Services for Bennie Woodrow Fesmire, Hammon, were at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday in the Martin Funeral Chapel, Elk City and burial was in the Red Hill cemetery, Hammon.

A resident of Hammon most of his life, Mr. Fesmire was born December 14, 1913, and died suddenly April 21, 1963.

He was a veteran of World War II and served as a corporal in the 82nd Airborne. He was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge and afterwards received a medical discharge.

He is survived by three children, Wayne, Charles and Jimmy, all of Hammon; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Mooney, Hammon, and Mrs. Delbert Wilson, Oklahoma City; two brothers, Felix Fesmire, Hammon, and Dennie Fesmire of Cordell.

He was preceded in death by his mother, March 1, 1962.

(The Hammon Advocate, Thursday, April 25, 1963)

Grave marker for Bennie W. Fesmire in the Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon (Roger Mills county), Oklahoma.

Bennie enlisted in the Army at Oklahoma City, OK on 19 November 1942.

Pvt Fesmire was assigned o the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion ,508th.

Although his obituary states that he was wounded in the Battle of The Bulge, Cpl Fesmire's  wound actually occurred in Holland on 23 September 1944.