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Personal info

Full name
WEINER, Aaron
Date of birth
29 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
20101282
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Bonnal, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 71

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Weiner (father)
Annie (Blonder) Weiner (mother)
Betty F. Weiner (sister)
Rae L. Weiner (sister)
Jennie Weiner (sister)
Irving Weiner (brother)
Adelaide L. Weiner (wife)
Irving Weiner (son)

More information

Sgt Aaron Weiner attended high school for one year and was a clerk.

He joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and he studied at Providence College.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the stomach.
Sgt Weiner is remembered at the Custom Tailors Cemetery in West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The Making of Mark / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Family Historian, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Family Historian