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Benjamin Hoyt DeLoach

Birth: 27 Oct 1919
Death: 31 Jan 1988 (aged 68)
Burial: Canoochee Cemetery

Claxton, Evans County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section A
Memorial ID: 59777928 View Source

Benjamin is buried as B. Hoyt DeLoach. Headstone is quite lengthy and is reproduced here as it appears.

Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. DeLoach
1ST LT 8TH AIR FORCE 457TH BOMB GROUP (H)
Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress Squadron Leader
Honors: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Medal with 3 Bronze Stars for Air Offensive: 213 Combat Hours, 29 Combat Missions over Europe, 10 Jun 1944-25 Aug 1944.
Honorable Disharge, 27 Jul 1945.
His family: Betty Belmont DeLoach, Pigeon, June, Carolyn, Tricia, James Hoyt DeLoach.

Benjamin was a son of William Flemming DeLoach and Elminie Samantha Callaway, who are also buried here.

Benjamin married Betty Jean Belmont and had the following children: I have listed their tombstone reference in parentheses.

Barbara Ann (Pigeon), Susan June (June), Carolyn, Patricia (Tricia), and James Hoyt DeLoach.

Benjamin is buried as B. Hoyt DeLoach. Headstone is quite lengthy and is reproduced here as it appears.

Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. F. DeLoach
1ST LT 8TH AIR FORCE 457TH BOMB GROUP (H)
Pilot B-17 Flying Fortress Squadron Leader
Honors: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Medal with 3 Bronze Stars for Air Offensive: 213 Combat Hours, 29 Combat Missions over Europe, 10 Jun 1944-25 Aug 1944.
Honorable Disharge, 27 Jul 1945.
His family: Betty Belmont DeLoach, Pigeon, June, Carolyn, Tricia, James Hoyt DeLoach.

Benjamin was a son of William Flemming DeLoach and Elminie Samantha Callaway, who are also buried here.

Benjamin married Betty Jean Belmont and had the following children: I have listed their tombstone reference in parentheses.

Barbara Ann (Pigeon), Susan June (June), Carolyn, Patricia (Tricia), and James Hoyt DeLoach.

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Betty Jean Belmont DeLoach

1925–2001

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Created by: Wyndy South
Added: Oct 8, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59777928/benjamin_hoyt-deloach: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Hoyt DeLoach (27 Oct 1919–31 Jan 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59777928, citing Canoochee Cemetery, Claxton, Evans County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Wyndy South (contributor 47132368).

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