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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Roy Lee
Date of birth
17 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Carpenter, Whitley County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35684265
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 33

Immediate family

Members
Jesse M. Bennett (father)
Lillie (Anderson) Bennett (mother)
Carl Bennett (brother)
Grover Bennett (brother)
John W. Bennett (half-brother)
George Bennett (half-brother)
Ester Bennett (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy L. Bennett was employed by the Harlan Fuel & Coal Company before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 26 January 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
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