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Personal info

Full name
KIDDER, Bennett Charles
Date of birth
30 October 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36873422
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Lucherberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 39

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Kidder (father)
Ella J. Kidder (mother)
Isabelle Kidder (sister)

More information

Bennett C. Kidder graduated from South-Eastern High School and worked as a shoe salesman.

He enlisted in Michigan on 27 August 1943 and was sent overseas as a replacement in May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC - ABMC / Find A Grave

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Detroit Free Press - 27 December 1944