Weinstein, Samuel H.

Date of birth:: 1909
Service number:: 01301731
Nationality:: American

Biography

Promotions:
November 27th, 1942: 2nd Lieutenant;
May1943: 1st Lieutenant;
March 14th, 1946: Captain.

Career:
?: City College New York;
March 1942: 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division;
1942: Class 112, OCS (Officer Candidate School), Fort Benning, Georgia;
?: 1st Battalion, 354 Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division;
May 1943: S-4, 1st Battalion, 354 Infantry Regiment;
September 16th, 1944: Platoon Leader, 1st Platoon, Company C, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division;
December 26th 1944 - January 6th 1945: Platoon leader company A, 60th IF, 9th ID.
October 24th, 1946: 156th Organized Reserve Infantry Group, Queens New York;
October 26th, 1951: Honorable discharge.

Wounded: 6 January 1945

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Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 1st Lieutenant
Unit:: Platoon Leader, 1st Platoon, Company C, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables", U.S. Army

Awarded to holders of CIB who participated in the Battle of the Bulge.

By the time of the presentation after 1945 he held the rank of Captain.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 1st Lieutenant
Unit:: Platoon Leader, 1st Platoon, Company C, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables", U.S. Army

Awarded for wounds received on September 26th, 1944.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 1st Lieutenant
Unit:: Platoon Leader, 1st Platoon, Company C, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables", U.S. Army

Awarded for wounds received in the Battle of the Bulge.