Buena Vista County

 
Cpl. George Benna

 


Our Neighbors in the Service.

Albert City, Iowa – Corporal George Benna came through heavy fighting in North Africa “without a scratch” according to a letter received by his mother, Mrs. Edith Benna of Alta.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, August 5, 1943

George Benna was born Aug. 19, 1919 to George Conrad and Edith Hildegard Spar Benna. He died Jan. 1960 and is buried in Poland Township Cemetery, Marathon, IA.

George served with the U.S. Army in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com