CIA Benson, Nels Jennings LaVerne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benson​

• FORENAME

Nels Jennings LaVerne (Benny)​

• UNIT

Directorate of Plans (Technical Services Division)​

• RANK

Civilian​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

13th April 1961​

• AGE

44​

• GRAVESITE

Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Maryland, USA. Community Mausoleum​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 04.12.1916 Eagle Bend, Minnesota​

father Nels Jonsson Benson (1872-1940)​

mother Jennie Elise (nee Larson) Benson (1875-1962)​

attended Hamline University, St Paul (1 year)​

post office clerk​

married​

1938 married Mathilda Sarah (nee Woodward) (1918-2004)​

enlisted 18.5.1942 Fort Myer, Virginia (Private 33190403)​

commissioned January 1943​

qualified as paratrooper September 1943​

OSS November 1943​

OSS Yugoslavia (First Lieutenant)​

discharged January 1946 (Captain)​

Strategic Services Unit (SSU) February 1946 (Asia)​

CIA September 1947​

CIA HQ 1948​

1955 resided Williamsburg​

awards Distinguished Intelligence Cross, Intelligence Star​

killed in training accident Retalhuleu, Guatemala​

Newspaper obituary states died George Washington University Hospital due burns​

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