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Harry Joseph Silverschatz, the son of Sam and Helen (Bronow) Silverschatz, was born on April 17, 1893, in Poland. He immigrated to the United States as a child and spent his early years in Nashville, Tennessee. It's unclear why Harry was in Schenectady at the time of his enlistment. He was an electrical engineer, and he might have worked for General Electric or the American Locomotive Company. Harry also reduced his surname from Silverschatz to Silvers or Silver.
Harry enlisted in the United States Army. He held the rank of Major and served with the Northwest Service Command in Alaska. On December 9, 1942, while a passenger aboard AT-6A Texan #41-15988, he was killed when the aircraft veered off course in bad weather and crashed into a mountainside 15 miles south of Dixie, Idaho. The plane was attempting to land at Gowen Field, which is located near Boise, Idaho. He is buried in the Temple Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.
Sources: Find A Grave, Ancestry