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Personal info

Full name
BENHART, Joseph Raymond
Date of birth
11 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36982348
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Le Neubourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 35

Immediate family

Members
Joseph F. Benhart (father)
Josephine (Volenec) Bernhart (mother)
Loraine Benhart (sister)
Margaret M. (Meyers) Benhart (wife)

More information

Pfc Joseph R. Benhart attended high school for three years before he enlisted on 26 May 1944.

He is also remembered at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Jan Family, www.newspapers.com - The News Palladium 15 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jan Family