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Personal info

Full name
BENZER, Richard J
Date of birth
13 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33141406
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Reichshoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 53

Immediate family

Members
Raymond Benzer (father)
Elizabeth Benzer (mother)
Rita Benzer (sister)

More information

Cpl Richard J. Benzer enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 14 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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