1LT, 318 INF, 80 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
In the 1951 version of the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, his grave was visited by his son Bobby (played by Billy Gray), who told Klaatu/Mr. Carpenter (played by Michael Rennie) that his father was killed at Anzio.
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MEMORIAL ID 49120882
Robert James Benson was KIA near Morey, France. He was with Co K, 318th Inf Regt. Inf as a Platoon Leader. He was assigned to Co K 11 September 1944.
He never served and definitely not killed at Anzio Italy. He never married and had NO children. The story line in reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still, is misleading and erroneous information.
Refer to Company Morning Reports 13 September 1944 and 22 September 1944.
Service Number 01321869.
He was initially buried at Hamm American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg per letter dated 26 April 1945 from Office of the Chief Quartermaster APO 887, signed by H. W. Bobrink, Col, QMC. 1st Lt Robert J. Benson was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery
In the 1951 version of the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, his grave was visited by his son Bobby (played by Billy Gray), who told Klaatu/Mr. Carpenter (played by Michael Rennie) that his father was killed at Anzio.
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MEMORIAL ID 49120882
Robert James Benson was KIA near Morey, France. He was with Co K, 318th Inf Regt. Inf as a Platoon Leader. He was assigned to Co K 11 September 1944.
He never served and definitely not killed at Anzio Italy. He never married and had NO children. The story line in reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still, is misleading and erroneous information.
Refer to Company Morning Reports 13 September 1944 and 22 September 1944.
Service Number 01321869.
He was initially buried at Hamm American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg per letter dated 26 April 1945 from Office of the Chief Quartermaster APO 887, signed by H. W. Bobrink, Col, QMC. 1st Lt Robert J. Benson was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery
1LT, 318 INF, 80 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
In the 1951 version of the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, his grave was visited by his son Bobby (played by Billy Gray), who told Klaatu/Mr. Carpenter (played by Michael Rennie) that his father was killed at Anzio.
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MEMORIAL ID 49120882
Robert James Benson was KIA near Morey, France. He was with Co K, 318th Inf Regt. Inf as a Platoon Leader. He was assigned to Co K 11 September 1944.
He never served and definitely not killed at Anzio Italy. He never married and had NO children. The story line in reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still, is misleading and erroneous information.
Refer to Company Morning Reports 13 September 1944 and 22 September 1944.
Service Number 01321869.
He was initially buried at Hamm American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg per letter dated 26 April 1945 from Office of the Chief Quartermaster APO 887, signed by H. W. Bobrink, Col, QMC. 1st Lt Robert J. Benson was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery
In the 1951 version of the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, his grave was visited by his son Bobby (played by Billy Gray), who told Klaatu/Mr. Carpenter (played by Michael Rennie) that his father was killed at Anzio.
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MEMORIAL ID 49120882
Robert James Benson was KIA near Morey, France. He was with Co K, 318th Inf Regt. Inf as a Platoon Leader. He was assigned to Co K 11 September 1944.
He never served and definitely not killed at Anzio Italy. He never married and had NO children. The story line in reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still, is misleading and erroneous information.
Refer to Company Morning Reports 13 September 1944 and 22 September 1944.
Service Number 01321869.
He was initially buried at Hamm American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg per letter dated 26 April 1945 from Office of the Chief Quartermaster APO 887, signed by H. W. Bobrink, Col, QMC. 1st Lt Robert J. Benson was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery
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1LT, 318 INF, 80 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
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