Letcher Joseph Benfield

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Letcher Joseph Benfield

Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Death: February 14, 1936 (43)
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Benfield and Nancy Jane Benfield
Husband of Mary Lou Benfield
Father of James Harold Benfield and Private
Brother of Watt Benfield; Grady Henry Benfield; Jessie Mae Thomas; Private; Alma D Robbins and 4 others
Half brother of Dock Edmen Benfield; Zueller Benfield; Blanche Atchison and Arthur Benfield

Managed by: Daniel Adar Pilarski
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About Letcher Joseph Benfield

Sgt., served in WWI. 1900 census says he was born in 1893.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60650428

In 1930 census, he was the manager of a filling station in NC. His son was born in Ohio in c. 1929, so presumably he lived there and moved back to NC shortly thereafter.

Subjected to mustard gas in the Argonne. Died of a related lung condition.

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Letcher Joseph Benfield's Timeline

1892
July 11, 1892
North Carolina, United States
1929
January 10, 1929
Ohio, United States
1936
February 14, 1936
Age 43
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States