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Personal info

Full name
BEDAN, Benito
Date of birth
26 March 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Old San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado
Hometown
Old San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38104231
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 17

Immediate family

Members
Juan B. Bedan (father)
Solome (Gonzales) Bedan (mother)
Thomas Bedan (brother)
Dolorita Bedan (sister)
Jose R. Bedan (brother)
Simonita Bedan (sister)
Jose A. Bedan (brother)
Ursula Bedan (sister)
Juanita Bedan (sister)
Rosa Bedan (sister)
Eduarda Bedan (sister)
Juan F. Bedan (brother)
Alfredo Bedan (brother)
Esteban Bedan (brother)
Elezar Bedan (brother)

More information

Pvt Benito Bedan enlisted in Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas on 21 March 1942.

He is remembered at the San Acacio New Cemetery in San Acacio, Costilla County, Colorado.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Medina Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Nick Nichols

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Rebecca Medina Cron