Bentley served as part of the 2nd Rangers Battalion of the United States Army during World War Two.
Biography
Bentley was part of Company C led by Captain John Miller. On D-Day June 6th, 1944, Bentley landed on Omaha Beach with Charlie Company, 2nd Rangers Battalion. Under heavy fire from the German MG-42 in the Coastal Bunker, Bentley and the other soldiers jumped over the side of their landing craft into an area of deep water off of the beach. Plummeting to the bottom of the channel, Bentley drowned as he struggled to free himself from the weight of his heavy equipment.