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Personal info

Full name
RANDOLPH, Benjamin O'Fallen Jr
Date of birth
6 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Clarke County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33539680
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
La Roumiere near Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 44

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin O. Randolph (father)
Matilda F. (Jones) Randolph (mother)
Mary C. Randolph (sister)
Edward F. Randolph (brother)
Jane C. Randolph (sister)

More information

Pvt Benjamin O. Randolph Jr. enlisted in Charlottesville, Virginia on 27 January 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment
Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#2, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Randolph Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / inmand15