World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
A. L. Benefield, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ozark, Alabama
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND FLEW 17 MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 385TH BOMB GROUP. WAS CAPTURED AND HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE 3RD REICH FROM 1944 TO 1945 AT LUFT 3, 13B, 7A-STALAG, LIMBERG AND MOOSEBURG. WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.