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SUMMEY, Bennie - Date of
birth
12 May 1912 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Blount County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34013087 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
1 March 1946 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Drzewica, Poland
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William Summey (father)
Elizabeth (Hunt) Summey (mother)
Elvira Summey (sister)
Jane Summey (sister)
Prudie Summey (sister)
Arlie Summey (sister)
Maggie Summey (sister)
Laura Summey (sister)
Doak Summey (brother)
Reba Summey (sister)
Virgil Summey (brother)
Mike Summey (brother)
Dutch Summey (brother)
Mary F. Summey (wife)
Bennie C. Summey (son)
More information
Sgt Summey worked at Madison Sawmill before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 14 January 1941 and was sent overseas in January 1944.He was taken prisoner on 7 August 1944.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after the assumed date of his death.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, http://etvma.org, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.newspapers.com - The Knoxville News Sentinel Tennessee 11 September 1944/16 March 1946, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.newspapers.com - The Knoxville News Sentinel Tennessee 16 March 1946