US PARAS Benton, Daniel Roger

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benton ​

• FORENAME

Daniel Roger ("Dan")​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 1 Bn) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

6941082 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th June 1944 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Columbia County, Pennsylvania​

rank "Private" (National Archives)​

born 21.07.1920 Columbus, Georgia, USA​

mother Lydia Pearl (nee Gray) Bigler (1903-1970)​

wife Dorothy Benton of Holly Hill, South Carolina​

daughter Marvis Linda​

4 years high school​

civil occupation Tinsmiths, coppersmiths and sheet metal workers​

employed by Little Prince Co. Columbia, Pennsylvania​

16.10.1940 draft card Columbia, Pennsylvania​

03.03.1941 re-entered service Fort Benning, Georgia​

KIA Normandy ​

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