WWII
Jerry Courtland Bentley
Rate / Rank
Private
Birthdate
May 8 1920
Date of Death
February 2 1944
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
December 29 1942 - February 2 1944
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Italy
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
- Basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
- 3rd Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Decorations & Citations
- Purple Heart (KIA Italy, February 2, 1944. PFC BENTLEY was helping evacuate American wounded soldiers when an enemy shell landed within a few feet of him. Fragments hit parts of his body. He died within a few minutes.)
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Notes
US Army service number 34-680-356. Born; Grady County, Georgia. Burial; Pine Level Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.