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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Benjamin Pinckney Jr "BP"
Date of birth
6 March 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Cleveland County, Arkansas
Hometown
Desha County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38334192
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 15 20

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin P. Bell (father)
Barbara C. (Worthen) Bell (mother)
Bertha G. Bell (sister)
Mildred B. Bell (sister)
Doyle B. Bell (brother)
Mary G. Bell (sister)
Robert B. Bell (brother)
Worthen J. Bell (brother)
Barbara C. Bell (sister)
Clarence Q. Bell (brother)
Catherine I. (Gard) Bell (wife)
Leroy Bell (son)
Hazel Bell (daughter)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Arkansas, County Marriages Index / Social Security Death Index / 1940 census / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Linda Bell, Nina Schierow