PFC Samuel Aaron Rothenberg was probably born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924. We believe he was the son of Samuel A. and Esther (Wosnitzer) Rothenberg. His father was a hatter who owned his own factory.
Samuel probably enlisted after June 1941. His basic military training may have been at one of the regional military training centers established earlier that year, perhaps at Fort Meade, Maryland where it is possible that he was assigned to A Company 116th Infantry. If so, he would have trained there, during the Carolina maneuvers and at Camp Blanding, Florida before going to England with the 116th. He trained there for the amphibious landing planned as part of the invasion and liberation of occupied France. He took part in that attack on 6 Jun 1944 when the company landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach. He was wounded in action on that day and evacuated to hospital. PFC Rothenberg returned to the unit via the replacement depot on 10 Aug 1944. He was wounded again in the fight for Brest and again sent to hospital on 14 Sep 1944. He returned to the unit from the replacement depot on 30 Sep 1944. PFC Rothenberg was killed in action on 19 Oct 1944 near Wurselen, Germany.
PFC Rothenberg was repatriated and re-interred in the Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun Cemetery in Elizabehth, New Jersey.
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