In memory of
Benning W. De La Mater
1961
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- June 24, 1961, aged 34
Their life
Game Protector De La Mater drowned when his boat capsized while patrolling the Hudson River near Federal Dam in Albany County. Protector De La Mater and a Niagara Mohawk Power Company employee could not escape the undercurrents. Their bodies were recovered two days later. Protector De La Mater was a United States Marine Corps World War II veteran and had served with the New York State Environmental Conservation Police for 12 years.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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