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Personal info

Full name
ASHKENAS, Marvin Frank
Date of birth
18 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
New York City, New York County, New York
Hometown
Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12094137
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy-Gérardmer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 44 9

Immediate family

Members
Max Ashkenas (father)
Hannah Ashkenas (mother)
Seymour Ashkenas (sister)
Jerome Ashkenas (brother)
Burton Ashkenas (brother)
Henry Zwerling (foster father)
Theresa Zwerling (foster mother)
Helen L. (Dunlop) Ashkenas (wife)

More information

Pvt Marvin F. Ashkenas attended high school for two years and was a clerk when he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Newark, New Jersey on 29 June 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Tony Marden Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Ziv Ben Moshe