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Personal info

Full name
BENEDICT, Clifford J
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
California
Hometown
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
6573121
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thaleischweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 57

Immediate family

Members
Albert J. Benedict (father)
Constance Benedict (mother)

More information

Pvt Clifford J. Benedict attended high school for three years before he joined the Regular Army.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck and thorax.

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 Cards / 1930/1940 Census, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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