Mahoning County OhArchives Obituaries.....Holloway, Pvt. Benjamin Jr. September 18, 1944
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Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 13 Oct 1944
HOLLOWAY, Pvt. Benjamin Jr.
22 Mar 1925 to 18 Sep 1944
19y 5m 27d
Pvt. Holloway, a paratrooper, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 
Holloway, N. Broad street, was killed in action in Holland, Sept. 18. His 
parents received a letter from him Oct. 11, written in England the day before 
his death.
Local Casualty List Grows [Note – this article include Holloway, Lingafelt and 
Spellman
THREE MORE LOCAL MEN HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY’S SERVICE
KILLED IN HOLLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Holloway, North Broad street, were notified by the War 
Department Monday that their only child, Pvt. Benjamin Holloway Jr., was 
killed in action in Holland, September 18. Pvt Holloway, a paratrooper serving 
with an airborne division, entered the service May 19, 1943, and received his 
basic training at Camp Shelby, Miss., going overseas early last May. After his 
arrival in England he began training with the parachute infantry and graduated 
in July. On Wednesday his parents received a letter written at his base in 
England, and mailed the day before he met his death. Pvt. Holloway was born in 
Sullivan, Indiana, March 22, 1925, and came here with his parents in March, 
1941. Prior to entering service he was employed in Mahoning Farm Bureau Co-
operative. Besides his parents his two grandmothers survive.




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