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Personal info

Full name
ZUNAMON, Jacob
Date of birth
4 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36913184
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Outskirts of Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 2 17

Immediate family

Members
Abraham Zunamon (father)
Sarah (Friedman) Zunamon (mother)
Mollie Zunamon (sister)
Esther Zunamon (sister)
Margaret Zunamon (sister)
Marian Zunamon (sister)
Simon Zunamon (brother)
Rose Zunamon (sister)

More information

Pfc Jacob Zunamon attended Carnegie Mellon University where he excelled in math and science when he enlisted.

He is remembered at Menorah Gardens in Broadview, Cook County, Illinois

On one of the pictures he poses at the age of five with his sister Rose, who is seven years of age.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Gilbert Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Larry Gilbert