Thank You for Your Service!

   We give thanks for military men and women, both from the past and present, and for their courageous service and sacrifice to our country and its people to secure the blessings of life, liberty, and justice for all. May our remembrance be a timely reminder that our freedom was purchased at high cost, and should not be taken for granted.

Congregation B'nai Jacob's Veterans

Charles Aaron
9/20/1906 - 12/15/1965

Private
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940, Charleston, WV
Enlistment: 5/27/1942, Huntington, WV
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

Herbert Aaron
4/20/1904 - 4/15/1959

Private
​WWII Draft: 2/16/1942,
​Charleston, WV
Enlistment: 9/8/1942, Huntington, WV
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

Louis Aaron
5/6/1890 - 8/15/1966

WWI Draft: 6/5/1917, Charleston, WV
WWII Draft: 4/27/1942, Harrison, WV
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

Paul Aaron
9/15/1920 - 7/16/2007

Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG)
US Navy
*Muster roll: 4/15/1943 - 10/13/1944-​
USS Yorktown CV-10
*Muster roll: 6/30/1942-
USS Hugh L. Scott AP-43
Operation Torch (Operation Brushwood) during The Battle of Casablanca, Fedala, Morocco, North Africa
*Muster roll: 5/15/1942
USS Wyoming AG-17
WWII Draft: 2/16/1942, Charleston, WV 
​Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

David Abraham Abrams
12/24/1903 - 3/14/1971

WWII Draft: 2/16/1942, Charleston, WV
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

Arthur Adams
11/29/1917 - 5/17/1971​

Private
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940, Charleston, WV
​Enlistment: 1/20/1941,
​NY, NY
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Carl Robert Abrams
1929 -

Colonel US Air Force, retired
Chief Judge Advocate
WWII Draft: 3/11/1947, Morgantown, WV

Ervin Alperin

Arthur Ardman

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Benjamin Ardman
5/16/1921 - 3/2/2002

​1st Lieutenant
US Army Air Forces
WWII Draft: 2/16/1942, Elloree, SC
Enlistment: 9/16/1943
Released: 2/15/1946
Commendations: Purple Heart
Resting Place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

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Harry Norman Barton
8/21/1911 - 4/5/1998

Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
US Navy
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940, Charleston, WV
Enlistment: 12/11/1942
Released: 4/18/1946
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home

Frank Adler Baer II

Lester Clinten Bernstein
​12/29/1907 - 10/18/1994

SCI US Navy
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940
Enlistment: 4/22/1942
Released: 12/12/1945
​Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home

Maurice "Dutch" Bernstein
11/22/1916 - 4/7/2003

Captain US Army
WWII Draft: 10/16/194
​Enlistment: 7/28/1941
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home 

Stephen Bernstein
1942 -

Lieutenant Junior Grade 
US Navy
-Vietnam War-
Commissioned Ensign Navy Reserve, June 1964
Detached: June 1979
Commendations: Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with Gold Stars,
Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Stars & Combat V

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Irvin Blumenthal
5/18/1896 - 6/21/1979

WWII Draft: 4/27/1942, Lewisburg, WV
WWI Enlistment: 7/6/1918
Release Date: 3/25/1920
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Charles "Chip" Borstein
1946 -

Sergeant Us Army
101st Airborne Infantry Div.
-Vietnam War-
Years of Service:
​1969, 1970
Commendation: Bronze Star

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 David Borstein
7/15/1915 - 7/22/2004

Private US Army Air Corps
WWII Draft: 10/28/1940, Logan, WV
Enlistment: 1/10/1942, Fort Thomas, Newport, KY
Resting place: New Center Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

Evelyn Sanders Borstein
11/21/1921 - 3/17/2007

US Navy Reserve WAVES
-WWII-
Resting place: New Center Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

Oscar Brownstein

Samuel Brownstein
Jan 1930 - 7/3/2020

2nd Lieutenant US Army
Resting place: Westport, CT

Neil David Chaitin
2/16/1928 - 10/12/2010

Officer US Navy
Graduated: USNA, Annapolis
-WWII-
Served: 5 years on submarines
-Cold War-
Officer on submarines
*Muster roll: 6/6/1947-
USS New Jersey BB-62
Midshipman 3rd Class
Resting place: San Francisco, CA

Henry Rodgin Cohen
1940 -

Lawyer US Army
Fort Monmouth, NJ
Years of Service: 1968-1970

Barry Diznoff, MD
1941 -

Lieutenant Commander
Active Reserve US Navy
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Years of Service: 1971-1973

Lee Diznoff
1945 -

Captain US Armour School
Fort Knox, KY
Years of Service: 1970

 Milton Leon Diznoff
12/9/1916 - 12/19/2004

Medic and Recruiter
Merchant Marines in
New York and New Jersey
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940,
Lake Preston, WV
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Sheldon Niles Fingerett

Zelman Charles Fixler,MD
                   1925 -

Private US Army
Camp Atterbury, IN
WWII Draft Registration: 3/3/1943, Charleston, WV
Enlistment: 10/29/1945,
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH
Years of Service: 1945-1946

Joachim Godfrey
 1982 -  

Specialist US Army
Operation Iraqi Freedom II, 2004
Years of Service: 2002-2005
Commendations: National Service Medal,
US Service Ribbon,
Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal,
Global War on Terror
Service Medal,
Army Commendation Medal,
Army Achievement Medal

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Edward Goldberg
1942 -

Lieutenant Colonel
US Army Reserve
Judge Advocate General

Jack Goldfarb
1926 -

Pharmacist Mate US Navy
Destroyer Escort Boat
WWII Draft: 6/9/1944, Chester, SC
Years of Service: 1944-1945

Marshall Goodman
1942 -

Captain US Army
Years of Service: 1965-1990

Sherwin Harold Goodman
12/7/1924 - 3/24/2016

US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class (AOM 2c V6)
squadron 22
*Muster Roll: Nov-Dec, 1944-USS Enterprise CVN-65
*Muster Roll: Jan-Feb, 1944 - USS Pocomoke AV9
from Pearl Harbor to secret dispatch
*Muster Roll: 9/9/ 1943-
USS Swan AVP-7 from Pearl Harbor to Kahului, Maui
Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class (AMM3c V2)
*Muster Roll: 6/15/1943-
USS Enterprise CVL-22
Enlistment: 7/1/1942, Charleston, WV
Honorably Discharged: 12/3/1945
Commendations: Distinguished Flying Cross
Resting place: 

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Herbert David Greff
1940 -

 Private First Class
US Army
Years of Service: 1961-1963
National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans: 1988-1989

Larry Kay Handelsman

Milton Gene Handlesman
6/22/1923 - 2/24/2016

US Army Air Forces
Fifteenth Air Force B-24 Liberator Combat Unit
in North Africa and Italy
POW, Germany, 1945
Draft WWII: 6/30/1942, Charleston, WV
Commendations:
Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award, 1982
DHS Distinguished
Service Medal,
Air Medal with
2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart
Resting place: Arlington National Cemetery

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Ben Lee Hark
1947 -

Specialist 4 US Army Reserve
482nd Chemical Corps
Decontamination Detachment
Years of Service: 1966-1972

Ida Rose Hark
1905 - 6/18/1999

Major US WAC
-WWII-
Paris, Karachi, Geneva, New Delhi, Nicosia
Enlistment: 8/15/1942, Fort Hayes Columbus, OH
Aviation Cadet
Women's Army Corps
Years in Service: 22
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery

William H. Hark, MD
11/1/1932 - 4/6/2017

Colonel US Army
Master Army Flight Surgeon
-Vietnam War-
Years of Service: 1956-1976
Commendations:
Army Legion of Merit
with Cluster,
Army Air Medal,
Bronze Star,
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm
Resting place: Arlington National Cemetery
Link to full memorial

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Jack Herman
6/13/1920 - 10/6/1943

Corporal US Air Corps, 1946
Private 1st Class
US Air Corps, 1943
-WWII-
DNB: Died in the line of duty - New Guinea War, 1943
Formerly member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, joined US Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor.
Resting place: B'nai Jacob South Hills Cemetery
Link to Honor Form

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Richard Hess

US Army Reserve
Years of Service: 5.5

Harry Kanner
1/20/1925 - 10/15/1997

QM3 Quartermaster- 3rd Class Petty Officer
US Navy
-WWII-
*Muster roll: 11/24/1944 - 5/4/1945-
USS LSM R 194 - battle of Okinawa
WWII Draft Registration: 1/20/1943, Seneca, SC
Enlistment: 11/11943
Release Date: 5/18/1946
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Herman Meyer Kanner
11/8/1923 - 4/30/1978

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Samuel Kanner
4/28/1920 - 1/22/1943

Lieutenant US Army
-WWII-
Lost during the invasion of North Africa

Harold Kanter

Sigal Kuhl
1970 -

Israel Army
Years of Service: 1987-1989

Harry Lazaroff
11/15/1912 - 11/17/2002

Sergeant US Army
WWII Draft: 10/16/1940, Montgomery, WV
Enlistment: 2/16/1942,
Fort Thomas Newport, KY
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Robert Harris Levine
7/23/1923 - 6/5/2011

1st Lieutenant US Army
1285th Engineer Combat Battalion
-WWII-
Commendation: WWII Victory Medal

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Armond Harold Levy
3/3/1915 - 10/01/1991

 Bonnie Cohn Levy
6/24/1919 - 6/3/2002

1st Lieutenant WAC
-WWII-

Sanford Lewis

Charles Yale Lopinsky
5/16/1921 - 2/20/2002

Sidney D. Lopinsky
3/16/1923 - 9/30/2016

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Chester Lovett

Bruce "Bob" Marks
11/3/1946 - 3/21/2020

US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO - 1964-1968
Flight School: Lockheed AC-130 gunship
Rescue Mission: 1970 Ancash earthquake, Peru
-Vietnam War-

Norman Robert Marks
1931 - 

Sergeant US Army
Germany
Years of Service: 1952-1954

Allan Masinter

J. Stephen Max
1941 -

Commander US Navy Reserve
Office Judge Advocate General (JAG)
Years of Service: 1966-1991

Stuart May
1943 -

Captain US Army
Years of Service: 1966-1968

Stephen Polan Meyer
1932 -

1st Lieutenant US Army
Thule, Greenland
Years of Service: 1955-1957

Merrill Nearman
1967 -

Sherman "Nemo" Nearman
1927 -

US Navy
-WWII-
USS Destroyer DD-885
John R. Craig
Years of Service: 1944-1946

Sydney Nearman
- 6/14/1977

Jack Pushkin, MD
10/21/1932 - 12/15/1993

Hospital Corpsman First Class
US Navy
1952-1956
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1960, after he became a doctor
Honorably Discharged: 1965
Volunteered Orthopedic Surgeon
Yom Kippur War 1973
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Cemetery​

Ken Rubin
1942 -

Captain US Army
145th Combat Aviation Battalion
-Vietnam War-
Commendations: Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star,
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

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Rick Sadolf
1948 -

Sergeant ES US Army
Fort Dix, NJ,
Fort Lewis, WA,
Camp Drum, NY,
Fort Huachuca, AZ
Years of Service: 1970-1976

Trig Salsbery
1944 -

Corporal US Marine Corps
Special Land Force
-Vietnam War-

Howard Schoenbaum

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Harold "Mick" Schwartz
1946 -

Petty Officer CT12 US Navy
-Vietnam War-
Years of Service: 1969-1973
Commendations:
Navy Commendation Medal,
Vietnam Service Medal,
Vietnam Campaign Medal

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Thelma Wolinsky Seltzer
- 6/27/2013

Manhattan Project
US Army Corps of Engineers -WWII-
Resting place: B'nai Jacob Eternal Home Cemetery

Earl Sheff, MD
- 12/28/1976

Ivor Sheff
1949 -

US Army Medical Corps
Fort Polk, LA
Years of Service: 1972-1974

Robert "Robbie" Sheff
1961 -

Radio & Satellite Communications
US Navy
Muster roll: 1981-1984
-USS Ingersoll DD-990
Years of Service: 9

Frank Sherman
8/28/1906 - 9/20/1958

Harry L. Silverstein
1894 - 1945

Lieutenant Chief Petty Officer
US Navy -WWI-
Muster roll: 1917-1919
Lieutenant Colonel
US Army -WWII-

Samuel Spector
- 3/11/1981

Private First Class
US Army WWII
Company G, 289th Infantry
Commendation:
Bronze Medal

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Rosalee Krasne Swerdloff
3/19/1918 - 2/8/2014

Major Nurse
US Army Corps WWII
Commendations:
American Campaign Medal,
European Campaign Medal,
African Campaign Medal,
Middle Eastern Campaign Medal,
One Battle Star,
WWII Victory Medal,
Meritorious Service
Unit Plaque

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David Toborowsky

Private First Class
US Army
Redstone Arsenal Garrison, Huntsville, AL
Years of Service: 1989-1990

Morton Jerome Victorson
7/27/1923 - 7/27/2009

West Virginia National Guard
-WWII-
Communications School, WV
Control tower operator and radio operator, Brazil

Allen Weiner
1946 -

US Navy
Naval Station (NAVSTA) Great Lakes and Recruit Training Command (RTC), Lake Michigan, IL
Year of Service: 1968

Edward Weisberg, MD
1937 -

Major US Air Force
Chief of Otolaryngology
11th US Air Force Hospital, U-Tapao Airfield, Thailand
1968-1969
Commendation:
Air Force Commendation Medal

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Joseph Simon Wolpert
8/20/1906 - 12/25/1974