Manuel Fine
Last Name: Fine[1]
First Name: Manuel(Mendel) [2]
Middle Initial/Name: Eugene
Nickname:
Birthdate: March 10, 1917 [3]
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware [4]
Wilmington Residence: According to his draft registration card of 1940, he listed his address as 2901 Washington St., Wilmington, Delaware. [5]
High School:
Secondary School:
Civilian Occupation Prior to Service: In his draft registration card he listed his employer as Edward Cohen of 702 King Street, Wilmington, DE. He may have been a salesman. [6]
Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 32762383[7]
Service Duration:
Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Camp Croft, SC; Georgia; Camp Shelby, MS; Camp Butner, , Durham, NC; Camp Oglethorpe, Chattanooga, TN. Pensacola, FL
Unit(s): Company I,103rd Infantry
Rank(s): Pvt.; Cpl.
Theater(s) of Operation: Pacific
Locations: Caledonia; Guadalcanal; Russel Islands; New Georgia (Solomon Islands)
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Awards/Honors:
Memorials:
Of Interest: 6/7/44 - Anger about fellow Delawarians who are not stationed overseas; Post deployment letters are from Mendell and Anne (wife)
Delaware Connection: Brother Jerry Fine, Maty Balick, Davy Weiner, Max Simon, Jake Kovner, Artie Blatman, Sydney Greenstein, Moishe Jacobs, Morty Sklut, Bertie Braunstein, Harry First.
Discharge Date:
Where Returned: Camp Butner, NC and then to Camp Oglethorpe, TN, before returning to Wilmington, DE
Did Not Return:
Death Date: April 13, 1985 [8]
Death Place: Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware.[9]
Death Cause: Stroke [10]
Place of Burial: Jewish Community Center, Wilmington, Delaware [11]
Photo:
First Letter to Mollye: 02/07/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 09/02/1945
Number of Folders in Mollye Collection: 4
Y Recorder link(s):
Delawares WWII Fallen Profile:
Oral History Interview(s):
Later Work: His obituary simply states that he was a retired salesman. [12]
Date of Marriage: December 3, 1944 [13]
Spouse Name: Anne Harwitz Fine [14]
Spouse Nickname:
Spouse Birthdate: June 22, 1920
Spouse Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware
Spouse Death Date: February 7, 2007 [15]
Spouse Death Place: Multnomah, Oregon [16]
Name(s) of Children: David S. Fine, Marsha Ellen Fine Zimmer [17]
Survivors/Relation:
Father's Name: Moses Mayer Fine [18]
Mother's Name: Anne Anna Kramer Kramaravsky [19]
Birthplace of Father: Russia [20]
Birthplace of Mother: Sheikirsks, Russia [21]
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- ↑ 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; also from “The Mollye Collection of letters,” JHSD.
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ Manuel E Fine in the U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
- ↑ The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) · Sun, Apr 14, 1985 · Page 20
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160868358/manuel-fine
- ↑ The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) · Sun, Apr 14, 1985 · Page 20
- ↑ The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware) · Thu, Dec 7, 1944 · Page 8
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) · Fri, Feb 9, 2007 · Page 16
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ (ibid.)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Naturalization Records. National Archives at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Naturalization Records. National Archives at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania