Maine’s Jewish Heroes: Fallen Servicemen
List compiled by Jim Friedlander; poster created by Margie Weiner ’12
The Jewish tradition emphasizes the principle of mi-dor le-dor, that a relationship unites Jews “from generation to generation.”
In honoring Maine’s Jewish servicemen who lost their lives serving our nation during the world wars, Jews recognize not only their patriotism
but also the tradition of bravery and self-sacrifice they passed on to us and to future generations.
The Jewish War
Veterans Post #99 in
Portland is named
for Corporal Jacob
Cousins, killed in
France on October
14, 1918.
Private John Harrisburg, standing second
from the left among fellow Marines, was
killed in action on July 19, 1918, in France.
Brothers Charles and Frank
Solomon, determined to oppose the
Nazis, joined the Royal Canadian Air
Force prior to America’s entry into
the war. Following the bombing of
Pearl Harbor, the brothers
transferred to the U.S. Army Air
Corps. Frank was killed when his
plane was shot down over Germany.
Charles was also killed, within a
month of his brother’s death.
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Harry E. Barron
Samuel L. Citrin
Jacob Cousins
Benjamin A. Cox
Meyer “Buddy” Davis, Jr.
Hyman Deletesky
Albert Edelstein
Robert Freedman
Edward R. Goldstein
Francis Harris
John Harrisburg
Hyman Hillson
Peter Klain
Kenneth Klein
Louis J. Kline
Joseph H. Kobritz
Henry A. Lait
Louis S. Lane
Carl Levy
Samuel Marcus
Herbert F. Meyers
Sidney R. Miller
Louis Osherowitz
Bernard Striar
Charles “Chuck” Solomon
Frank B. Solomon
Isidore Solomon
Milton Ward
Max Weinstein
Charles P. Wilner
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.‫ ואמרו אמן‬,‫ הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל‬,‫עשה שלום במרומיו‬
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May the One who creates peace on high, bring peace to us and to all Israel and let us say amen.