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Personal info

Full name
BENEVENTO, Daniel Francis
Date of birth
22 June 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hometown
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42113944
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Kressbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 22 52

Immediate family

Members
Rocco Benevento (father)
Anna L. (Desopo) Benevento (mother)
Mary C. Benevento (sister)
Antonio Benevento (brother)
Joseph D. Benevento (brother)
Helen O. (Melnychuk) Benevento (wife)
Daniel F. Benevento Jr. (son)
Stephen A. Benevento (son)

More information

Pfc Daniel F. Benevento was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Benevento Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – M. Gentilesco