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By C. Douglas Sterner
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Jewish Recipients of The Medal of Honor

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Benjamin Bennett LevyPrivate, U.S. Army

Born: Feb 22, 1845 at New York, NY
Entered Service At: Newport, VA
Date/Place of Action: Jun 30, 1862 - Glendale, VA
Unit: Company G, 1st New York Infantry
Presentation: Mar 1, 1865
Date of Death: Jul 20, 1921
Buried At: Cypress Hills Cemetery - Brooklyn, NY
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David OrbanskyPrivate, U.S. Army

Born: 1843 at Lautenburg, Prussia
Entered Service At: Pennsylvania
Date/Place of Action: 1862 & 1863 - Shiloh, TN and Vicksburg, MS
Unit: Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
Presentation: Aug 2, 1879
Date of Death: Jan 22, 1897
Buried At: Cedar Hill Cemetery - Piqua, OH

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Henry HellerSergeant, U.S. Army

Born: 1841 - Place of Birth Unknown
Entered Service At: Urbana, OH
Date/Place of Action: May 2, 1863 - Chancellorsville, VA
Unit: Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry
Presentation: Jul 29, 1892
Date of Death: Dec 14, 1895
Buried At: Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery - Kings Creek, OH
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Abraham CohnSergeant Major, U.S. Army

Born: 1832 at Guttentag, Silesia, Prussia
Entered Service At: Campton, NH
Date/Place of Action: May 6 & Jul 30, 1864
Wilderness Campaign and Petersburg, VA
Unit: 6th New Hampshire Infantry
Presentation: Aug 24, 1865
Date of Death: Jun 2, 1897
Buried At: Cypress Hills Cemetery - Brooklyn, NY
/ Leopold Karpeles
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Born: Sep 9, 1838 at Prague, Austria-Hungary
Entered Service At: Springfield, MA
Date/Place of Action: May 6, 1864 - Wilderness Campaign, VA
Unit: Co E, 57th Massachusetts Infantry
Presentation: Apr 30, 1870
Date of Death: Feb 2, 1909
Buried At: Hebrew Congregation Cemetery - Washington, DC
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Isaac GauseCorporal, U.S. Army

Born: Dec 9, 1843 at Trumbull County, OH
Entered Service At: Canfield, OH
Date/Place of Action: Sep 13, 1864 - Berryville, VA
Unit: Co E, 2d Ohio Cavalry
Presentation: Sep 19, 1864
Date of Death: Apr 23, 1920
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery - Washington, DC

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Indian Campaigns

/ Simon Suhler
aka: Charles Gardner
Private, U.S. Army
Born: 1844 at Bavaria, Germany
Entered Service At: San Francisco, CA
Date/Place of Action: August - October, 1868 - Arizona
Unit: Co B, 8th U.S. Cavalry
Presentation: Jul 24, 1869
Date of Death: May 16, 1895
Buried At: San Antonio National Cemetery - Dayton, OH
/ George Geiger
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Born: 1843 at Cincinatti, OH
Entered Service At: St. Louis, MO
Date/Place of Action: Jun 25, 1876 - Little Big Horn River, MT
Unit: Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Presentation: Oct 5, 1878
Date of Death: Jan 23, 1904
Buried At: Dayton National Cemetery - Dayton, OH

Hatian Campaign

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Samuel Grossaka: Samuel MarguiliesPrivate, U.S. Marine Corps

Born: May 9, 1891 at Philadelphia, PA)
Entered Service At: Pennsylvania
Date/Place of Action: Nov 17, 1915 - Fort Rivieere, Haiti
Unit: 23d Company
Presentation: Presented by MGen. George Barnette, Commandant, USMC
Date of Death: Sep 13, 1934
Buried At: Har-Nebo Jewish Cemetery - Philadelphia, PA

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Sydney G. GumpertzFirst Sergeant, U.S. Army

Born: Oct 24, 1879 at San Raphael, CA
Entered Service At: Chicago, IL
Date/Place of Action: Sep 29, 1918 - Bois-de-Forges, France
Unit: Co E, 132d Infantry, 33d Division
Presentation: Jan 22, 1919
Date of Death: Feb 16, 1971
Buried At: Long Island National Cemetery - Farmingdale, NY
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Benjamin KaufmanFirst Sergeant, U.S. Army

Born: Mar 10, 1894 at Buffalo, NY
Entered Service At: Brooklyn, NY
Date/Place of Action: Oct 4, 1918 - Argonne Forrest, France
Unit: Co K, 308th Infantry, 77th Division
Presentation: Apr 12, 1919
Date of Death: Feb 5, 1981
Buried At: Fountain Lawn Memorial Park - Trenton, NJ
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William SawelsonSergeant, U.S. Army

Born: Aug 5, 1895 at Newark, NJ
Entered Service At: Harrison, NJ
Date/Place of Action: Oct 26, 1918 - Grand-Pre, France
Unit: Co M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division
Presentation: Jan 22, 1918
Date of Death: Oct 26, 1918 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Meuse-Argonne Cemetery - Romagne Meuse, France

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Ben Louis SalomonCaptain, U.S. Army

Born: at Milwaukee, WI
Entered Service At: Milwaukee, WI
Date/Place of Action: Jul 7, 1944 - Saipan, Marianas Islands
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division
Presentation: Presented posthumously at the White House
by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2002
Date of Death: Jul 7, 1944 (Killed In Action)
/ Raymond Zussman
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Born: Jul 23, 1917 at Hamtramck, MI
Entered Service At: Detroit, MI
Date/Place of Action: Sep 12, 1944 - Noroy le Bourg, France
Unit: Co A, 756th Tank Battalion, 3d Infantry Division
Presentation: May 24, 1945
Date of Death: Sep 21, 1944 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: The Machpelah Cemetery - Ferndale, MI
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Isadore Seigfreid JachmanStaff Sergeant, U.S. Army

Born: Dec 14, 1922 at Berlin, Germany
Entered Service At: Baltimore, MD
Date/Place of Action: Jan 4, 1945 - Flamierge, Belgium
Unit: Co B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Divison
Presentation: Presented to his parents at Fort Meade, MD
by LtGen Leonard Derow
Date of Death: Jan 4, 1945 (Killed In Action)
Buried At: Adath Israel Anshe Sfard Cemetery - Baltimore, MD

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Jack Howard JacobsCaptain, U.S. Army

Born: Aug 2, 1945 at Brooklyn, NY
Entered Service At: Trenton, NJ
Date/Place of Action: Mar 9, 1968 - Kien Phong Province, Vietnam
Unit: U.S. Military Assistance Command, Army Element
Presentation: Presented at the White House
by President Richard M. Nixon on Oct 9, 1969
Currently Living in Florida
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John Lee LevitowSergeant, U.S. Air Force

Born: Nov 1, 1945 at Hartford, CT
Entered Service At: New Haven, CT
Date/Place of Action: Feb 24, 1969 - In the air over Long Binh Army Post, Vietnam
Unit: 3d Special Operations Squadron
Presentation: Presented at the White House
by President Richard M. Nixon on May 14, 1970
Date of Death: Nov 8, 2000
Buried At: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

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