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Bennett Delbert Donald, Sr.

Name:
Delbert Donald, Sr. Bennett
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
17009007
Unit:
335th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1945-01-20
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cem., Saint-Avold, France
Plot:
A
Row:
34
Grave:
14
Decoration:
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:

Delbert Donald Bennett, Sr. was born on February 21, 1918 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. He was the son of George Vergil Bennett and Oletha Mae Champlin Bennett. Delbert married Jacqueline Edith Marie Varble on June 1, 1944, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. They had one child during their marriage.

Delbert was a B-17 flight engineer/gunner of the B-17 43-38660 which took off from Station 119 in Horham, Suffolk, UK, on a mission to bomb Heilbronn, Germany on 20 January 1945. Shot down by flak over Hirtzfelden, France. Six of the crew parachuted safely and were taken prisoner while four died (including Bennett) in the wreckage.