--killed in a freak 'sport parachuting' accident, while active in the military. Main chute failed to deploy, then reserve chute failed also--thus creating 'the straw that broke the camel's back' situation for the permanent change in the safety laws governing the packing of reserve chutes ONLY by qualified instructors, instead of by the parachutists-in-training, themselves, thus saving many other lives. He was the only son and only male Benschoter of his generation.