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Bennie A. Atwater
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
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Date of Death
January 30, 1954
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Private First Class Atwater was a member of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On January 30, 1954, he was fighting a brush fire when he caught on fire himself and died of 2nd degree burns and suffocation. |
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