Alvoid J Benoit
LOCAL SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
SGT. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. & Mrs. Remy Benoit, dies in Germany
SGt. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. And Mrs. Remy Benoit of 517 Cedar St. died April 10, 1945 of wounds received in Germany according to a telegram from the War Department, received by the family here on Monday morning.
Sergeant Benoit, a truck driver for Robbins Bakery prior to entering the service in 1939, was 24 years of age.
Volunteering five years ago, Sergeant Benoit had been overseas for the last two years.
A native of Crowley, where he was born March 6, 1921, young Benoit attended South Crowley School, North Crowley High and a Business college at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The wire from the adjutant general, Major General James A. Ulio, said a confirming letter would follow.
The Crowley sergeant had been a member of the infantry. His company had participated in the recent liberation of hundreds of captured American prisoners, his family said.
NARRATOR: About 70 miles southeast of Brussels, Belgium is Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Many of the nearly 8,000 Americans who rest here lost their lives during the Battle of the Bulge. Others died in the Battle of the Huertgen Forest and the Battle of Aachen. Survivors of those battles still return to visit their fallen comrades. This man brought his son and grandson to visit the grave of his brother. Among the headstones are 35 pairs of brothers. Here, three brothers lie next to one another. Belgian school children visit frequently to pay their respects, and to learn about the Americans who liberated this part of Belgium in World War II. The memorial has a visitor’s room and maps depicting military operations in the region. A small chapel provides a place for quiet reflection. Carved on 12 pairs of columns on the memorial plaza are the names of the missing. Twenty-two American prisoners massacred by the German SS at Malmedy rest here. Above the graves, a bronze statue of an archangel bestows a laurel branch to the heroic dead.
https://www.abmc.gov/Henri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery in eastern Belgium, located 3 km northwest of Henri-Chapelle, about 30 km east of Liège. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres.
Rue du Mémorial Américain 159, 4852 Plombières, Belgium
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5PM
Phone: +32 87 68 71 73
Total burials: 7,992
At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield.
To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers.
The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.
LOCAL SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
SGT. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. & Mrs. Remy Benoit, dies in Germany
SGt. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. And Mrs. Remy Benoit of 517 Cedar St. died April 10, 1945 of wounds received in Germany according to a telegram from the War Department, received by the family here on Monday morning.
Sergeant Benoit, a truck driver for Robbins Bakery prior to entering the service in 1939, was 24 years of age.
Volunteering five years ago, Sergeant Benoit had been overseas for the last two years.
A native of Crowley, where he was born March 6, 1921, young Benoit attended South Crowley School, North Crowley High and a Business college at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The wire from the adjutant general, Major General James A. Ulio, said a confirming letter would follow.
The Crowley sergeant had been a member of the infantry. His company had participated in the recent liberation of hundreds of captured American prisoners, his family said.
NARRATOR: About 70 miles southeast of Brussels, Belgium is Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Many of the nearly 8,000 Americans who rest here lost their lives during the Battle of the Bulge. Others died in the Battle of the Huertgen Forest and the Battle of Aachen. Survivors of those battles still return to visit their fallen comrades. This man brought his son and grandson to visit the grave of his brother. Among the headstones are 35 pairs of brothers. Here, three brothers lie next to one another. Belgian school children visit frequently to pay their respects, and to learn about the Americans who liberated this part of Belgium in World War II. The memorial has a visitor’s room and maps depicting military operations in the region. A small chapel provides a place for quiet reflection. Carved on 12 pairs of columns on the memorial plaza are the names of the missing. Twenty-two American prisoners massacred by the German SS at Malmedy rest here. Above the graves, a bronze statue of an archangel bestows a laurel branch to the heroic dead.
https://www.abmc.gov/Henri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery in eastern Belgium, located 3 km northwest of Henri-Chapelle, about 30 km east of Liège. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres.
Rue du Mémorial Américain 159, 4852 Plombières, Belgium
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5PM
Phone: +32 87 68 71 73
Total burials: 7,992
At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield.
To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers.
The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.
Alvoid J Benoit
LOCAL SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
SGT. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. & Mrs. Remy Benoit, dies in Germany
SGt. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. And Mrs. Remy Benoit of 517 Cedar St. died April 10, 1945 of wounds received in Germany according to a telegram from the War Department, received by the family here on Monday morning.
Sergeant Benoit, a truck driver for Robbins Bakery prior to entering the service in 1939, was 24 years of age.
Volunteering five years ago, Sergeant Benoit had been overseas for the last two years.
A native of Crowley, where he was born March 6, 1921, young Benoit attended South Crowley School, North Crowley High and a Business college at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The wire from the adjutant general, Major General James A. Ulio, said a confirming letter would follow.
The Crowley sergeant had been a member of the infantry. His company had participated in the recent liberation of hundreds of captured American prisoners, his family said.
NARRATOR: About 70 miles southeast of Brussels, Belgium is Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Many of the nearly 8,000 Americans who rest here lost their lives during the Battle of the Bulge. Others died in the Battle of the Huertgen Forest and the Battle of Aachen. Survivors of those battles still return to visit their fallen comrades. This man brought his son and grandson to visit the grave of his brother. Among the headstones are 35 pairs of brothers. Here, three brothers lie next to one another. Belgian school children visit frequently to pay their respects, and to learn about the Americans who liberated this part of Belgium in World War II. The memorial has a visitor’s room and maps depicting military operations in the region. A small chapel provides a place for quiet reflection. Carved on 12 pairs of columns on the memorial plaza are the names of the missing. Twenty-two American prisoners massacred by the German SS at Malmedy rest here. Above the graves, a bronze statue of an archangel bestows a laurel branch to the heroic dead.
https://www.abmc.gov/Henri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery in eastern Belgium, located 3 km northwest of Henri-Chapelle, about 30 km east of Liège. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres.
Rue du Mémorial Américain 159, 4852 Plombières, Belgium
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5PM
Phone: +32 87 68 71 73
Total burials: 7,992
At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield.
To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers.
The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.
LOCAL SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
SGT. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. & Mrs. Remy Benoit, dies in Germany
SGt. Alvoid J Benoit, son of Mr. And Mrs. Remy Benoit of 517 Cedar St. died April 10, 1945 of wounds received in Germany according to a telegram from the War Department, received by the family here on Monday morning.
Sergeant Benoit, a truck driver for Robbins Bakery prior to entering the service in 1939, was 24 years of age.
Volunteering five years ago, Sergeant Benoit had been overseas for the last two years.
A native of Crowley, where he was born March 6, 1921, young Benoit attended South Crowley School, North Crowley High and a Business college at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The wire from the adjutant general, Major General James A. Ulio, said a confirming letter would follow.
The Crowley sergeant had been a member of the infantry. His company had participated in the recent liberation of hundreds of captured American prisoners, his family said.
NARRATOR: About 70 miles southeast of Brussels, Belgium is Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Many of the nearly 8,000 Americans who rest here lost their lives during the Battle of the Bulge. Others died in the Battle of the Huertgen Forest and the Battle of Aachen. Survivors of those battles still return to visit their fallen comrades. This man brought his son and grandson to visit the grave of his brother. Among the headstones are 35 pairs of brothers. Here, three brothers lie next to one another. Belgian school children visit frequently to pay their respects, and to learn about the Americans who liberated this part of Belgium in World War II. The memorial has a visitor’s room and maps depicting military operations in the region. A small chapel provides a place for quiet reflection. Carved on 12 pairs of columns on the memorial plaza are the names of the missing. Twenty-two American prisoners massacred by the German SS at Malmedy rest here. Above the graves, a bronze statue of an archangel bestows a laurel branch to the heroic dead.
https://www.abmc.gov/Henri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery in eastern Belgium, located 3 km northwest of Henri-Chapelle, about 30 km east of Liège. Dedicated in 1960, the cemetery contains 7,992 American war dead and covers 57 acres.
Rue du Mémorial Américain 159, 4852 Plombières, Belgium
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5PM
Phone: +32 87 68 71 73
Total burials: 7,992
At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield.
To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers.
The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.
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