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Benjamin Tucker Pounds

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Benjamin Tucker Pounds

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
24 Jan 1940 (aged 22)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Mother was Helen Eunice Tucker Pounds

Two Soldiers Lost In Pacific Ocean

San Pedro, Calif.—

Two privates missing Thursday from a Fort MacArthur medical detachment were believed to have been swept into the ocean while taking pictures of high waves near here Wednesday.

They were Benjamin Pounds, 21, Magnolia, Miss., and Zill Shaw, 22, Marlin, Texas.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX), 26 January 1940, Friday
Mother was Helen Eunice Tucker Pounds

Two Soldiers Lost In Pacific Ocean

San Pedro, Calif.—

Two privates missing Thursday from a Fort MacArthur medical detachment were believed to have been swept into the ocean while taking pictures of high waves near here Wednesday.

They were Benjamin Pounds, 21, Magnolia, Miss., and Zill Shaw, 22, Marlin, Texas.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX), 26 January 1940, Friday


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