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PARENTE, Benjamin James - Date of
birth
10 July 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut -
Hometown
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31251860 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
23 April 1946 - Place of
death
Near Ehingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Enrico Parente (father)
Antoinette Parente (mother)
Angelina R. Parente (sister)
Enricco Parente (brother)
More information
S/Sgt Benjamin J. Parente attended high school for three years and was employed at the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 November 1942.He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Ehingen, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S