US PARAS Bennett, Walter Willard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bennett ​

• FORENAME

Walter Willard​

• UNIT

501 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

42093006 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th December 1944 ​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Glenview Cemetery, Pulteney, New York, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Steuben County, New York​

born 09.10.1925, Pulteney, Steuben County, New York, USA​

father Linus Harrison Bennett (1876-1969)​

mother Bessie (nee French) Bennett (1883-1946)​

2 years high school​

attended Pulteney Schools​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

employed by Taylor Chemical Company, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York​

09.10.1943 draft card Bath, New York​

15.01.1944 entered service Buffalo, New York​

DOW Belgium (Obituary shows aged 17, also headstone)​

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