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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Bennett Millard
Date of birth
27 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
McCarr, Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
McCarr, Pike County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35777094
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 41 30

Immediate family

Members
Anderson Roberts (father)
Donna (Thornsbury) Roberts (mother)
William E. Roberts (brother)
Estel R. Roberts (sister)
Rosa B. Roberts (sister)
Ray G. Roberts (brother)
Med Roberts (brother)
James C. Roberts (brother)
Loretta Roberts (sister)
Alice F. Roberts (sister)

More information

Pvt Bennett M. Roberts enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 15 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his thigh.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hale Roberts Pak Mills Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment . www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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