Abegg, Benona Franklin

Rank and Name, Electricians Mate First Class Benona Franklin Abegg.

Unit/Placed in, USS Maddox (DD-662) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Benona is born on 12 June 1900 in no record.

Mother, Mattie Doud.

Spouse, Etta Abegg.

Benona enlisted the service in California with service number # 1000286.

Benona was KIA on Submarine Patrol for the Invasion of Sicily it was attacked by Junker Ju-88, one off the Bombs exploded on the aft of the ship it rolled over and Sunk on 10 July, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Benona is buried/mentioned at Arthur is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.ussmaddox.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GDN8-N49

https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1785.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano