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Personal info

Full name
RANDALL, Benjamin Elsworth Jr
Date of birth
8 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Carroltown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13083628
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 27

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin Randall Sr. (father)
Dorothy Randall (mother)
Edward Randall (brother)
Georgie Randall (brother)
John Randall (brother)
Ethel Randall (sister)
Mildred Randall (sister)
Lyola Randall (sister)
Louis Randall (brother)
Larue Randall (sister)
Anita R. Randall (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Benjamin E. Randall Jr. was a painter before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1942 and went overseas in July 1944.

He was reported seriously wounded in action on 21 September when the 2nd Battalion moved from Bezaumont to the Bois de la Rumont in the vicinity of Millery, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1920/1930/1940 Census,
Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com