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BENEKE, Eugene - Date of
birth
16 September 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33928597 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
7 April 1945 - Place of
death
Near Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 6 | 23 |
Immediate family
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Members
Alfred C. Beneke (father)
Martha Beneke (mother)
Janet Beneke (sister)
Alfred Beneke (brother)
Marie (McClintock) Beneke (wife)
Robert E. Beneke (son)
More information
Pvt Eugene Beneke enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 March 1944 and went overseas in October 1944.He died on 7 April 1945 of wounds suffered on 1 April 1945.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Murphy Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier Pennsylvania 25 April 1945
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