Ben Buchholz (Novel Series)

Ben Buchholz was a Woodbury soldier. He was a machine gun operator during the prison assault.

Pine Mountain
Almost nothing is known about Ben's life before the outbreak or as the outbreak began. He lost his whole family a year before the prison assault in a swarm outside F.D. Roosevelt State Park, and seems to have a trauma about it. He is also described to be "pouchy-eyed man" from Pine Mountain.

Woodbury, Georgia
Ben participates in the attack on the prison, as a machine gun operator.

After the fall of the prison, Ben and a small group of surviving soldiers hole up in the prison to regroup, Ben along with Lilly and Matthew barricade the door. As they count their ammo Ben has eleven 115-grain 9mm rounds for his Glock 19. Later on during the night, Ben comes out half asleep when Gloria sees the bite on Austin's wrist. Ben goes with his knifes along with Lilly and Matthew to search the corridor. The next day when Lilly leads the survivors out of the prison. They are led safely back to Woodbury by Lilly Caul, who becomes the new leader of the town.

==Death==

===Killed By===

*Church Group/Zombies

It is assumed Ben died while zombies invaded Woodbury, or was killed by Church Group. Descent confirms only fourteen people; Lilly, Bob, Barbara, David, Gloria, Slocum, Tommy Dupree, Lucas Dupree, Bethany Dupree, Harold Benjamin Stauback and four unnamed children survived the event.

Novel Series

 * "The Fall of the Governor"
 * "Descent"

Trivia

 * Ben is one of six Woodburians to survive the prison assault along with Lilly Caul, Hap Abernathy, Matthew Hennessey, Gloria Pyne and  "Speed" Wilkins.