Simon J. Lewen

Simon J. Lewen
Personal details
Birth name	Lewin Si
Born	1918 Poland
Died	2016
Nativity	Poland
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	12138008
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Enlisted	Albany, New York

On film Simon J. Lewen appears in The Ritchie Boys (Christian Bauer, 2004).

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Simon J. Lewen (1918–2016) was a United States Army soldier who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 16.

Biography

On 24 July 1943, he attended ASTP at Colorado State College. On 13 September 1943, Trainee at University of Illinois. Became naturalized citizen. Simon J. Lewen — Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide (source). Simon J. Lewen — Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide (source).

Research notes

• http://www.silewen.com/script/chapter18.html
• Ritchie Boy
• Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
MRBC3	3
Approx Age at Death	98
Nara ASN	12138008
Nara Name	LEWIN SIMON J
Nara State	23
Nara County	5
Nara POE	2302
Nara DOE	40942
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	SC
Nara Branch Code	90
Branch	Signal Corps
Nara Term or Enlistment	0
Term of enlistment	Unknown
Defer. Date	3
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N0
Nara Year of Birth	18
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	783
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	62
Nara Weight (lbs)	114
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• 16.
• Became naturalized citizen.
• Transferred to 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (also 3rd MRBC).

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Simon J. Lewen for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Lewen, Simon J. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: SIMON J. LEWIN.doc)