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Personal info

Full name
SEIDENSTRICKER, James Apel
Date of birth
28 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36118552
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
A Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 7 1

Immediate family

Members
Paul S. Seidenstricker (father)
Isabel (Apel) Seidenstricker (mother)
Ruth Seidenstricker (sister)
Helen Seidenstricker (sister)

More information

Cpl James A. Seidenstricker graduated from Southeastern High School and was employed by the Zenith Carburator Co.

He enlisted on 16 June 1941 in Detroit, Michigan.

The picture was taken in high school in 1936.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Sophie Vleugels, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Serviceman Card / Army Enlistment Record, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Saturday, December 23, 1944, Page 5, WWII Draft Cards, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Southeastern High School yearbook 1936, The Detroit News - 21 December 1944