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Personal info

Full name
BENNALLACK, Douglas
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16177204
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ingwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 53

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Bennallack (father)
Ennis Bennallack (mother)
Alley Bennallack (brother)
Gordon Bennallack (brother)
Daniel Bennallack (brother)
Fay Bennallack (sister)
Wilda L. Bennallack (sister)

More information

Pfc Douglas Bennallack attended 4 years at Edwin Denby Technical and Preparatory High School before he enlisted on 12 February 1944 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – World War II Army Enlistment Records / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Michigan casualties / U.S. School Yearbooks Edwin Denby Technical and Preparatory High School 1943, ‘Regiment of the Century: The Story of the 397th Infantry Regiment’
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – nimblejacks, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Edwin Denby Technical and Preparatory High School 1943