KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

CPL Clarence Lyle Bentley

Bronze Star
1st Marine Regiment
E CO 2 BN
Marines
Hostile, Died of Wounds (DOW)
Date Of Loss: June 10, 1951
Service Number: 507091
Born: September 10, 1923
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Correctionville, Iowa
Location Or Battle Zone: Punchbowl
Burial Location
Middleton Junction Cemetery, Middleton, Wi

Comments: Corporal Bentley was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy on June 10, 1951 and evacuated to the hospital ship "USS REPOSE" (AH-16). He died of those wounds on June 16, 1951.

Son of Clarence O. Bentley of Correctionville, Iowa, and Nona W. Bentley of Mason City, Iowa. Husband of Mrs. Berdine N. Bentley of Middle, Wisconsin.

Final Disposition Date: June 16, 1951
Korean War Project Key No: 2043

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CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA

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1923

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September 10, 1923

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MIDDLETON JUNCTION CEMETERY, MIDDLETON, WI

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