US PARAS Benoit, Robert Lucian

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benoit ​

• FORENAME

Robert Lucian​

• UNIT

507 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

39308775 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th June 1944 ​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot F Row 27 Grave 19 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Multnomah County, Oregon​

born 07.08.1919 Joplin, Missouri, USA​

father Eugene Benway Benoit (1879-1941)​

mother Virginia Laura (nee Phillips) King (1892-1966)​

3 years high school​

semiskilled driver in civilian life​

employed by James W. Foushee​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

16.10.1940 draft card Oregon​

entered service 8.5.1942 Portland, Oregon​

1943 married Edna Pauline (nee Orme) (1914-1986)​

Next of kin - Mrs. Edna Benoit, Route #2, Hartselle, Alabama​

KIA Normandy ​

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