Name:
Jack Bender
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
1255th Engineer Combat Battalion
Date of Death:
1945-02-12
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Golden Gate National Cemetery, California
Plot:
Section O Site 1236
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Jack Bender was born on February 21, 1912. He served in the 1255th Engineer Combat Battalion as a Private. Jack died in the liberation of Vianden, Luxembourg in the last major offensive of the Battle of the Bulge on February 12, 1945 at the age of 32 and is now buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA.