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|awards_extra=Killed in action. Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
|awards_extra=Killed in action. Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
|arm_or_service=Coast Artillery Corps
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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The timeline research also records Graduate of The Citadel. 7/15/1944 Died in combat in Ardennes, Belgium.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 12/2/1943 Started Class 14 (PI).
* 6/6/1944 Landed on Utah Beach with 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Div.
* 1920 Born in U.S.
* 1st Lt (ASN: 025836).
* Awarded Silver Star for bravery.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Benjamin W. Jr Mills for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Mills, Benjamin W. Jr for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: BENJAMIN W. MILLS Jr.docx)
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