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ALBERT DUWARD BENSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1946 – July 6, 1969
Service recordAlbert Duward Benson, of Sidney, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 68
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Sidney, Iowa (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 68
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- DENNIS BAGLEYCorporal · July 6, 1969
- KURTIS AUREL BERRYSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- ROBERT ALLON BROWNLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
From Sidney
- CHARLES JOHN HEIN JRStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.