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Benson, Nels Jennings LaVerne (Benny)
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 57975" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Benson</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Nels Jennings LaVerne (Benny)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Directorate of Plans (Technical Services Division)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Civilian</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>13th April 1961</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1916 Eagle Bend,Minnesota</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Hamline University,St Paul (1 year)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>post office clerk</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 18.5.1942 Fort Myer,Virginia (Private 33190403)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned January 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>qualified as paratrooper September 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS November 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS Yugoslavia (First Lieutenant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged January 1946 (Captain)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Strategic Services Unit (SSU) February 1946 (Asia)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CIA September 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CIA HQ 1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Distinguished Intelligence Cross,Intelligence Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed in training accident Retalhuleu,Guatemala</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/n-benson.29388/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29388-1032b10c86b961137677206e8352fa3d.jpg?1591434345" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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