Age 20. Inducted U.S. Army in Feb. 1942. Wounded in Italy on June 2, 1944 and died on June 11. Attended Dixon School, Missionary Baptist Church. Son of Mr. J.S. Benfield, 1648 F St. Kingsport TN.
Charles Reed Benfield died June 1944 in Italy as a result of shrapnel wounds received on Anzio Beachhead. He left home for army service February 7, 1943, and received basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, and went overseas in June, 1943. He attended school at West View and worked in the shipping department of the Kingsport Press. He was survived by his father, James S. Benfield; three sisters, Mrs. Paul Strickler, New Orleans, La., Mrs. Curtis Lane and Mrs. Oscar Mathews of Kingsport and a brother, Earl Benfield of Kingsport.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 16 April 1924
- Date of death: 11 June 1944
- County: Sullivan
- Hometown: Kingsport
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Anzio
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Vermont United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVIII, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Aaron Stacy
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