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Personal info

Full name
DREKSLER, Benjamin
Date of birth
10 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32507385
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wallendorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 45

Immediate family

Members
Isidore Dreksler (father)
Ida Dreksler (mother)
Abraham Dreksler (brother)
Herman Dreksler (brother)
Eugen Dreksler (brother)

More information

Pvt Benjamin Dreksler attended high school for four years and was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 19 September 1942.

He was killed by an artillery shell blast.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery