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Personal info

Full name
BENSON, Benjamin Henry
Date of birth
11 October 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Camden, Knox County, Maine

Military service

Service number
O-1306225
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Benson (father)
Hilda (Clayter) Benson (mother)
Betty Benson (sister)
Barbara (Belyes) Benson (wife)

More information

1st Lt Benjamin H. Benson attended high school for four years and was a salesman.

He enlisted in Portland, Maine on 5 August 1941.

Lt Benson died of a gunshot wound in the chest.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium on 25 September 1944. After being disinterred and after the cemetery of Henri-Chapelle was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 24 November 1948.

Documents

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Benson Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: Aimee Fogg