Jerome Fine

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Last Name: Fine[1]
First Name: Jerome[2]
Middle Initial/Name:
Nickname: Jerry, Yonkel/Yankel [3]

Birthdate: April 14, 1923 Fine [4]
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware [5]

Wilmington Residence: At the time of the 1940 US Census, Jerry listed his address as 146 Whitney Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware. But in 1942 when he filled out his draft induction card he listed his address as 810 W. 23rd Street, Wilmington, Delaware. [6]

High School: Brown Vocational High School [7]
Secondary School:

Civilian Occupation Prior to Service: Pusey & Jones, Poplar Streets, Wilmington, Delaware [8]

Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 13179085[9]
Service Duration:

Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Radio School, Camp Crowder, MO; Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Unit(s): Co. B 35th Battalion, C.S.C.R.; 8th Signal Core, 84th Infantry Division

Rank(s): Pvt.; Cpl.

Theater(s) of Operation: 8th Infantry, Europe

Locations: England; Ireland; Cherbourg and Paris, France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany

Campaigns/Battles: Battle of the Bulge, Normandy; Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp; [10]

Military Occupation/Specialty: Radio Operator

Awards/Honors:

Memorials:

Of Interest:

Delaware Connection: His brother Mendel Fine, Irv Polish, Davie Glazer, Peeny Berger, Sam Sloan, Sammy Garfinkel.

Discharge Date:
Where Returned:
Did Not Return:

Death Date: July 24, 2008 ref> obituary, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Mon, Aug 4, 2008 · Page 14 </ref>
Death Place: Wilmington, Delaware [11]
Death Cause: Peacefully at home.
Place of Burial:

Photo:

First Letter to Mollye: 01/08/1944
Last Letter to Mollye: 11/09/1945
Number of Folders in Mollye Collection: 2
Y Recorder link(s):

Delawares WWII Fallen Profile:

Oral History Interview(s):

Later Work: : In his obituary of August 4, 2008, it states that, “Upon his return to Wilmington from World War II he worked at Brait’s Men’s store and then with the help of his wife, Doris, embarked on an odyssey of creative and innovative entrepreneurial ventures beginning with the Matson Run Newsstand, the 50’s version of The Smoke Shop in Trolley Square, The Paper Book Gallery, and Olde Tobacconist, and The Salad Cellar which later evolved into The Cellar. Jerry loved baseball (had his heart broken in ’64, but restored in’80) college basketball, especially the Big 5, lacrosse, action movies, fishing, horseracing, poker, impressionist and 20th Century art, visiting art museums and Broadway musicals.” It goes on to express that his family was his passion. [12]


Date of Marriage: July 24, 2008 [13]
Spouse Name: Doris Lillian Leshem Fine [14]
Spouse Nickname:
Spouse Birthdate: 1926 [15]
Spouse Birthplace:
Spouse Death Date: February 5, 2013 [16]
Spouse Death Place: Wilmington, Delaware

Name(s) of Children: Stephen Fine, Diane Fine Strauss; Philip Finestrauss.[17]

Survivors/Relation:

Father's Name: Moses Mayer Fine [18]
Mother's Name: Sophia Shapiro [19]

Birthplace of Father: Russia [20]
Birthplace of Mother: Shikirsks, Russia [21]

Sources:

CITATIONS

PROFILE

  1. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Delaware, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23
  2. ↑ (ibid.)
  3. ↑ The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Mon, Aug 4, 2008 · Page 14
  4. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Delaware, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23
  5. ↑ (ibid.)
  6. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Pompton Lakes, Passaic, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02379; Page: 4A; Enumeration District; 16-141: National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Delaware, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23
  7. ↑ obituary, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Mon, Aug 4, 2008 · Page 14
  8. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Delaware, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23
  9. ↑ https://aad.archives.gov/aad/print-record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Jerome+Fine&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=104615
  10. ↑ obituary, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Mon, Aug 4, 2008 · Page 14
  11. ↑ (ibid.)
  12. ↑ (ibid.)
  13. ↑ The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) · Sat, May 2, 1942 · Page 8
  14. ↑ (ibid.)
  15. ↑ The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Fri, Feb 15, 2013 · Page B9
  16. ↑ (ibid.)
  17. ↑ (ibid.)
  18. ↑ Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
  19. ↑ The National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: 21
  20. ↑ Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
  21. ↑ The National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: 21
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