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Eugene M. Benna
Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces

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Eugene M. Benna

Private First Class,
U.S. Army Air Forces

Service #6581327

Assigned to the U.S Army Air Corps,
Southwest Pacific Theatre
Died on September 7, 1944
While In Prisoner of War Status
Awards: Purple Heart

PFC Benna entered the US Army Air Corps from Wyoming
and his loss is recorded in the
Wyoming World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 4,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is engraved on the
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines,
and is listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER
6581327
NAME
BENNA EUGENE M
GRADE, ALPHA
Private First Class
SERVICE CODE
ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE
Air Corps
DATE REPORT
5/7/1942
RACE
 (No Data Entered)
STATE OF RESIDENCE
Wyoming
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
 T29 Undefined Code
PARENT UNIT NUMBER
 5 (Undefined Code or Value)
PARENT UNIT TYPE
 6 Group/Regiment/Commands/System
AREA
Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
LATEST REPORT DATE
9/7/1944
SOURCE OF REPORT
Sources considered official.
STATUS
Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape
DETAINING POWER
JAPAN
CAMP
PW Camp #2 - Davao Mindanao Philippines 7-125
REP
 (No Data Entered)
POW TRANSPORT SHIPS
Shinyo Maru, Sank 7 September 1944
Online Related Information:
Sinking of the Shinyo Maru, by the USS Paddle, SS 263, from submarinesailor.com/


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