King, Benjamin Hardin, Brig Gen

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Primary Unit
1963-1964, Office of Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), Department of the Air Force, Pentagon

Service Years
1942 - 1971

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Oklahoma

Year of Birth
1919

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Contact Info

Home Town Add Lee/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Last Address Florence, Oregon
Date of Passing Oct 05, 2004

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

1943-1944, AAF MOS 1056, 339th Fighter Squadron

From Month/Year February / 1943	To Month/Year August / 1944
Unit 339th Fighter Squadron Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1056-Pilot, Two-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City Guadalcanal and Stirling Island	State/Country Solomon Islands

Patch	339th Fighter Squadron Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 18, 2020

Yearbook

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

339th Fighter Squadron

Abbott, Walter Neal, 1st Lt, (1941-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Holmes, Besby Frank, Lt Col, (1941-1968)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Moore, Allan, Maj, (1941-1949)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Toland, Butler Bell, Lt Col, (1941-1968)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
White, Donald Griffith, 1st Lt, (1942-1943)	A23	AAF MOS 1056	First Lieutenant
Mitchell, John William, Col, (1934-1958)			Major
Barber, Rex Theodore, Col, (1940-1961)			First Lieutenant
Hine, Raymond K., 1st Lt, (1941-1943)			First Lieutenant
Catterton, Reuel E., Cpl, (1941-1943)			Corporal