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Personal info

Full name
NATHAN, Eric
Date of birth
28 October 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Hilden, Dusseldorf, Germany
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
33145944
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 23

Immediate family

Members
Albert Nathan (father)
Henrietta Nathan (mother)
Hilda V. Nathan (sister)

More information

T/5 Eric Nathan enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 26 January 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Service Card / Enlistment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Jewish Criterion - 7 September 1945