Benson, Walter Amburn, S1c

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Last Rank
Seaman First Class
Last Primary NEC
S1c-0000-Seaman 1st Class
Last Rating/NEC Group
Seaman First Class
Primary Unit
1941-1941, S1c-0000, USS Sea Dragon (SS-194)
Service Years
1940 - 1941
Seaman First Class

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Home State
Michigan
Michigan
 Year of Birth
1920
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Charlotte, MI		 Last Address
723 S Cochran ST
Charlotte, MI
Casualty Date
Dec 10, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Philippines		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Millersburg Cemetery - Eaton County, Michigan

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On December 8, 1941, the day the war began in the Philippines, USS Seadragon (SS-194) had started a yard period at the Cavite Navy Yard in Manila Bay, Philippines.  On December 10, she and sister submarine USS Sealion were moored together and were caught in a Japanese air raid against Cavite.  Sealion took a direct hit which demolished her and damaged Seadragon.  The force of the explosion ripped off part of Seadragon's bridge, fragments and splinters punctured her ballast tanks and conning tower, and heat of the explosion scorched her hull and blistered her black paint.  The explosion killed one and wounded five. S1c Benson was the sailor who was killed during the attack and thus became one of the first submarine fatalities of the war.
   
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  1941-1941, S1c-0000, USS Henderson (AP-1)

Seaman First Class

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August / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1941

Unit
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Rank
Seaman First Class
NEC
S1c-0000-Seaman 1st Class

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USS Henderson (AP-1) 		Hull number AP-1

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Auxiliary

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