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First Name: Benjamin

Last Name: Bottoms

Birthplace: Cumming, GA, US

Gender: Male

Branch: Coast Guard (1790 - present)

Rating: Radioman Petty Officer 1st Class

Home of Record: Salem, MA
Middle Name: A.



Date of Birth: 01 November 1913

Date of Death: 29 November 1942 (Presumed)

Rank or Rate: Petty Officer First Class

Years Served: 1932-1942
Benjamin A. Bottoms

    
Engagements:
•  World War II (1941 - 1945)
Biography:

Benjamin A. Bottoms
Petty Officer First Class, United States Coast Guard

Died while attempting to rescue the crew of USAAF bomber that crashed in Greenland in 1942. Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Honoree ID: 54794   Created by: MHOH

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