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PFC Lewis Gordon Benko

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PFC Lewis Gordon Benko

Birth
New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
19 Feb 1945 (aged 23)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Section C Site 66
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Lewis served as a Private First Class, Company F, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.

He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.

Lewis was "Killed In Action" on Iwo Jima during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

He was originally interred in the Iwo Jima 4th Division Cemetery and was later repatriated here on February 2, 1949.

Service # 451632

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Lewis served as a Private First Class, Company F, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.

He resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut prior to the war.

Lewis was "Killed In Action" on Iwo Jima during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

He was originally interred in the Iwo Jima 4th Division Cemetery and was later repatriated here on February 2, 1949.

Service # 451632

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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  • Maintained by: Woolsox
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56115213/lewis_gordon-benko: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Lewis Gordon Benko (29 Nov 1921–19 Feb 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56115213, citing National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Woolsox (contributor 47347718).