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Personal info

Full name
BARACH, Marvin Stewart
Date of birth
6 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
15302272
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 4 20

Immediate family

Members
Samuel A. Barach (father)
Rhea Barach (mother)

More information

Pvt. Marvin S. Barach attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was captured on 21 December 1944 and died as a Prisoner of War.

He was first buried at Block JJ, Row 7, Grave 155.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index / Jewish Servicemen Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten