Today, May 27, is marked as Memorial Day in the United States, a holiday observed on the last Monday in May to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Jewish soldiers were among the scores of thousands of American military personnel who died fighting in World Wars I and II in Europe.
Many of our readers are Americans, and we mark this day with a photograph by JHE friend Jay Osborn showing the grave of Hyman Rosenberg, from New York, who was a corporal in the 1st Division, 28th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army who was killed in battle during World War I on October 6, 1918.
His grave, marked with a Star of David amid rows of crosses, is in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France.
This photograph appears as part of our photo gallery of dozens of images of memorials and monuments to Jewish soldiers who fell in World War I.
2 comments on “America’s Memorial Day: we mark it with an image of the grave of a Jewish American soldier who fell fighting in France in World War I”
Thank you for posting this important picture. It brought to mind an article published a few years ago in the Jewish Standard:
https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-life-and-death-of-pfc-solomon-d-mosner/
The posting of a similar picture and short story led to unbelievable discoveries and ways of honoring a fallen soldier and close friend of our family:
https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/battle-of-the-bulge/
That isn’t the only Star of David in this photo.