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Personal info

Full name
RUBIN, Sidney
Date of birth
28 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42088624
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Moircy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 3 21

Immediate family

Members
Sam Rubin (father)
Tillie Rubin (mother)

More information

Pfc Sidney Rubin attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 March 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery