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Personal info

Full name
SILVER, Jacob Israel
Date of birth
30 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32205322
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Nathan D. Silver (father)
Ida (Mufson) Silver (mother)
Jacob H. Silver (brother)
Bernard H. Silver (brother)
Charles Silver (brother)
Daniel B. Silver (brother)
Joseph Silver (brother)
Lillian H. Silver (sister)
Esther Silver (sister)

More information

Pvt Jacob I. Silver enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 January 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his femur and hand.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is also remembered at the Jewish Community Cemetery in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Gans Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - a2 / Corey & Douglas Marshall Steele