Benson, William Wallace, Maj

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Last Rank
Major

Last Primary MOS
0702-Air Defense Officer

Last MOSGroup
Air Defense

Primary Unit
1942-1942, 0702, 6th Defense Bn

Service Years
1918 - 1942

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Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1901

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Casualty Info

Home Town Springfield	Last Address Springfield

Casualty Date Jun 04, 1942
Cause Hostile, Died of Wounds	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Midway Islands	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates MIA

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World War II/American Theater
Start Year 1941	End Year 1945
Description Defense of American Interests and American property and territories.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Year 1941	To Year 1941

Last Updated: Mar 22, 2017

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Units Participated in Operation
1st Bn, 1st Marine Regiment (1/1), 1st Marine Regiment
10th Marine Regiment
1st Combat Engineer Bn
2nd Bn, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7)
3rd Bn, 2nd Marine Regiment (3/2), 2nd Marine Regiment
USS PRESIDENT JACKSON (T-AP-18)
MARDET USS Los Angeles (CA-135)
VMB-443

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