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Benjamin Arthur Gilman

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States
Death: December 17, 2016 (94)
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York, United States (Complications from surgery)
Place of Burial: 329 Washington Rd, West Point, Orange County, New York, 10996, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Harry Gilman and Esther Gilman
Husband of Private
Ex-husband of Jane Prizant Gilman and Private
Father of Private; David Avrom Gilman; Private; Private and Ellen Gilman
Brother of Abraham Gilman and Clara Gilman

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About Benjamin Arthur Gilman

Benjamin Arthur "Ben" Gilman was a Republican United States Representative from Middletown, New York.

Gilman was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Esther (Gold) and Harry Gilman. His parents were Austrian Jewish immigrants. Gilman graduated from Middletown High School in Middletown, New York in 1941 and received a B.S. from the Wharton School Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. He also earned an LL.B. from New York Law School. Gilman served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 until 1945 during World War II. During that conflict, he flew 35 missions over Japan, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.

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Benjamin Arthur Gilman's Timeline

1922
December 6, 1922
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States
1960
August 13, 1960
1962
1962
2016
December 17, 2016
Age 94
Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York, United States
December 20, 2016
Age 94
West Point Cemetery, 329 Washington Rd, West Point, Orange County, New York, 10996, United States