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APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER
FOR HARRY LEE CHAFFINS JR.
ALSO KNOWN AS BENNIE LEE BENNETT

This is a copy of the original application for Harry's (Bennie's) Social Security Number. He did not fill this out himself, but that is his own signature at the bottom of the page. Some of the information is not accurate such as his birth year and age. He was born in 1930 and was actually only 15 years old not 16 as stated. Although he applied as Bennie Lee Bennett, his Social Security number was issued under his real name (see the Social Security Death Index below).

TRANSCRIPTION OF APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER

1. FULL NAME: Bennie Lee Bennett (yours by step father's name)
2. PRESENT MAILING ADDRESS: R. #3, Rockport, Ind.
3. ENTER FULL NAME GIVEN YOU AT BIRTH: same (correction: Harry Lee Chaffins Jr.)
4. AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY: 16 (correction: 15)
5. DATE OF BIRTH: 11-11-1929 (correction: 11-11-1930)
6. PLACE OF BIRTH: Place Unknown, KY
7. FATHER'S FULL NAME: Jake Bennett - stepfather
                                         Harry Lee Chaffins - Real father
8. MOTHER'S FULL NAME BEFORE EVER MARRIED: Emma Jean Willoughby
9. SEX: Male    
10. COLOR OR RACE: White
11. HAVE YOU EVER APPLIED FOR OR HAD
    (a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER?: No
    (b) RAIL ROAD RETIREMENT(?) NUMBER?: No
12. BUSINESS NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYMENT: Unemployed
13. TODAY'S DATE: 5/28/46 (28 May 1946)
14. WRITE YOUR NAME AS USUALLY WRITTEN (DO NOT PRINT): (signed Bennie Lee Bennett)
    Transcribed by Beth Birchfield / 22 Jun 2006 / beth0607.wordpress.com