US PARAS Benedict, Francis Leo

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benedict ​

• FORENAME

Francis Leo​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

20930297 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th September 1944 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Cascade County, Montana​

born 26.04.1917 Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA​

father Chester Maxwell Benedict (1896-1972)​

mother Lucille L. (nee Welch) Benedict (1897-1982)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled miners and mining machine operators​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

Montana National Guard​

entered service 10.1.1942 Massoula, Montana​

wife Marge Kronen Benedict​

son Lawrence (born 20.08.1944)​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

MIA Wylerbaan, Holland​

declared dead 18.9.1945 ​

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