Headstone Inscription and Interment Record with resulting grave marker for 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Meadows at Plot D Row 28 Grave 6 in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Benjamin enlisted in the Army at Fort McClellan, AL on 27 June 1941.

Pvt Meadows was sent to OCS and after commissioning was assigned to Hq 1st, 508th PIR on/about the day the regiment was activated on 20 October 1942.

On 3 March 1944 2/Lt Meadows was sent on Detached Service to England, undoubtedly as a member of the advanced team establishing the camp at Wollaton Park, Nottingham.  The regiment arrived there on 13 March.

D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw Lt Meadows standing in the door as jumpmaster of Chalk 8 and tasked as the Assistant Mortar Platoon leader.

Lt. Meadows was killed in action on June 22, 1944.  His military decorations include the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge, both awarded posthumously.