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Personal info

Full name
HAMMER, Benjamin
Date of birth
6 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32109967
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Engineer Combat Battalion,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 40

Immediate family

Members
David Hammer (father)
Lena Hammer (mother)
Mildred Hammer (sister)
Isidore Hammer (sister)
Harry Hammer (brother)
Morris Hammer (brother)

More information

Sgt Benjamin Hammer enlisted in Jamaica, New York on 26 March 1941.

One picture was taken during a visit to his grave of one of his brothers somewhere between 1946 and 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Family collection (courtesy of Dan Hammer, nephew)