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Personal info

Full name
GUDAITIS, Benjamin
Date of birth
8 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11102895
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
230th Field Artillery Battalion,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gahlen-Hunxe, south of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 9 15

Immediate family

Members
Peter G. Gudaitis (father)
Therese B. (Kuncas) Gudaitis (mother)
Anthony Gudaitis (brother)
Peter P. Gudaitis (brother)
Charles C. Gudaitis (brother)
Joseph Gudaitis (brother)
Alela R. Gudaitis (sister)

More information

Pvt Benjamin Gudaitis attended four years of high school and was employed at Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 27 November 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Gudaitis Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Peter B Gudaitis.