Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Byron Day Bennett
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Byron Day Bennett
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LAST NAME: Bennett
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FIRST NAME: Byron
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MIDDLE NAME: Day
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: WWII - Army
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BORN: 17 Mar 1918
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DIED: 5 Aug 2000
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BURIED: 1 Sep 2000
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BIRTH PLACE: Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
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DEATH PLACE: Bellevue, King Co., Washington
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NOTES: Name of father Walter C. Bennett
Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Parkhill
1920 OR CENSUS - Walter Bennett, age 1, b. Washington, is enumerated as "grandson" in the home of Fred Parkhill, age 55, occupation lumber mill worker, b. New York, and his wife Blanche, age 50, b. Iowa. He is enumerated with his father, Walter, age 26, occupation lumber mill laborer, and mother Elizabeth, enumerated as "daughter" [of Fred], age 21, b. Wisconsin. Also enumerated in the home are Day Parkhill, age 27, b. Wisconsin, Day's Mildred, age 21, b. Wisconsin, and Pearl Parkhill, age 18, b. Minnesota.
1930 OR CENSUS - Byron D. Bennett, age 12, b. Washington, is enumerated with father Walter C., age 35, married at age 23, occupation logging camp hooktender, b. Michigan, and Elizabeth S., age 31, married at age 18, b. Wisconsin, along with Helen C., age 7, b. Oregon.
WWII - Enlisted in the Army 9 Jul 1941 in Portland, Oregon; single, civil occupation Airplane Engine Mechanic or Airplane And Engine Mechanic (Airplane mechanic. ) or Airplane Engine Service Mechanic or Carburetor Specialist; height 72, weight 158.
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OBITUARY:
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INSCRIPTION: Byron D. Bennett
S Sgt US Army World War II
Mar. 17, 1918 - Aug. 5, 2000
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SOURCES: LD
AFB #01150
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 343, pg 4A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Columbia Co., Vernonia, ED 39, sheet 3A)
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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LOT: 491
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SPACE: 1 NW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.215'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.856'
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