Name: Hyman Silverstein
First Name(s): Hyman
Last Name: Silverstein
Place of birth: New York,
Rank: Cpl Gunner
ASN: 32631526
Company: A
Unit: 55th AIB 11th AD
Reported as: DOW
Date of incident: 01-01-1945
Place of incident: Acul, Sainte-Ode area
His story: On December 31, 1944, Lt Murphy was helping S/Sgt Duey Morgan set up an antitank gun on the ridge of the hill to fire at Acul near Sainte-Ode, Belgium. The trail [back part of the gun carriage] was frozen together and as they pulled to spread it, a shell hit the shield. Lt Murphy was mortally wounded but refused aid until his men were taken care of. S/Sgt Duey Morgan, Cpl Hyman Silverstein (gunner), and S/Sgt Joseph J Gallatig, leader of a MG squad setting up nearby, were killed. Some privates in Morgan’s squad were wounded.
note: read the History of 55th Armored Infantry Battalion
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