Greave marker for Benjamin Greenless and his wife
Patricia in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Cheboygan (Cheboygan
County), Michigan.
Benjamin enlisted in the Army on 3 December 1942
in Detroit, MI. As a parachutist volunteer he was
initially sent to Camp Toccoa, GA for processing.. He was
transferred to the 508th PIR and was in a large group of men
arriving on Dec 14th at Camp Blanding, FL where the 508th was
training. He was assigned to Company ":I".
He
jumped into Normandy on D-Day and was reported as MIA on 6 June
1944. He remained a POW until 29 April 19454 hen he was
liberated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12.
Pfc Greenless was quickly processed and sent back
to the States, arriving in New York City Harbor on 12 June 1945
aboard the USS Admiral W. S. Benson (see line 63).