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PVT BENNIE S. UPTON |
Grave
marker for Bennie S. Upton in
Plot A Row 3 Grave 54 in
Molenhoek American Cemetery, Holland
His remains were transferred to the Margraten American Cemetery
when it was completed after the end of WW-II.
(taken by
Roger Kitchen on the first anniversary of Operation Market Garden, Sept,
17, 1945 at
Molenhoek American Cemetery, Holland) |
Application
for a grave marker and resulting headstone for Pvt.
Bennie S. Upton
erected after his re-interment at
Plot L Row 10 Grave 2 in
Margraten American Cemetery, Holland. |
Pvt Upton was killed in action
along the Wylerbaan when an 88 shell landed on his position in the
Den Heuvel
Woods, Holland on September 22, 1944. His
awards include the Purple Heart.
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An eyewitness account of his death reads:
April 9, 1989
Dear Albert Conder: (Benny's cousin)
This is written in response to a notice in [the] 508 Parachute Infantry
Regiment Assoc. News Letter, of April 1989, regarding Bennie S. Upton,
who was killed in action in Holland on Sept. 22, 1944.
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