35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association

PVT Zelig Zeiden In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"

HHC Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PVT Zelig Zeiden, who died in the service of his country on February 5th, 1943 in Guadalcanal. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Zelig was 23 years of age. He was from Massachusetts.

The decorations earned by PVT Zelig Zeiden include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Burial:
Long Island National Cemetery
East Farmingdale
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Plot: J, 16596

Zeiden was in HQ Company, 2nd Bn.