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Personal info

Full name
TISINGER, Ben Franklin
Date of birth
3 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Garland, Dallas County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18214477
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 9 7

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Tisinger Jr. (father)
Nettie (Ramsey) Tisinger (mother)
David L. Tisinger (brother)
Martha B. Tisinger (sister)

More information

Pfc Ben F. Tisinger graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas and was studying at North Texas State Teachers College.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Denton, Texas on 5 November 1942.

He gave his life in a vain attempt to save his buddy who was wounded under terrific artillery and machine gun fire.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Woodrow Wilson High School at Dallas, yearbook 1940