Iosif Simonovich was born in Mozyr, Belorussia (USSR) to Abram. Prior to WWII he lived in Mozyr, Belorussia (USSR). During the war he was in Mozyr, Belorussia (USSR). Iosif was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Kolomak, Ukraine (USSR), 26/02/1943.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.