Pfc Ben F. Strickland Jr.
First Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment
Ben F. Strickland was in Company C, 16th Infantry Regiment
was killed in action November 17, 1944 in the Hurtgen Forest
as well as Captain Victor Briggs and six enlisted men.
Ben was just a simple country boy doing his duty in the defense
of freedom for the entire world.
Campaigns included Sicily, France, Belgium.