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Personal info

Full name
BENEPE, Edward Malville
Date of birth
10 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Wayne County, Ohio
Hometown
Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35830288
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
255th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Lambach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 8 13

Immediate family

Members
Lewis W. Benepe (father)
Beatrice M. (Hindman) Benepe (mother)
Charles H. Benepe (brother)
John L. Benepe (brother)
Clara R. Benepe (sister)
Barbara A. (Boley) Benepe (wife)
Charles E. Benepe (son)
Richard L. Benepe (son)

More information

Pfc Edward M. Benepe was employed at the Simmons Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 5 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

He is remembered at the Ashland Cemetery in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Funk Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Bill Miller

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Teresa Ann / SavingRecords For Our Future / Bill Miller