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Personal info

Full name
ISABELLE, Benjamin Franklin Jr
Date of birth
23 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34626959
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
A Company,
784th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hünxe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 17 25

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Isabelle (father)
Cecelia E. (Benoit) Isabelle (mother)
Ida E. Isablle (sister)
Elwood Isabelle (brother)
Albert E. Isabelle (brother)
Anna Isabelle (sister)
Ruth A. Isabelle (sister)
Ernastine Isabelle (sister)
Lawrence D. Isabelle (brother)
Cecelia M. Isabelle (sister)
Joseph G. Isabelle (brother)

More information

Sgt Benjamin F. Isabelle worked as a bus boy at a hotel in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 25 March 1943.

Source of information: Jac Engels, www.archives.gov - enlistment record, www.abmc.gov, ABMC / National Archives / www.wwiimemorial.com, CWGC/ABMC / www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com -1930-1940 Census / Family Trees, www.history.army.mil, http://784th.com/

Photo source: Des Philippet / www.findagrave.com, Yuri Beckers