PFC Joe D Benedetto (1915-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

PFC Joe D Benedetto Veteran

Birth

28 Jul 1915

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Death

25 Dec 1944 (aged 29)

Gerolstein, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Burial

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map

Plot

C, Row 4, Grave 50

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Pfc Joe D Benedetto was seriously wounded when he crawled back to his MG to complete its destruction near Schönberg, Belgium.

On his way to a POW camp, he was later killed on Christmas Eve 1944, during a bombing raid of the RAF at Gerolstein, Germany.

Pfc Joe D. Benedetto first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hamm, Luxembourg.

Contributor: pjammetje (48702817)

He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart

Pfc Joe D Benedetto was seriously wounded when he crawled back to his MG to complete its destruction near Schönberg, Belgium.

On his way to a POW camp, he was later killed on Christmas Eve 1944, during a bombing raid of the RAF at Gerolstein, Germany.

Pfc Joe D. Benedetto first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hamm, Luxembourg.

Contributor: pjammetje (48702817)

He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart

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Entered the service from Illinois.

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