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Personal info

Full name
BESENYEI, Louis Samuel
Date of birth
13 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35655448
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 101

Immediate family

Members
Alex Besenyei (father)
Kathleen (Nemeth) Besenyei (mother)
Irene Besenyei (sister)
Matilda Besenyei (sister)
Andrew Besenyei (brother)

More information

Sgt Louis S. Besenyei was a clerk before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 24 March 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 13 February 1945