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Personal info

Full name
KADISON, Saul B
Date of birth
2 March 1920
Age
24
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
O-1304906
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dillingen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 19

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Kadison (father)
Lena (Meisel) Kadison (mother)
Adeline Kadison (sister)
Denara Kadison (half-sister)

More information

1st Lt Saul B. Kadison attended college for three years and was a retail manager before he enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 27 May 1942.

Lt Kadison was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited:On 2 October 1944 at Sivry, France, during a fierce counterattack, Lt Kadison deployed his mortar section as riflemen and led them with such skill and aggressiveness that he drove the enemy from the sector and subsequently caused the complete surrender of a German garrison.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Kane Family Com, www.80thdivision.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery