Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Henry Woodrow
Date of birth
2 July 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Lexington, Kanawha County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34439987
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Schönthal-Langerwehe, Hürtgenwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 24

Immediate family

Members
H. C. Bennett (father)
Paulina Bennett (mother)
Andrew A. Bennett (brother)
Dara Bennett (sister)
Wilford G. Bennett (brother)
Elmer G. Bennett (brother)
Jessie (Smith) Bennett (wife)

More information

Pfc Henry W. Bennett was a baker.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, North Carolina on 16 November 1942.

He served in Africa, Italy, Sicily, England, France and then in Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Statesville Record&Landmark 21 December 1944 (North Carolina), www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Nancy Johnson (niece) - courtesy of Debbie Holloman