Ben

Ben was one of several people who were trapped in a farmhouse during the initial Zombie outbreak.

Zombie Outbreak
When the Zombie outbreak first began, Ben noticed a diner besieged by Zombies, prompting him to escape to a farmhouse in his truck.

Once in the house, he would encounter the frantic Barbara, who was unruly and hysterical due to the death of her brother. After she began to become level-headed once more, she aided him in continuing to barricade the house. Ben and Barbara would then discover the house's cellar, which hid Harry and Helen Cooper, as well as their daughter, Karen, as well as young couple Tom and Judy. When the group heard that the nearby town of Willard was being used as a safe location for refugees, the group would plan their escape. However, this plan would be cut short when Tom accidentally lit the car on fire, killing himself and Judy in the blaze. Ben would try to flee back to the house, only to discover Harry had callously locked him out.

He would eventually break in and beats Harry for leaving him to die. Eventually, the zombies would find a way to force their way into the house, causing Harry to turn Ben's rifle on him. Ben would wrestle it away from Harry and use it to kill him.

As the zombies continued to besiege the house, all of the survivors would die except him, and he would be forced to kill the reanimated corpses of Harry and Helen. Alone, he would wait in the house for help to arrive.

Death
The next morning, Ben would be mistaken for a zombie while waiting in the upper story of the farmhouse by a posse of zombie killers led by sheriff Conan McClelland and shot in the head.

He would later be cremated alongside many dead zombies by the posse.

Personality
Ben was relatively level headed and rational, especially when compared to the rest of the group, working to make rational and consistent decisions.

He could, however, be provoked to violence, especially by Harry, such as when he locked him out and pulled the gun on him.