Records for Ben Weinglass (O-1826340) - 83rd Infantry Division Documents

Name	Weinglass, Ben
Rank	First Lieutenant
Army Serial #	O-1826340
State	Illinois
Date of death	1945-04-11
Plot, Row, Grave	D, 13, 23
Cemetery	Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands , Google Maps
Role	MOS 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
Unit	H Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards

Additional information
First Lieutenant Weinglass was a member of H Company. The morning report for December 30, 1944 on page 30 lists him joining the unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion. The page can be seen below.

Morning reports
1944-12-30	2LT	Assigned and joined from 92nd Replacement Battalion as of December 30, 1944	1542	H / 330	view page
1945-01-23	2LT	Transferred to G Company, 330th Infantry Regiment as of January 23, 1945	1542	H / 330	view page
1945-01-23	2LT	Assigned and joined from H Company, 330th Infantry Regiment as of January 23, 1945	1542	G / 330	view page
1945-03-09	2LT	Lightly wounded in action on March 3, 1945 and remained on duty		G / 330	view page
1945-03-21	2LT	Promoted to First Lieutenant as of February 19, 1945	1542	G / 330	view page
1945-04-15	1LT	Killed in action on April 11, 1945	1542	G / 330	view page

General Orders
GO #	Rank	Award	Page
83 / 1945 / #49	2LT	Purple Heart awarded for wounds received in action on March 3, 1945 in Germany.	view page