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Aroostook County
        1st Lt - pilot
Abraham M "Abe" Daniels z"l  US Marine Corps World War II \\\"awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight, in actions against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.\\\"  Diana Lee Daniels Thompson (email Nov 2013)
Bath
        Military title not known
Edward Barrett "Veni" Cogan  US Army 1939 glider pilot and warrant officer  NathanCoganBathHistory
Owen (Sonny) Greenblatt   retired  Cara Davis
Brunswick
        Military title not known
Harry Abelon z"l     BethElMemPark / SSDI
 
        USMC - corporal Meyer Leo / Myer Leo Davis US Marine Corps four years   WWI draft registration card
Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland)
        Military title not known
Louis Fineberg z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Greater Augusta
        1st LT
William Weisberger z"l     JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        1st SERG  Rubin BLACK z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        AO2 Robert Joseph LEVIN z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CAPT Philip DACHSLAGER z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CLP Vinton Wesley WALLACE z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        Colonel Jacob Dana z"l US Army 1943--1979    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CORP Davies Harold Katz z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CPL Hyman KRASOW z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CPT Joseph B KIEL z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        CW0 Leon FINKELSTEIN z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        Military title not known Israel KEMINSKY z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Harry Naiman z"l     JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Louis I NAIMAN z"l     JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Freda Trachtenberg z"l     JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        PFC Eugene N SOSNOFF z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        SEA2 Julius G Sussman z"l    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - PFC Judah Ariel GATLING z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Hyman MARX z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Bernard Reiner z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Phillip W Sr Small z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - SGT Louis S HORNSTEIN z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
John LEVINSKY z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Stanley Miller z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Howard Slosberg z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - SSG Richard L (now 30427) WINNER z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - SSGT Melvin I GOTHA z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Henry LEVY z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Vernice L / Vernon Segal z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Stewart S SHULMAN z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - TEC3 Joan C Golden z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
William NASECK z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Army - TEC5 Seymour BLACK z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Lenlie E CARTER z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Howard GOLDSTEIN z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Alfred R MANDELL z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Bertram G NEWMAN z"l  US Army   JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USAAF- TSGT Marvin C CHAIKEN z"l US Air Force    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USAAF-Major Bennett Katz z"l US Air Force    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USAAF-SSGT Charles Edwin HARDY z"l US Air Force    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USAF- A1C Harvey S NASECK z"l US Air Force    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USCG - HA1 Eugene Parker z"l US Coast Guard    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USM-M Harold LEIBOWITZ z"l US Marine Corps    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USMC-PFC Morton D Kaplan z"l US Marine Corps    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USMC-SGT Terry D LANYI z"l US Marine Corps    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USN- PHM1 Leon H GAYNOR z"l US Navy    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USN-MCPO Joseph F LEGER z"l US Navy    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USN-PHM2C Lester MARCUS z"l US Navy    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        USN-SK3 Leonard M Dansky z"l US Navy    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
Greater Bangor
        Brigadier General
Bernard Sanders Waterman z"l     Philip Lown biography in Risen, Jewels of Maine
 
        First LT Israel Sydney Laeger z"l US Army 2007 WWII   Israel Sydney Laeger -- Obituary
 
        Lieutenant Colonel Albert H Friedman US Army    Julia Sterling (2014)
 
        Major General Roland M Gleszer z"l US Army    Jordan Alpert (2013)
 
        Merchant Marine 3rd Engineer Jerry Gotlieb Military Sea Transportation Service 1961- 1963 Traveled mostly to Vietnam for the war effort build-up   Jerry Gotlieb (2018)
 
        Military title not known Seymour "Sy" Chamoff z"l    BethElMemPark
Milton Goodkowsky z"l     1947 Bangor Hebrew Community Center
Benjamin "Ben" Viner z"l     BethIsraelYarzeheit
 
        served in Max Gopan z"l U.S. Army Air Corps    Charlotte Gopan Jerace (email 2019)
 
        Staff Sergeant Joseph Herbert Kobritz z"l US Army - 1944    email from Charlotte Schwab (June 2018)
 
        USNR- LTJG Jerry Gotlieb US Navy 1961 to 1967    Jerry Gotlieb (2018)
Greater Biddeford
        Military title not known
Ivan / Isadore Aranovitz z"l     Jennie Aranovitch
Samuel L " Sam" / Soam Cohen z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Frederick B "Fred" Green z"l     BethElMemPark
Jon / John Nathanson z"l     Jennie Aaronvitch
Ida Osherowitz (born Ginsburg) z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Greater Portland
        Army Sergeant
Abraham Leibowitz z"l   WWII  BethElMemPark
 
