 1941. He was a secondary school teacher.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 February 1942. He was sent overseas on 9 June 1944.

The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Jewish Serviceman Cards, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Riley