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Personal info

Full name
BENDER, Bryce Glenn
Date of birth
22 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Forest, Richland County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36843098
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Hughling G. Bender (father)
Madge M. (Smith) Bender (mother)
Albert V. Bender (brother)
Roger Bender (brother)
Bernice A. (Patch) Bender (wife)
Robert Bender (son)
Ronald Bender (son)

More information

Pvt Bryce G. Bender was sent overseas in January 1945.

At the time of his death, his brother Albert served in the South Pacific.

He is remembered at the Hopewell Cemetery in Viola, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ww8iimemorial.com, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Shelley Ella (Ancestry.com), Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Capital Times 22 March 1945