Private Benjamin Green was killed in action March 31, 1943, 10 days after his 30th birthday. Carolyn Bonnett, Ben's niece, remembers her uncle well - "He would come home on furlough, and we would go to Baltimore to see him. One time he brought me a book - Bambi-which I have cherished all these years. On that day in March 1943, my mother had called me in from play to tell me the news. In 1943, I was six and lived in Washington, DC. I remember that, while my uncle did his part to serve his country, my father served as an Air Raid Warden, going on patrol in the evenings. I was also issued a dog tag with all my information on it. Up until my uncle's death, the war was something I saw on newsreels in the movies and in patriotic cartoons. We would listen to President Roosevelt on the radio; and, even at age six, I was aware of what was going on in the world. I remember a lot, but the saddest memory of all was hearing that Uncle Ben had been killed. My grieving grandparents were left with a telegram, condolence letters, and a Purple Heart medal. They had lost their only son; my mother had lost her only brother, and I had lost a favorite uncle.”