Bertram Moskowitz
T/5 in 603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn : HQ & Service Co
Military occupational specialty: 405 (clerk-typist)
ASN#32109483
Born 1919 in PA, Died 1977
County of residence at enlistment: Kings County, NY
Other residence(s): Brooklyn, NY; Los Angeles, CA
United States Army, European Theatre of Operations
Occupation before the war: stenographers and typists
College education before the war: 3 years
Bert Moskowitz was born on February 1, 1919, in Scranton, PA. He was the oldest of two children; his father was a postal clerk. By the following year, the family had moved to Brooklyn, NY. His mother died when he was five years old; his father remarried two years later.
He attended college for at least three years, with his studies likely interrupted by the war, as happened to many young men in the early 1940s. He registered for the draft on October 16, 1940, and enlisted on March 25, 1941, giving his profession as stenographer/typist. When he was assigned to the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion, he was given a role as a clerk-typist in the HQ and Service Company.
“Mosky,” as he was known by his fellow soldiers, went to Europe with the unit, and was discharged on August 28, 1945. After returning to the states, he went back to work as a stenographer/typist at an army base near Brooklyn.
At some point, Bert moved to California, likely in the early 1950s. Little else is known of his life or work.
He died on September 6, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA.
Sources:
1920 census
1930 census
1940 draft card
1941 enlistment record
1945 WW2 hospital admission card files
1950 census
1977 VA death record
1977 California death index