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1LT Milton Benjamin

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1LT Milton Benjamin

Birth
Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 May 1945 (aged 26)
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 79 SITE 429
Memorial ID
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First Lieutenant, 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, World War II.
Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Chicago, IL, January 22, 1941.
First Lieutenant, 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, World War II.
Crewmember aboard B-29-60-BW- Superfortress #44-69734.

Shot down over the metropolitan Tokyo area while on Mission 181, the highest number of Superfortresses to participate on a bombing mission at one time. Ten crewmembers were killed and two reportedly parachuted and survived. Missing Air Crew Report № 14479.

The Crew:

1LT Selden G Mouser, O-808446, MI, Pilot
1LT Milton Benjamin, O-702363, IL
1LT Robert L Zetterquist, O-867081, CA
MSGT Nathan J Dyer, 19074705, WA
SSGT Carl F Graves, 39029174, MO
SSGT Robert D Hamilton, 32404861, NY
SSGT Chester J Paszkowski, 36320061, IL
SGT Clarence A Peeples, 38528061, TX
TSGT Thomas M Williams Jr., 14029244, SC
PFC John J McNulty, 13093994, PA
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Enlisted at Chicago, IL, January 22, 1941.

Inscription

1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41831802/milton-benjamin: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Milton Benjamin (10 Dec 1918–24 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41831802, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).