Missing in action in Flanders Fields, World War I. Private, Company L, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Thomasville, North Carolina. Killed in action near Voormezeele during the Ypres-Lys Offensive; his body was not recovered from the battlefield.
From The Courier (Asheboro, NC) 31 October, 1918:
"Private Bennett Cornelius of Co. L, Thomasville, has been killed in action by the Germans. Private Cornelius was the sixth man from Co.L to make the supreme sacrifice for his country. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Cornelius, of Thomasville. Private Cornelius was reported missing in action by a telegram of August 31. Later a letter from a Corporal of the young man's Company told of his death."
This is a cenotaph.
From The Courier (Asheboro, NC) 31 October, 1918:
"Private Bennett Cornelius of Co. L, Thomasville, has been killed in action by the Germans. Private Cornelius was the sixth man from Co.L to make the supreme sacrifice for his country. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Cornelius, of Thomasville. Private Cornelius was reported missing in action by a telegram of August 31. Later a letter from a Corporal of the young man's Company told of his death."
This is a cenotaph.
Missing in action in Flanders Fields, World War I. Private, Company L, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Entered the service from Thomasville, North Carolina. Killed in action near Voormezeele during the Ypres-Lys Offensive; his body was not recovered from the battlefield.
From The Courier (Asheboro, NC) 31 October, 1918:
"Private Bennett Cornelius of Co. L, Thomasville, has been killed in action by the Germans. Private Cornelius was the sixth man from Co.L to make the supreme sacrifice for his country. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Cornelius, of Thomasville. Private Cornelius was reported missing in action by a telegram of August 31. Later a letter from a Corporal of the young man's Company told of his death."
This is a cenotaph.
From The Courier (Asheboro, NC) 31 October, 1918:
"Private Bennett Cornelius of Co. L, Thomasville, has been killed in action by the Germans. Private Cornelius was the sixth man from Co.L to make the supreme sacrifice for his country. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Cornelius, of Thomasville. Private Cornelius was reported missing in action by a telegram of August 31. Later a letter from a Corporal of the young man's Company told of his death."
This is a cenotaph.
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Records on Ancestry
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1900 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
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Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
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North Carolina, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800s-current
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