US PARAS Vandervoort, Benjamin Hayes (Ben)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Vandervoort ​

• FORENAME

Benjamin Hayes (Ben) ​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (C.O. 2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Distinguished Service Cross ​

• PLACE

Europe 1944-45 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 3.3.1917 Gasport,New York​

entered service 1940​

Lieutenant,Infantry​

Paratrooper 1940​

505 PIR (S-3) 1943​

Lieutenant Colonel 2.6.1944​

505 PIR (C.O. 2 Bn) June 1944-1945​

WIA 1944 Goronne,France​

served with CIA postwar​

married Nedra (2 children)​

died 22.11.1990 Hilton Head Island,South Carolina ​

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