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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