Lieut Benjamin Alexander

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Lieut Benjamin Alexander

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
4 Jul 1925 (aged 42)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4738056, Longitude: -71.1240778
Plot
Section 12, Lot 1, Grave 3
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Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Saturday, July 4, 1925
Age: 42
Tour: 16 years

Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed when a building collapsed. He was trailing a jewel thief through Chinatown when a building on Bench Street collapsed.

A total of 44 people were killed in the collapse.

Lieutenant Alexander had served with the Boston Police Department for 16 years. [odmp.org]
Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Saturday, July 4, 1925
Age: 42
Tour: 16 years

Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed when a building collapsed. He was trailing a jewel thief through Chinatown when a building on Bench Street collapsed.

A total of 44 people were killed in the collapse.

Lieutenant Alexander had served with the Boston Police Department for 16 years. [odmp.org]

Inscription

Here Lies the honorable
Benyamin ben r. Sender
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d. 14 Tamuz 5685
May his soul be bound
in the bond of eternal life