Private Merrill Manning Benson | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Merrill Manning Benson

Graduating Class of 1919
Served in World War I
Attached photograph of Private Benson

Private
Merrill Manning Benson

Army

Hometown

Sterling, IL

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Unknown

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Unknown

More About Private Benson

Benson joined the service with the Reserve Mallet (a group that drove ambulances and chauffeured trucks carrying military supplies and personnel to the front) and the U.S. Transport Corps in October, 1917. He served over most of the Western front.