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Personal info

Full name
DE BENEY, Richard
Date of birth
25 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36755618
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Houssen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 2

Immediate family

Members
Harry De Beney (father)
Josephine (Ginnazzo) De Beney (mother)
Olga De Beney (sister)

More information

Pvt Richard De Beney enlisted on 4 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1930/1940 Census, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy