Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Bennie Lee "Ben" Elsom

BranchArmy
RankPrivate First Class
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service07/26/1944 – 08/10/1946
Date of Birth02/26/1925
Date of Death03/11/1992
HometownMill Creek, OH
AwardsBronze Star, Good Conduct Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; Army of Occupation Medal (Japan); Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 campaign star
Burial LocationDarby Twp: St. John's Lutheran
Monument PaverSection D
SourceVeteran data form submitted 11/10/2003 by Marie Elsom; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 37

Overseas service: New Guinea; Manila, Phillippines; Japan. Church: St. John's Lutheran, Marysville. School: Watkins High School. 3 overseas service bars On Memorial Board at Millcreek Twp. Hall

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument