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November 28, 2005 (90 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
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Donald V. Bennett
Donald Vivian Bennett retired as a four-star general from the United States Army in 1974. He attended Michigan State University for two years, but then left to attend, and graduate from, the United States Military Academy in 1940. Bennett then served overseas in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and in the invasion of the European continent. Bennett received the Distinguished Service Cross as well as two Purple Hearts for his service. He was born in Lakeside, Ohio and retired to Asheville, North Carolina. He entered military service from Ohio. On 6 June 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Bennett, along with the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion which he commanded, landed with the second wave at 0720 on D-Day. His party was subjected to a tremendous volume of machine gun fire which inflicted 50 percent casualties before they reached the comparative safety of the shingle at the base of the cliff adjoining the beach.
BornMay 9, 1915, Lakeside, Ohio, US
DiedNovember 28, 2005, Asheville, North Carolina, US
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1940–1974
RankGeneral
Commands heldUnited States Military Academy, U.S. Army Pacific Command
Battles/warsWorld War II

About Donald V. Bennett

War Hero Donald V. Bennett was born in Ohio, United States on May 9, 1915. He dies at the age of 90, on November 28, 2005.

General who was a hero during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II.

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Donald V. Bennett before becoming famous

Donald V. Bennett was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1915 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1940, he graduated from the United States Military Academy and promptly traveled to Europe to fight.

Achievement of Donald V. Bennett

He held firm in the face of ferocious German fire and rallied his troops on the Normandy beaches, leading the charge to safer territory.

Donald V. Bennett's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Lakeside, Ohio.

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During World War II, he and War Hero Anthony McAuliffe were both heroes of the European battle.

Anthony McAuliffe (1898 - 1975) (War Hero)
Anthony McAuliffe (1898 - 1975)

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