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ALLAN CAMERON BENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordAllan Cameron Benson, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 61
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 61
- LARRY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ARTHUR FREDERICK BELLCorporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAY BENNETTCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 71
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 74
- FELICE NICHOLS RATTASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 82
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.