US PARAS Bensel, Robert Frederick

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bensel ​

• FORENAME

Robert Frederick​

• UNIT

502 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company,3 Bn) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

20419224 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd September 1944 ​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Cambridge American Cemetery, England Plot E Row 5 Grave 62 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Palm Beach County, Florida​

born 19.08.1922 West Palm Beach, Florida, USA​

father Thomas Edmund Bensel (1901-1966)​

mother Lucy Elizabeth Bensel (1901-1963)​

1 year high school​

civil occupation semiskilled driver​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

25.11.1940 entered service West Palm Beach, Florida​

Next of kin - Mr T.E. Bensel, 527 36th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida​

served Normandy​

died England (non battle) ​

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