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Personal info

Full name
SILVERSTEIN, Morris "Moishe"
Date of birth
13 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37552690
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Near Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 33

Immediate family

Members
Abraham Silverstein (father)
Rose (Joseph) Silverstein (mother)
Irving Silverstein (brother)
Ben Silverstein (brother)
Louis E. Silverstein (brother)
David Silverstein (brother)

More information

Pfc Morris Silverstein graduated from South High School and was employed at the Northwestern Woolen Company before he enlisted in April 1942.

He is remembered at the B'Nai Emet Cemetery in Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Silverstein Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Dave Robinson / Albert Ledoux, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.newspapers.com - Minneapolis Daily Times - 21 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Dave Robinson, www.newspapers.com - Minneapolis Daily Times - 21 February 1945