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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Alfred Milton
Date of birth
31 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42116688
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Schweighouse-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 45

Immediate family

Members
James A. Bennett (father)
Lenora (Smallwood) Bennett (mother)
Lela Bennett (sister)
Miriam B. Bennett (sister)
Lenora Bennett (mother)
William Bennett (brother)
Amanda Bennett (sister)
Frank K. Bennett (brother)
Emma Bennett (sister)
Raymond Bennett (brother)

More information

Pvt Alfred M. Bennett was employed at Millville Manufacturing Company.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 18 April 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com – The Morning Post New Jersey 8 March 1945, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy