US PARAS Benson, Robert Walter

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benson ​

• FORENAME

Robert Walter​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

39195388 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th June 1944 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot C Row 19 Grave 36 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Pierce County, Washington​

born 16.02.1921 Howard, South Carolina, USA​

4 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled sailors and deckhands, except U.S. Navy​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

21.11.1942 entered service Tacoma, Washington​

Next of kin - Mr. Victor A. Benson, 6106 South Yakima Avenue, Tacoma, Washington​

KIA Normandy ​

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