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Personal info

Full name
BLUMENFELD, Jack
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
12150329
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Near Morhet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 26

More information

Pfc Jack Blumenfeld volunteered for the US Army in New York City, New York on 5 October 1942.
He attended high school for 2 years.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten