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Personal info

Full name
BENOIT, Henry Joseph
Date of birth
29 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31015419
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division,
D Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Near Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 34

Immediate family

Members
Pierre Benoit (father)
Delphica A. (Renaud) Benoit (mother)
Arthur Dosithee Benoit (brother)
Ovilina D. Benoit (sister)
Angelina Benoit (sister)
Louis Benoit (brother)
Theodore Benoit (brother)
Arthur Benoit (brother)
Alexandrina M. Benoit (sister)
Wilfred A. Benoit (brother)
Aime Benoit (brother)

More information

T/5 Henry Benoit was a baker at the American Baking Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 12 February 1941.

He lived at the home of his sister Ovilina. Two days before he was killed she received a letter from her brother in which was enclosed a Nazi shoulder strap with Swastika in the center surrounded by an oak leaf cluster and at the top wings interlocking a wheel.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Benoit Family Tree, Daniel Sheehan Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News - 11 October 1944
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Paul Benoit Daniel Sheehan, Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News - 11 October 1944