World War II Honoree

Stephen Bernard Benjock

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greene County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE IN APRIL, 1942. HE SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO), INCLUDING IN NORWICH, ENGLAND, DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE NORMANDY, AND RHINELAND CAMPAIGNS. RETURNED HOME TO THE UNITED STATES IN JUNE, 1945. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.