1LT Benjamin Franklin “Ben” McLean (1921-1945)

1LT Benjamin Franklin “Ben” McLean Veteran

Birth

20 Jan 1921

Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA

Death

7 Jan 1945 (aged 23)

Flamierge, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Luxembourg, Belgium

Burial

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Add to Map

Plot

Block H Row 8 Grave 45

Memorial ID

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-436102

Entered the Service from: Kansas

513th Parachute Infantry Regt, 17th Airborne Division

Awards: Purple Heart

Ben F. McLean is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Wichita County, Kansas.

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:

Mrs. Elizabeth A. McLean (Mother)

2359 Amidon Avenue

Wichita, Kansas

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-436102

Entered the Service from: Kansas

513th Parachute Infantry Regt, 17th Airborne Division

Awards: Purple Heart

Ben F. McLean is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Wichita County, Kansas.

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:

Mrs. Elizabeth A. McLean (Mother)

2359 Amidon Avenue

Wichita, Kansas

See Lieut Benjamin Franklin "Ben" McLean II (1921-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial for stateside cenotaph and family links

***I would like to thank pjammetje Find A Grave ID 48702817 for adding his photo to this memorial***

***I would like Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***

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