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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant (Infantry)
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Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Last MOS Group
Branch Immaterial (Officer)
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Primary Unit
1898-1898, HHC, 6th US Infantry
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Service Years
1894 - 1898
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Personal Details
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Home State
Massachusetts | |
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Year of Birth
1876 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt. S. Kimbrow
to remember
Benchley, Edmund Nathaniel, 2LT.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Worcester |
Last Address
Not Specified |
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Casualty Date
Jul 01, 1898 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location
Cuba |
Conflict
Spanish-American War/Battle of San Juan Hill |
Location of Interment
U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery - West Point, New York |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
N, 16 |
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Last Known Activity
Lt. Edmund Benchley graduated from West Point in June 1898. He was killed in action at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba on 1 July 1898.
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Comments/Citation
Links:
http://www.robertbenchley.org/sob/edmund.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58714346 (Graduation Photo West Point)
ancestry.com, etc.
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