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Personal info

Full name
BENT, Richard Patrick
Date of birth
8 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12010460
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher - Heck-Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 15

More information

T/4 Richard P. Bent was a cook before he joined the Regular Army in Camden, New Jersey on 28 November 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card / Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten