Pvt. Herbert Carl Benson
Born: 18 May 1926 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Axel Benson and Florence Nelson-Benson
Siblings: 1 brother
Hometown:
– 7814 West Cresset Drive – Elmwood Park, Illinois
Education:
– John Mills Grade School – Elmwood Park
– Proviso Township High School
Graduating Class: 1944
Selective Service Registration: 19 May 1944
Contact Person: Alex H. Benson – father
– registered while he was in high school
Inducted:
– 8 November 1944
– U. S. Army
– Serial Number: 36923257
Training:
– Camp Blending, Florida
– Fort Benning, Georgia
Units: paratrooper
Died: 11 June 1945
– killed by falling tree
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery – River Grove, Illinois
– 15 June 1945