        Military title not known Albert ("Jim") Abrahamson z"l    BethElMemPark
Jules Abramson z"l     BethElMemPark
Samuel Appel z"l     BethElMemPark
Albert Aranson z"l     BethElMemPark
David "Dave" Astor z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Benjamin Band z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Jacob Berenson z"l     JCC1938-1968Bulletin
William Berman z"l     BethElMemPark
Edward I Bernstein z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Israel Bernstein z"l     BethElMemPark
Lewis Bernstein z"l     BethElMemPark
Louis Bernstein z"l     BethElMemPark
Sumner Thurman Bernstein z"l     BethElMemPark
David Blotner z"l     BethElMemPark
Samuel Blotner z"l     BethElMemPark
Boris "Benjamin" Blumenthal z"l     BethElMemPark
Morris Blumenthal z"l     BethElMemPark
Harry L Bogg z"l     BethEl(Portland)Yarzheit
Brewster Branz z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Jack Branz z"l     BethElMemPark
Robert S Brenner z"l     CedarMemPlaques / Portland Press Herald Obituary
Julius Brinn z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010 / BethElMemPark
David I Brownstone z"l     BethElMemPark
Harold Carlin z"l     BethEl2006Anniversaries
Bernard Chapman z"l     Richard Chase
Richard I Chase z"l     MtSinaiCem - 2000 records / Harris Gleckman
Charles Gilbert CHASON z"l     headstone / DavidRosen-AdvocateWeddingIndex
Saul G Chason z"l     BethElMemPark
Martin H "Marty" Clenott z"l   https://obituaries.bowdoin.edu/martin-h-clenott-43/  MtSinai2000 records
Max M Cooper z"l     ChevraKaddishaNov2007
Mitchell Cope z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
David A Crasnick z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Max R Crasnick z"l     BethEl(Portland)Yarzheit
Solomon "Sol" Crasnick z"l     Ben Band / ChervaKaddishaNov2007-DeathCert&Obit
Harry E Davis z"l     1900MeCensus/ BethElMemPark
Maurice Davis z"l     1930 Portland City Directory
David Diamon z"l     BethElMemPark
Maurice / Morris Drees z"l     BethElMemPark
Maurice Elowitch z"l     BethElMemPark
Daniel S Epstein z"l     BethElMemPark
Philip Erlick z"l     BethElMemPark
David Farber z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Isadore Feinberg z"l     BethElMemPark
Cyril Feinstein z"l     BethElMemPark
Norman M Finberg z"l     BethElMemPark
George Finberg z"l     BethElMemPark
Stanley Fink z"l     BethElMemPark
Melvin Gordon Finn z"l     BethElMemPark
Arthur Freund z"l     BethElMemPark
Myron "Mike" Friedman z"l     Bet Haam Yarzheit records (2012)
Saul Gerber z"l     BethElMemPark
Henry Gilbert z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Benjamin Goldberg z"l     BethElMemPark
Myer Goldberg z"l     BethElMemPark
Saul Arnold Goldberg z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Samuel Goldfarb z"l     BethElMemPark
Eugene Golodetz z"l     BethElMemPark
Stephen Greenberg z"l     BethElMemPark
Arthur Israel Grossman z"l     1930 Portland City Directory / Madeline Segal Apr 2005
Ralph Heifetz z"l     BethElMemPark
Irvin D / Irving Herman z"l     BethElMembership1950-1951
Frank David Hugo z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
George Allen Hugo z"l     BethElMemPark / Harold Hugo - Dec 2015 email
Nathan Hyman z"l     BethElMemPark
Samuel Jacobson z"l     1900FederalCensusMaine
Arthur Jacobson z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Sidney Jacobson z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Melvin Jacobson z"l     BethElMemPark
Mitchell Jacobson z"l     BethElMemPark
Silas Jacobson z"l     BethElMemPark
Wallace Jaffe z"l     ShaareyTphilotRecords
James Kaatz z"l     BethElMemPark / MEMarriages1892-1996
Alexander Kaatz z"l     BethElMemPark
Charles Kaatz z"l     BethElMemPark
Abraham Kaplan z"l     BethElMemPark
Donald Kaplan z"l     BethElMemPark
Bernard Kazon z"l     BethElMemPark
Solomon Kessler z"l     MtCarmelMap
Jonas Klein z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Milton Kodis z"l   http://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=156781747  MtSinai2000 records
Sidney Kodis z"l     MtSinai2000 records
David "Dave" Koocher z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Lewis H Kriger z"l     BethElMemPark
James S or J Kriger z"l     MtSinai2000 records / headstone
Hyman Kroot z"l     BethElMemPark
Arnold "Arnie" Kuvent z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Rubin / Reuben Laskoff z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Harry Lerman z"l     BethElMemPark
Sidney "Syd" Lerman z"l     BethElMemPark
Carl Lonstein z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Nathan Mack z"l     1900MeCensus / MeDeathRecs1960-1997
Owen Mack z"l     MtSinai2000 records
Myer / Meyer Marcus z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
William David 'Bill' Pinansky z"l     BethElMemPark
Gerald Meyer Pollack z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Henry Pollard z"l     Jessica Lantos
Carl Richman z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Morton Shulman z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Isadore K Silverman z"l     headstone
Ernest Sturman z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Jacuciel E / Cushey Sulkowitch z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
 
