Benona Franklin Abegg was born June 12, 1900 to Henry and Mattie Cobbs Abegg. He died July 11, 1944 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.
Petty Officer Abegg served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was MIA/KIA and awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com