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Personal info

Full name
EPPSTEIN, Ferdinand
Date of birth
15 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mannheim, Germany
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32845592
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Engineer Combat Battalion,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 25

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Eppstein (father)
Frieda Eppstein (mother)
Helen Eppstein (sister)
Hans Eppstein (brother)

More information

Pfc Ferdinand Eppstein enlisted in Rochester, New York on 24 April 1943.

He died of wounds suffered on 28 December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle