World War II Honoree

Vincent Benedict

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED IN APRIL OF 1944. HE WAS A PRIVATE WHEN HE LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH AT NORMANDY SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE D-DAY INVASION. HE UNIT WAS SENT TO REINFORCE THE 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE ARDENNES FOREST NEAR GERMANY JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 1944. THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE BEGAN ON DECEMBER 16TH AND HE WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN PRISONER ON DECEMBER 18TH. HE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE EUROPEAN WAR IN DIFFERENT GERMAN STALAGS IN WHICH HE CONTRACTED PNEUMONIA AND LOST 40 POUNDS. HE WAS LIBERATED ON APRIL 26TH 1945 AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER OF 1945. AMONG HIS AWARDS IS THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.