SSG Jerome Bergstein was born 20 Aug 1925, probably in Brooklyn, New York, to Morris and Hannah D (Wexner) Bergstein. He was the 2nd of 4 children. His father worked variously as a process server and a salesman. Jerome attended only 2 years of high school before he was drafted.
Jerome was drafted in December 1943. He was assigned to F Company 116th Infantry on 23 Jul 1944 as a PVT. On 15 Aug 1944 he was promoted to PFC. On 14 Sep 1944 he was promoted to SSG apparently skipping a couple of ranks (CPL and SGT). He was killed in action 17 Sep 1944.
SSG Bergstein is buried in Long Island National Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.
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