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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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Last Known Activity:
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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Service number: 3114563
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