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Personal info

Full name
BENNETT, Floyd J
Date of birth
13 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Darby, Pickaway County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35071440
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pont-รก-Mousson, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 103

Immediate family

Members
Stephen E. Bennett (father)
Sarah (Buzzard) Bennett (mother)
Beulah Bennett (sister)
Edna Bennett (sister)
Forrest E. Bennett (brother)
Josie A. (Funk) Bennett (wife)
Floyd Bennett (son)
Lawrence Bennett (son)
Beatrice Bennett (daughter)

More information

Pvt Floyd J. Bennett attended 2 years of high school and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Newport, Kentucky on 8 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsh