Company B, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, AEF, USA, WWI
PFC James S. Benson died from wounds received during the 2nd Division's assault on Blanc Mont Ridge, France.
Obituary in the Daily Local News states that James Benson was laid to rest in Unionville Cemetery with full military honors, accorded by members of Bernhard Schlegel Post, on Tuesday, August 16, 1921. Survivors included 2 brothers and 2 sisters, including Robert Benson, of Wawa Dairy Farm. His father had died a number of years previously.
Sources:
Stephen Baker, whose grandfather, also with the 5th MG Bn, was wounded the same day.
World War I Draft Registration Card, James Speakman Benson.
Daily Local News, August 16, 1921.
PFC James S. Benson died from wounds received during the 2nd Division's assault on Blanc Mont Ridge, France.
Obituary in the Daily Local News states that James Benson was laid to rest in Unionville Cemetery with full military honors, accorded by members of Bernhard Schlegel Post, on Tuesday, August 16, 1921. Survivors included 2 brothers and 2 sisters, including Robert Benson, of Wawa Dairy Farm. His father had died a number of years previously.
Sources:
Stephen Baker, whose grandfather, also with the 5th MG Bn, was wounded the same day.
World War I Draft Registration Card, James Speakman Benson.
Daily Local News, August 16, 1921.
Company B, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, AEF, USA, WWI
PFC James S. Benson died from wounds received during the 2nd Division's assault on Blanc Mont Ridge, France.
Obituary in the Daily Local News states that James Benson was laid to rest in Unionville Cemetery with full military honors, accorded by members of Bernhard Schlegel Post, on Tuesday, August 16, 1921. Survivors included 2 brothers and 2 sisters, including Robert Benson, of Wawa Dairy Farm. His father had died a number of years previously.
Sources:
Stephen Baker, whose grandfather, also with the 5th MG Bn, was wounded the same day.
World War I Draft Registration Card, James Speakman Benson.
Daily Local News, August 16, 1921.
PFC James S. Benson died from wounds received during the 2nd Division's assault on Blanc Mont Ridge, France.
Obituary in the Daily Local News states that James Benson was laid to rest in Unionville Cemetery with full military honors, accorded by members of Bernhard Schlegel Post, on Tuesday, August 16, 1921. Survivors included 2 brothers and 2 sisters, including Robert Benson, of Wawa Dairy Farm. His father had died a number of years previously.
Sources:
Stephen Baker, whose grandfather, also with the 5th MG Bn, was wounded the same day.
World War I Draft Registration Card, James Speakman Benson.
Daily Local News, August 16, 1921.
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