DOB/DOD: November 29, 1921 (New Canaan, CT) – February 19, 1945; 23 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: White Oak Shade Road, New CanaanENLISTMENT: September 16, 1942, in New York CitySERVICE NUMBER: 451632UNIT: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0604, Machine Gun Crewman, and 0605, Heavy Machine Gunner FAMILY: Born toContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LEWIS GORDON BENKO; MARINE CORPS”
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