Samuel Meisenberg, 18, died at war, caught in immigration debate

Samuel Meisenberg, 18, died at war, caught in immigration debate

MEISENBERG MONUMENT In Jewish Waldheim, on the west side of the Des Plaines, stands a towering obelisk commemorating a marine who died in action. Samuel Meisenberg, 18, was one of the first Americans to be killed during the American landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914.   Meisenberg’s death caused a sensation. In New York, he, and 18 other sailors and Marines killed in the landing, were honored by President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson said, “They ga…