        Military title of Army Major Joseph Stillman z"l during WWII   Sherri Quint (2019)
 
        naval officer Benjamin "Ben" Yormack z"l    Charles Brand
 
        soldier Louis Samuel Lane z"l "died in WWII fighting in a S. Pacific island"   1930PortlandCityDirectory
 
        US Army - staff sargent Irving Lourie z"l United States Army World War II    Ava Bradley Lourie
 
        USF - Colonel Robert Levine US Air Force 1970-2002    Robert Levine (2013)
Greater Rockland
        Captain US Army
Michael A "Mike" Savitt   1966-1969   Michael Savitt
 
        Military title not known Sydney L Shafter    1930 US Fed Census Rockland
 
        Private William C Ulmer Co. B, 116th Regiment 1987    Adas Yoshuron 75th Anniversary Commemorative book, part 2
 
        solider Johanna Baer z"l    Berliawsky-SmallHeadstones / Laurence Coe (2023(
Greater Waterville
        Captain
Stanley Beckerman z"l  US Army Korean War  JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        Military title not known Alvin Jolovitz z"l    Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010 / 1930USFederalMECensus, pg 12B
Lester T. Jolovitz z"l   Spent 1942 - 1945 in the European Theater in the Medical Corp  Alan Aronson / Beth Israel Hebrew Name List 9 Sept 2009
Michael Rapoport z"l     BethElMemPark; Norman Rapoport (2014)
Gordon Wolman z"l   Enlisted 1942. World War II veteran  MtSinai2000 records / Myrtle Wolman (2012 e-note) / Beth Israel Hebrew Name List 9 Sept 2009, obituary
Lewiston Auburn area
        Corporal
Edmund Simonds z"l   1942-1946 Link Trainer Instructor  Military documents
 
        Military title not known Harman / Harmon Butler US Army 1955    1955 Zelch
Jules Matthew "Jay" Rosenberg z"l   WW I  Donald Day Rosenberg family tree
Arthur Shephard  US Army 1955   1955 Zelch
Mickey Weiner  US Army 1955   1955 Zelch
Richard Winner z"l     
 
        US Army - PFC William PICK z"l US Army    JewishGen : MaineVetsMemCemetery
 
        US Marine Corp Donald Day Rosenberg US Marine Corps 1955    1955 Zelch
Not Sure
        Military title not known
Stephen B. Alberg z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Louis R Bernstein z"l      ShaareyTphilotYarzheit2006
Howard S Brenner z"l     MtSinai2000 records / 1930 US Federal Census
Leon W Gedacht z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
William Klein z"l  US Army 1949 Other Data : apt 13 H.S. apts, University of Maine, Orono - US Army   B'nai B'rith Membership Record of William Klein
Robert Rosen     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Jerry Schulman z"l     Temple Beth El (Portland) Yahrzeit 2010
Rumford
        Military title not known
Alan Nathan     self
state-wide Maine
        Major
Harold Minot Beckleman z"l  US Army   GeneaologyBank
 
        Military title not known Henry Julius Binder z"l    BethElMemPark
Glenn Weber Bricker z"l     BethElMemPark
Leo Glasser z"l     BethElMemPark
York County
(excluding Greater Biddeford, OOB, and Sanford-Springvale)
        Military title not known
Jack Mayer Lachman z"l   Limerick,ME  BethElMemPark
Florida
        Military title not known
Mortimer "Morton" Slosberg z"l     Mt.Sinai 2000 records
New York
        Military title not known
Eber / Eben Resnick     MtSinai2000 records
 
        soldier Seymour Levine 1944 stationed at Fort Baldwin, Popham   NathanCoganBathHistory