MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Benoit, Jules

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benoit​

• FORENAME

Jules​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Orange Combat Team)​

• RANK

Corporal​

• NUMBER

38171244​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st May 1944​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana Section J No.74​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Acadia Parish, Louisiana​

born 26.9.1920 Church Point, Louisiana, USA​

father Joseph Oneo Benoit (1886-1964)​

mother Alice (nee Bergeron) Benoit (1885-1961)​

4 years high school​

graduated Church Point High School
farmer in civilian life​

employed by father​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

1940 draft card Church Parish, Acadia Parish, Louisiana (shows D.O.B. 26.09.1919)​

enlisted 15.5.1942 Camp Livingston, Louisiana​

died non battle Typhus Fever, India​

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