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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Robert Vernon Jr
Date of birth
13 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Vance County, North Carolina
Hometown
Vance County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34869544
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
After crossing Colmar Canal, Alsace, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 29

Immediate family

Members
Robert V. Bennett (father)
Lucille F. (Vaughan) Bennett (mother)
Anne E. Bennett (sister)
Dorothy L. Bennett (sister)
Mary W. (Hamson) Bennett (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert V. Bennett Jr. graduated from Middleburg High School and was a brakeman at the railroads.

He enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 28 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bennett Family Tree / North Carolina, Marriage Records, http://75thdivisiondad.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / ernie