Aged 22 years and 21 days.
Carnegie Hero Fund: "Who died saving Grace McDonald from drowning, Bean Lake MO."
From the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission website: "Benjamin F. Willits, Rushville, Missouri, 22, carpenter, died saving Grace McDonald, 24, from drowning, Bean Lake, Missouri, June 23, 1905. Willits, after swimming 100 feet in the lake, and releasing Miss McDonald from under a capsized boat, sank before assistance reached him."
Carnegie Hero Fund: "Who died saving Grace McDonald from drowning, Bean Lake MO."
From the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission website: "Benjamin F. Willits, Rushville, Missouri, 22, carpenter, died saving Grace McDonald, 24, from drowning, Bean Lake, Missouri, June 23, 1905. Willits, after swimming 100 feet in the lake, and releasing Miss McDonald from under a capsized boat, sank before assistance reached him."
Aged 22 years and 21 days.
Carnegie Hero Fund: "Who died saving Grace McDonald from drowning, Bean Lake MO."
From the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission website: "Benjamin F. Willits, Rushville, Missouri, 22, carpenter, died saving Grace McDonald, 24, from drowning, Bean Lake, Missouri, June 23, 1905. Willits, after swimming 100 feet in the lake, and releasing Miss McDonald from under a capsized boat, sank before assistance reached him."
Carnegie Hero Fund: "Who died saving Grace McDonald from drowning, Bean Lake MO."
From the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission website: "Benjamin F. Willits, Rushville, Missouri, 22, carpenter, died saving Grace McDonald, 24, from drowning, Bean Lake, Missouri, June 23, 1905. Willits, after swimming 100 feet in the lake, and releasing Miss McDonald from under a capsized boat, sank before assistance reached him."
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