Private Eugene Beneke, 24, who had been serving with the infantry in Germany, died April 7, of wounds suffered April 1, according to a telegram from the War Department to his widow, Mrs. Marie Beneke of Swagertown road. Private Beneke was wounded before on November 26 in Germany and was at that time reported missing in action. A son of the late Martha and Alfred Beneke, he went overseas in October 1944, and had been in the armed forces a year March 27. Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Robert Eugene, a brother, Alfred of East Cummings avenue, and a sister, Mrs. Janet DellaDonna of Detroit, Mich.
Private Eugene Beneke, 24, who had been serving with the infantry in Germany, died April 7, of wounds suffered April 1, according to a telegram from the War Department to his widow, Mrs. Marie Beneke of Swagertown road. Private Beneke was wounded before on November 26 in Germany and was at that time reported missing in action. A son of the late Martha and Alfred Beneke, he went overseas in October 1944, and had been in the armed forces a year March 27. Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Robert Eugene, a brother, Alfred of East Cummings avenue, and a sister, Mrs. Janet DellaDonna of Detroit, Mich.
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