World War II Honoree

John F. Bentz

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

North Adams, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

SAW COMBAT WITH THE 71ST INFANTRY DIVISION AND THE 7TH ARMY BREACHING THE MAGINOT AND SIEGFRIED LINE AND PATTON'S THIRD ARMY, AT FRANKFURT WITH THEM FOR CROSSING GERMANY TO AUSTRIA. FOUGHT IN FIFTEEN BATTLES AND EIGHT RIVER ASSAULTS, LIBERATED CONCENTRATION CAMPS STRAUBING, GUNSKIRCHEN, AND EIGHTY SMALLER CAMPS IN AUSTRIA. RECIPIENT OF THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.