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Submitted: 7/17/14 • Approved: 7/17/14 • Last Updated: 3/23/18 • R11802-G0-S3
Private US Army
Vietnam
February 15, 1951 - June 2, 2001
Son of Harry J and Helen Jean Bennett Benson
*Obit
Amarillo Globe News
Published Jun 3, 2001
Mr. Benson was a lifetime resident of Amarillo. He graduated from Caprock High School.
He served with the Army during the Vietnam War and was a salesman for Public Steel. He was a member of the Brothers of the Third Wheel and president of the Family Association in Amarillo.
In 1981, he married Margie Wilkenson.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Kiley McMurry of Amarillo; two sons, Chris Ray and Benjamin Benson, both of Amarillo; five sisters, Lou Hughes of Amarillo, Linda Kelly and Patti Kernim, both of Portland, Ore., Nancy Tinkle of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Pegi Lovett of Saudi Arabia; and three grandchildren.
Photographer John Dennis
Contributed on 7/17/14
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Record #: 11802