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Personal info

Full name
BENNETHUM, Nelson W
Date of birth
1 December 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Richland, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33511194
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
488th Ambulance Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 19 30

Immediate family

Members
William C. Bennethum (father)
Mary N. (Boehringer) Bennethum (mother)
Eliza K. Bennethum (sister)

More information

Pvt Nelson W. Bennethum was employed by the Lebanon Paper Box Company and he was active in the Democratic party.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 29 June 1943 and trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Madison Barracks, New York, Camp Kilmar, New Jersey and in West Virginia, Louisiana and Mississippi. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Abilene Reporter News 11-may-1945 (Texas), www.ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Applications / 1910 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Daily News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Daily News