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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Robert M
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37198730
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 19

Immediate family

Members
John M. Bennett (father)
Mary S. (Sowers) Bennett (mother)
Dorothy J. Bennett (sister)
Helen L. Bennett (sister)
John A. Bennett (brother)
Raymond E. Bennett (brother)
Betty M. Bennett (sister)
Alfred Bennett (brother)
Charles Bennett (brother)
Arthur Bennett (brother)
Flossie Bennett (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert M. Bennett was a painter before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa State Census / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Rebecca Calman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas