Richard Walser Bentley

1922 - 1944  (21 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 94 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Richard Walser Bentley
  Birth	16 Apr 1922	Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1944	Yahukimo, Papua, Indonesia
  Initiatory (LDS)	4 Apr 1945	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	KWJ2-F5L
  Burial	Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I40584	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Ivins Bentley,   b. 23 Feb 1895, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States d. 18 Mar 1983, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Amelia Walser,   b. 13 Jan 1898, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México d. 6 Mar 1929, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1918	Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
  Family ID	F5168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Apr 1922 - Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Death - 9 Jan 1944 - Yahukimo, Papua, Indonesia Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Apr 1945 - SLAKE Burial - - Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard enlisted in the Navy and was a Hospital apprentice 1st class wh e n he was killed. Since the Marine Corps does not have medics, he and o th ers served with the Marines and took part in their operations. Accordi n g to the U.S. Rosters of World war II Dead, 1939-1945 he is buried a t F ort McKinley, Manilla, Philippine Islands.