Robert Bruce BENTON, Jr.

1919 - 1943  (23 years)

• Name	Robert Bruce BENTON
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	23 Aug 1919	Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 May 1943
  	Died in WWII.
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery
  	Grand Rapids, MI.
  Person ID	I1859	Richard Patterson NJ & ON
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert BENTON, Sr.           b. Est 1895, Michigan           d. Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
  Mother	Opal Checora CONKEY           b. 21 Jan 1895, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan           d. Jul 1923, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Benton served as an officer in the 48th Fighter Squadron,14th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He enlisted in Grand Rapids on March 2, 1942. He went missing in action in North Africa in May 1943 while in a P-38 Lightning.  - - -