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Jewish soldiers have fought in all of America’s wars, starting with the Revolution, and have given their lives for their country. Max Pizer, the first soldier from Raleigh drafted for World War I, fought in battle at the Marne and Chateau Thierry.

“I had just become an American citizen. I wanted to serve my new country. So I signed up.”

Edward Leyton, High Point

Soldiers Gallery

Click the thumbnails below to view a slideshow of Jewish Soldiers from North Carolina.

Jacob Mordecai, Portrait c. 1826, Courtesy of Mordecai-Lane House

Lt. Jacob Bamberger, Confederate States of America, Whiteville, Civil War, Courtesy of David Marblestone

Albert Luria, Hillsboro, killed in action, Civil War, Courtesy Raphael Moses

Louis Leon, Charlotte, Confederate veteran, Courtesy of North Carolina Collection, Courtesy of University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill

Solomon Bear, Wilmington, Confederate veteran, Courtesy of Cape Fear Museum

Major Alfred Mordecai, Warrenton, West Point, class of 1823, Drawing by Thomas Sully

Albert Dembo, Fayetteville, killed in action, World War II, Courtesy of Jerry Stein Gimesh

Robert Rosenbloom, Rocky Mount, killed in action, World War II, Courlesy of Herbert and Dale Fuerst

Glenn Zerden, Hickory, killed in action, World War II, Courtesy of Elaine Zerdin

Beth Israel Synagogue, Fayetteville with Fort Bragg Chaplain and Soldiers, World War II, Courtesy of Beth Israel

Sydney Samet, Mount Airy, killed in action, World War II, Photo and Telegram Courtesy Sydney Gray

Winston-Salem Jewish Soldiers, World War II, Courtesy North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill

Jewish Chapel, Camp Lejeune, n.d., Jacksonville

Walter and Elizabeth Goodman Klein, Charlotte, World War II, Courtesy Walter Klein

Harry Freid, Weldon, German prisoner of war papers, World War II, Courtesy Sydney Gray

Brothers Col. Paul Barker and Col. Irving Barker, Wilson, Courtesy Bradley Barker

Samuel Leazer Katzin (left), World War I, Courtesy Rachel Katzin Chodorov

Sigmund S. Pearl, Greensboro, killed in action, World War II, Courtesy of Dorothy Hamburger

Arthur Bluethenthal, Wilmington, killed in action, World War I, Courtesy Cape Fear Museum

Max Pizer (right), Raleigh, c.1917, Courtesy Francis Penslar

Florence Fleishman, Fayetteville, with future husband Joseph Blumenstein (left), German-born GI, World War II, Courtesy David and Bunny Moff

Joseph Blumenstein, German-born GI, World War II

Max Pizer (right), Raleigh, c.1917, Courtesy Francis Penslar