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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, John Edward Jr
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
6761599
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 47 18

Immediate family

Members
John E. Bennett Sr. (father)
Emma C. (Goring) Bennett (mother)
Emma H. Bennett (sister)
Dorothy Bennett (sister)
Evelyn Bennett (sister)
Richard I. Bennett (brother)
Florence (Kenneaugh) Bennett (wife)
Helen Bennett (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt John E. Bennett Jr. enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 October 1939.

He was a widower. He attended 2 years of college and was a trader before he enlisted.

T/Sgt Bennett was first buried at the U.S Temporary Cemetery of Champigneul near Châlons Sur Marne, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy