Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Benjamin Garfield
Date of birth
2 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Mythervalle, Myther, Wales
Hometown
Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33411940
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Lindern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 12 5

Immediate family

Members
Edward Roberts (father)
Alice A. Roberts (mother)
Myfanwy Roberts (sister)
Emlyn J. Roberts (brother)
John H. Roberts (brother)
James E. Roberts (brother)

More information

Pfc Benjamin G. Robertsimmigrated on 26 October 1912.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 3 December 1942.

On 21 July 1944, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / Petition for naturalization / Family Tree, The Town Talk - 24 July 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet