Maj Hugh Woodrow Benson (1918-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

Maj Hugh Woodrow Benson Veteran

Birth

5 Dec 1918

Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

Death

1 Sep 1945 (aged 26)

Burial

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map

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Plot H Row 11 Grave 95

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Hugh Woodrow Benson

The Citadel, Class of 1940

Major, U.S. Army

211th Anti-Aircraft Arty

(Automatic Weapons) Battalion

Entered the Service From: South Carolina

Service #: 0-024233

Date of Death: September 01, 1945

Buried: Plot H Row 11 Grave 95

Manila American Cemetery

Manila, Philippines

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Husband of Helen Harris of Texas to whom he married in 1942; Hugh & Helen had one child, Hugh Woodrow Benson, Jr. in 1944; Helen remarried in 1949 to Bruce Silvis. Hugh Jr. took his step-father's surname—Research by F. Bundy (47078032)

Hugh Woodrow Benson

The Citadel, Class of 1940

Major, U.S. Army

211th Anti-Aircraft Arty

(Automatic Weapons) Battalion

Entered the Service From: South Carolina

Service #: 0-024233

Date of Death: September 01, 1945

Buried: Plot H Row 11 Grave 95

Manila American Cemetery

Manila, Philippines

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James Darlington Benson

Annie Mae Wysong Benson

Capt James Ingoman Benson

Rupert Arthur Benson

Mattie Lee Benson Gross

Mary Benson Thrower

Ann Benson

Henry A. Benson

Martha Benson Gibbs

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