Edward H. Benson Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	13118798
Unit	1562nd Army Air Force Base Unit
Rank	Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Virginia
Date of Death	July 22 1945
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines

1562nd Army Air Force Base Unit

Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Edward H. Benson Jr. were accounted for on January 31, 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Manila American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.