Byron Roderick Bennett
Graduating
Class of 1941
Served in
World War II
Private First Class
Byron Roderick Bennett
Army
Hometown
Monroe, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Alaska, USA
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, WI
More About Private First Class Bennett
Private First Class Byron Roderick Bennett Jr. enlisted in the US Army on June 5, 1941, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his training at Camp Grant in Illinois, Camp Roberts in California, and Camp Murray in Washington. Bennett was sent to Alaska in February 1942. While at Yakutat, Alaska, he contracted hepatitis and died on Sept. 29, 1942. His body remained in Alaska until October 8, 1948, when he was reinterred at Greenwood Cemetery in Monroe, Wisconsin. Private First Class Bennett was the first man from Green County, Wisconsin, to die in the war.