Hayes Bessinger

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 04/03/1945

Hayes Bessinger was born in Bamberg, Bamberg County, South Carolina on June 16, 1918.

He was drafted into the Army on July 24, 1944 at Camp Blanding, Florida. His home of residence was listed as
Auburndale, Polk County, Florida and his civilian occupation was listed as Semiskilled Chauffeurs
And Drivers, Bus, Taxi, Truck, And Tractor. He had completed grammar school and was married.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company C from the 48th Replacement Battalion on February 8, 1945.

In March 1945 he was lightly wounded in action by either a splinter or some other foreign body
to his eye. The object was removed at a medical facility and he returned to duty the same month.

Private First Class Bessinger was killed in action in Germany near the town of Weinsheim
on April 3, 1945, by a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

Decorations of Hayes Bessinger

Hayes Bessinger was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Saint Avold Cemetery, Metz, France and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in in Florida in 1948.

Burial:
Roselawn Cemetery
Lakeland
Polk County
Florida

Grave marker for Hayes Bessinger

Photo by M.E. Packard from the Find A Grave website

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